Hello, please help my turkey! 
I have a 2yo heritage hen who has been off her feed enough that she's lost significant weight. I brought her inside last night and she really isn't eating (not eggs, yogurt, fruit, mealworms or regular feed/pellets - all the stuff she usually loves) or pooping much.
Her chest seemed squishy but I know from my chickens what a pre-bedtime crop feels like and it's not that, I thought maybe just the breasts of the bird? The two sides are even. Her feathers have been looking ragged lately, almost like they've been thinned out or something, especially on the back of her neck and a couple days she came in really smelling like ants! I am considering mites of some kind?? But looked and don't see any under her wings, on head/neck or around her vent. None of my chickens seem affected.
Then I picked her up earlier tonight and by accident she "vomited" yellow liquid. There was a smell to it, but not awful like the forums describe. I did dropper-feed her orange Pedialyte yesterday in an attempt to get some calories into her
so now I don't know whether the color is "real" or from the Pedialyte! (I now have Nutri-drench and some other potions on the way.) Yesterday her poops were mostly solid, dark green!?!?, but today they are watery and bright yellow.
Because of what people have said about sour crops I've leaned her over and ejected more yellow liquid out of her several times after the first accident, just in case. I'm surprised how much has come out actually. I also got some coconut oil into her her tonight and after that she drank some water on her own. She's making noise (regular chirps but I'm paranoid she's doing so suddenly because I've caused her pain) and has decided that last night on the edge of the bathtub was bollocks, tonight the shower curtain rod in the guest bathroom/ChICU will make a better roost! I did get a good laugh out of that!
I almost forgot to add, she's not a really regular layer anyway, but I suspect she hasn't been laying eggs for awhile (at first I just thought she started another secret nest again!). She went broody last summer and lost at least this much weight, she was skin and bones by the time we finally locked her out of the coop and convinced her life is worth living in the yard! But after that she got nice and fat again.
What does everyone think is wrong and what should I do next? I'm so afraid she is going to die. She's kind of a pest but I love her and I would be so sad if anything happened to her. Please help, thank you!!!! 
I have a 2yo heritage hen who has been off her feed enough that she's lost significant weight. I brought her inside last night and she really isn't eating (not eggs, yogurt, fruit, mealworms or regular feed/pellets - all the stuff she usually loves) or pooping much.
Her chest seemed squishy but I know from my chickens what a pre-bedtime crop feels like and it's not that, I thought maybe just the breasts of the bird? The two sides are even. Her feathers have been looking ragged lately, almost like they've been thinned out or something, especially on the back of her neck and a couple days she came in really smelling like ants! I am considering mites of some kind?? But looked and don't see any under her wings, on head/neck or around her vent. None of my chickens seem affected.
Then I picked her up earlier tonight and by accident she "vomited" yellow liquid. There was a smell to it, but not awful like the forums describe. I did dropper-feed her orange Pedialyte yesterday in an attempt to get some calories into her
so now I don't know whether the color is "real" or from the Pedialyte! (I now have Nutri-drench and some other potions on the way.) Yesterday her poops were mostly solid, dark green!?!?, but today they are watery and bright yellow.Because of what people have said about sour crops I've leaned her over and ejected more yellow liquid out of her several times after the first accident, just in case. I'm surprised how much has come out actually. I also got some coconut oil into her her tonight and after that she drank some water on her own. She's making noise (regular chirps but I'm paranoid she's doing so suddenly because I've caused her pain) and has decided that last night on the edge of the bathtub was bollocks, tonight the shower curtain rod in the guest bathroom/ChICU will make a better roost! I did get a good laugh out of that!
I almost forgot to add, she's not a really regular layer anyway, but I suspect she hasn't been laying eggs for awhile (at first I just thought she started another secret nest again!). She went broody last summer and lost at least this much weight, she was skin and bones by the time we finally locked her out of the coop and convinced her life is worth living in the yard! But after that she got nice and fat again.
What does everyone think is wrong and what should I do next? I'm so afraid she is going to die.
She's kind of a pest but I love her and I would be so sad if anything happened to her. Please help, thank you!!!!
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I was so happy when the yellow poop stopped, maybe on Saturday??, but this morning there was blood in it, kind of like a lining or membrane it looked like. She's still acting alert and "fake foraging". I hope the dewormer and some Nutridrench tomorrow helps. 
