sick/skinny chicken...

[qaib thai]

i have 2 chickens that are sick well at least one of them is. the sick one's face is all blue/purple and has trouble breathing i dont know whats wrong with him. and for the other one its healthy but skinny as can be. crows and everything but just seem to not be able to gain any weight. do you guys have any clue or know whats wrong with my chickens??

 

[Miss Lydia]

what ages are your chickens? and have they ever been wormed? tell us all you can about living conditions and feed etc.

 

[qaib thai]

the skinny one is about a year old and the sick one is about 2 years. i feed them whole corn. as far as worming goes havent done it and not really familiar with worming chickens.

 

[Celtic Chick]

Is that all you feed them is whole corn? That doesn't have much by way of nutrient levels for chickens. You need to get them on some chicken ration ASAP. They could be suffering a nutritional deficiency. And get some vitamins for birds to put in their water.
I will do some more research & get back to you. Good luck.
You can check this website for diseases & symptoms:
http://www.raising-chickens.org/poultry-ailments.html

 

[chickengrl]

The birds really need to be on commercial laying food. Corn does not have much nutritional benefit for a chicken. They love the cracked stuff sold as scratch, but it is meant for a treat only. The birds are skinny and sick because they are essentially starving to death. Can you get some chicken food for them soon? I would also de-worm them, because the chances they have worms is very high. You can buy wazine from the farm store and mix it in the water, or a much better medication is valbazen and it is ordered from Jeffers online. I wouldn't wait for that to come, they need help ASAP. I would also give them a dusting with Poultry dust or sevin dust also from the farm store. This will kill lice and mites which may also making the hens thin and sick. So,
1. Chicken food for layers-get as soon as you can
2. Worm them-worms will take nutricion from them
3. Dust for external parasites- MUST repeat in 7-10 days to get newly hatching bugs
4. Plenty of clean fresh water available at all times

I hope this helps. Read all you can on here, there is awesome advice on raising healthy chickens, Good luck!