You're doing a great job, FinsUp. The greatest problem that we face is our desire to feed the chicken more stuff. Yes, she needs calories but hard food at this point may cause the advances you've made to retreat. Give her all the baby food she will eat...make sure it has meat in it...not the vegetable kind. If you look at the labels, you will see the calories. Give applesauce...that is somewhat acidic. Give scrambled eggs also. If you can do that for 3-4 days, you'll be miles ahead. Then, GRADUALLY add back crumbles over 2-3 days by putting in 1 tsp for a couple of feedings, then 2 tsp for a couple of feedings, etc. Before long, you'll have her back to full steam. Make sure, of course, that she has all the water that she wants. As you see her appetite increasing and her poop getting more solid, you'll know that she's having a comeback. Her poop will be pretty runny until she's back to a higher protein diet. I had my chicken in the bathroom and it was quite a job to clean up after her. I put a roost (2X2 board over the sink) and she sat there like a queen. I would bring her out for "exercise" a couple of times a day into the kitchen where there is tile. She would putter around pecking at stuff. When it was time to go back "home," I would walk down the hall and she would follow, flying up to her little roost. I made a nest from a cardboard box and she was quite happy with it. She even laid a couple of eggs! I think you have yours in a cage of some kind which is far more sensible but I didn't have that. She should do OK if you don't go too fast in getting her back to usual food. These are just my suggestions. What you choose to do will be based on what you are seeing, thinking and learning. Please keep us posted though. It's such a joy to know when a hen is spared.
