- Apr 28, 2010
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New to chicken raising here....
We have 3 chickens (the other two are healthy) and one, a black marin, has been acting unwell for the past week. She is about a year and a half old. She's been a dynamite layer, but she has been barely coming out of the coop (they free range during the day) and not laying at all. I see her eat and drink a little when I let them out in the morning, but she goes right back in afterwards and pretty much stays there.
We thought she might be molting because she's missing feathers on her underside and her wing, and she looks very scraggly -- she's also lost some weight. Staying in the coop is especially concerning because it's so hot outside.
Her comb is somewhat pale, a little droopy, and has a little darker patch on one side. I treated her for mites, thinking that might be it, but it hasn't helped. All the poop seems normal (I can't tell which is hers). What should I do?
We have 3 chickens (the other two are healthy) and one, a black marin, has been acting unwell for the past week. She is about a year and a half old. She's been a dynamite layer, but she has been barely coming out of the coop (they free range during the day) and not laying at all. I see her eat and drink a little when I let them out in the morning, but she goes right back in afterwards and pretty much stays there.
We thought she might be molting because she's missing feathers on her underside and her wing, and she looks very scraggly -- she's also lost some weight. Staying in the coop is especially concerning because it's so hot outside.
Her comb is somewhat pale, a little droopy, and has a little darker patch on one side. I treated her for mites, thinking that might be it, but it hasn't helped. All the poop seems normal (I can't tell which is hers). What should I do?
