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1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
She is a Leghon chicken, normal weight
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
She is kind of alert and her Pupils are very large. She is also very lathargic. She just stands there hunched over with her tail feathers not wanting to move.I saw her take only like 2 steps in 30 minutes.When she does move she moves very slowly as if she is tired or in pain. she won't fly up to the roosts at night.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
I noticed her exhibiting these symptoms about 24 to 48 hours ago
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
All of my other chickens are acting just fine
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
There is no bleeding or anything, but I felt her crop and there was no food at all
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
There is nothing that I know of that could have caused this
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
I have only seen her drink a little water and eat a little bit of feed, there is no food on her crop
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
It is a little bit runny
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
Nothing yet, just letting her be
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I would like to try and treat this myself (my parents don't want to pay the vet
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11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
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12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
They live in a 8x10 coop with a 8x15 run, The coop has Equine Pine bedding and they eat Layena Pellets. They are let out every couple of days to roam our 9 acre pasture
I have read that it might be heart or liver problems but I just don't know. Please help me, she is my baby.
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She is a Leghon chicken, normal weight
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
She is kind of alert and her Pupils are very large. She is also very lathargic. She just stands there hunched over with her tail feathers not wanting to move.I saw her take only like 2 steps in 30 minutes.When she does move she moves very slowly as if she is tired or in pain. she won't fly up to the roosts at night.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
I noticed her exhibiting these symptoms about 24 to 48 hours ago
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
All of my other chickens are acting just fine
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
There is no bleeding or anything, but I felt her crop and there was no food at all
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
There is nothing that I know of that could have caused this
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
I have only seen her drink a little water and eat a little bit of feed, there is no food on her crop
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
It is a little bit runny
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
Nothing yet, just letting her be
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I would like to try and treat this myself (my parents don't want to pay the vet
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
At the bottom of Post
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
They live in a 8x10 coop with a 8x15 run, The coop has Equine Pine bedding and they eat Layena Pellets. They are let out every couple of days to roam our 9 acre pasture
I have read that it might be heart or liver problems but I just don't know. Please help me, she is my baby.
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