Weak molting hen New symptom *pics added*

[TheSpiceGirls]

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All her poops or just one? I know every few poops is a cecal poop and those do stink. But then there should be more normal ones in between.

 

[86121]

This is her outside before I brought her inside.

This is her inside, chilling on my lap, and eating her protein shake.

Shes enjoying the attention, but look how pail her comb is.

And now here is the terd, it smells horrible, like something died...
And its lime green in places.
(im not a paranoid mother hen, not at all...)

 

[86121]

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All her poops or just one? I know every few poops is a cecal poop and those do stink. But then there should be more normal ones in between.

Ill keep an eye out and let you know, but this one was a real stinker!
I added some pictures also.

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

Hmmm, I dunno. If you look at the poop chart:
http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0

The one that looks like the one your hen dropped is definitely a questionable poop. I would certainly keep an eye on her and make sure she's getting enough to eat. And see if you can feed her something solid like scrambled egg, meal worms or crickets. If she's only eating a liquid kind of diet, that could account for it.

Check out my blog:
http://the-spice-girls.blogspot.com/

I posted photos last night of my molting hen. The top photo is before she started molting and her comb is bright red. And in the ones I took last night, you can see how pale her comb has become. All perfectly normal as part of the molting process.

Did you say you've wormed recently? That's always an option. And if a visit to the vet is out of the question, most vets will let you bring in a poop and will analyze it for worms. I know a great avian vet if you are in the Bay Area. It'd be worth ruling that out.

 

[86121]

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It is a questionable poop, and I practically know that chart by heart now lol XD
Anyway, I recently de-wormed them because they had round worms, I already did a fecal and fund a massive round worm infestation, and they were done with ivermecton.
I have a different de-wormer im going to give to them in 10 days that is known 100% to work on every worm possible.
Ok, im not as concerned about her comb anymore, thanks for that.

Does she look sick in the photo, or just like a molting hen?

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

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It is a questionable poop, and I practically know that chart by heart now lol XD
Anyway, I recently de-wormed them because they had round worms, I already did a fecal and fund a massive round worm infestation, and they were done with ivermecton.
I have a different de-wormer im going to give to them in 10 days that is known 100% to work on every worm possible.
Ok, im not as concerned about her comb anymore, thanks for that.

Does she look sick in the photo, or just like a molting hen?

She just looks like a molting hen to me.

This is my first year with chickens (as an adult) and I too have really been struggling watching my BO molt. It's hard because I only have one other hen to compare her to and that's my Jersey Giant. Who too is just a year old. So not fully grown. JG's take 18 months to fully mature. And the JG is not molting. She eats like a PIG. Is never full. Can always eat more. Always has this HUGE pile under where she sleeps where as the BO has one or two tiny poops. I was really freaking out that the BO wasn't getting enough to eat. But I've been weighing the BO for the last month and her weight is stable. So she's just loosing feathers which is what is making her look like she's loosing weight.

I would keep doing what you are doing and keep an eye on her.

 

[Noobchick]

Is her tail drooping? Any blood in the poop? Any clear, jelly like stuff?

 

[86121]

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Tail drooping yes, blood no, and jelly no.

 

[Noobchick]

Just saw the poop pic. Mine did the same thing when they were sick with a bacterial infection. Not sayin that's what your girl has. Just saying that when chickens don't eat enough, their poop can turn runny and various shades of green.

Try giving her lots of whatever food she'll eat. The poop thing is a symptom of whatever she's sick with. (No experience with molting yet so I can't comment on that aspect of your question.)

Once she starts eating more, her poop should return to normal. But then I'd recommend lookin into what's causing her not to eat. Hope that helps.

 

[86121]

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It is a questionable poop, and I practically know that chart by heart now lol XD
Anyway, I recently de-wormed them because they had round worms, I already did a fecal and fund a massive round worm infestation, and they were done with ivermecton.
I have a different de-wormer im going to give to them in 10 days that is known 100% to work on every worm possible.
Ok, im not as concerned about her comb anymore, thanks for that.

Does she look sick in the photo, or just like a molting hen?

She just looks like a molting hen to me.

This is my first year with chickens (as an adult) and I too have really been struggling watching my BO molt. It's hard because I only have one other hen to compare her to and that's my Jersey Giant. Who too is just a year old. So not fully grown. JG's take 18 months to fully mature. And the JG is not molting. She eats like a PIG. Is never full. Can always eat more. Always has this HUGE pile under where she sleeps where as the BO has one or two tiny poops. I was really freaking out that the BO wasn't getting enough to eat. But I've been weighing the BO for the last month and her weight is stable. So she's just loosing feathers which is what is making her look like she's loosing weight.

I would keep doing what you are doing and keep an eye on her.

Ok, that makes me feel a little better, ill just keep doing what im doing and if anything happens ill update.