Super skinny RIR

[hanneke]

Ive posted a different thread about this hen. She has vent gleet on and off. Currently more on.
I’ve tried all methods listed in different articles here but to no avail. I’ve dewormed her too.
She’s now less than 3 pounds and her breast bone has nothing on it anymore.
Please let me know how to fatten her up. Currently I have separated her but she’s still with the flock. Just a panel so they can’t eat her food. She eats but not a lot. I give her milk with bread and regular food. I’m out of ideas.
Please help.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Tagging @Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock

 

[BDutch]

Bread with milk will do no good. You could try seeds, nuts, mealworms, fatty fish, cream.

If she’s not sick and isnt pestered I wouldnt seperate here all the time. Social interaction is very important to feel happy (and eat well).

How much did she weigh before?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Ive posted a different thread about this hen. She has vent gleet on and off. Currently more on.
I’ve tried all methods listed in different articles here but to no avail. I’ve dewormed her too.
She’s now less than 3 pounds and her breast bone has nothing on it anymore.
Please let me know how to fatten her up. Currently I have separated her but she’s still with the flock. Just a panel so they can’t eat her food. She eats but not a lot. I give her milk with bread and regular food. I’m out of ideas.
Please help.

Can you please post photos of your hen, her vent and her poop?

Are you sure she has Vent Gleet?

How have you treated her? (For the Vent Gleet and the worms)
What does her crop feel like?
When was her last egg, has she had any issues with production (soft shelled eggs, shell-less eggs, lash eggs)?
Any bloat or feeling of fluid in the abdomen below the vent between the legs?

I would provide her with her normal nutritionally balanced feed. Giving a bit of extra protein like eggs, sardines/mackerel or cooked beef a few times week can be helpful.

The bread and milk are not going to be as nutritionally dense as the normal feed, the extra protein, etc. so I'd omit those for now and focus on her eating her feed.

Slow decline and weight loss = takes time to put weight back on. You don't want to gain fat, you want her to gain her condition back which is going to take time if at all depending on what's causing her decline.

 

[hanneke]

Can you please post photos of your hen, her vent and her poop?

Are you sure she has Vent Gleet?

How have you treated her? (For the Vent Gleet and the worms)
What does her crop feel like?
When was her last egg, has she had any issues with production (soft shelled eggs, shell-less eggs, lash eggs)?
Any bloat or feeling of fluid in the abdomen below the vent between the legs?

I would provide her with her normal nutritionally balanced feed. Giving a bit of extra protein like eggs, sardines/mackerel or cooked beef a few times week can be helpful.

The bread and milk are not going to be as nutritionally dense as the normal feed, the extra protein, etc. so I'd omit those for now and focus on her eating her feed.

Slow decline and weight loss = takes time to put weight back on. You don't want to gain fat, you want her to gain her condition back which is going to take time if at all depending on what's causing her decline.

I’ve done all that. She’s simply declining. I’m working on helping her since spring. I’m pretty sure she hasn’t laid an egg for months.
Ive given all the things you mentioned. Some other member suggested the milk and bread plus scrambled eggs. I give her that extra. She also gets her regular food.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I’ve done all that. She’s simply declining. I’m working on helping her since spring. I’m pretty sure she hasn’t laid an egg for months.
Ive given all the things you mentioned. Some other member suggested the milk and bread plus scrambled eggs. I give her that extra. She also gets her regular food.

Then she may have something else going on.

Often when a hen is in a slow decline, they may have reproductive issues like Cancer, EYP, Salpingitis, etc. It's unfortunate that these things affect them so commonly.

Sometime the best we can do is address symptoms as they arise, treat accordingly and offer supportive care and comfort until they no longer have the will to go on.

 

[hanneke]

Then she may have something else going on.

Often when a hen is in a slow decline, they may have reproductive issues like Cancer, EYP, Salpingitis, etc. It's unfortunate that these things affect them so commonly.

Sometime the best we can do is address symptoms as they arise, treat accordingly and offer supportive care and comfort until they no longer have the will to go on.

Thank you. You are probably right.