Wheaten Crele Orpington Project, Reboot

[MysteryChicken]

That food should be fine

Buff Orpingtons tend to be skinnier than some other kinds of chickens, so it might be natural for her?

Or maybe she isn't eating enough? Sometimes one chicken will get chased away from the feeder or waterer (and if they don't drink, they will not eat either.)

You can check whether she is eating well by feeling her crop a few times each day. It should generally have food in it, be quite full in the evening, and empty before she starts eating in the morning. (If the chicks have a light all night, then they will eat during the night too, and the crop will never be completely empty. That is fine too.)

She eats alot actually, she doesn't get pushed out of the way. She stuffs her crop like everyone else. It's always a group feeding.

She's skinnier then her brother, & relative chicks.

They're outside, no extra light available. I can't check at night, my dad drives us, & he works 5 days a week, only having 2 days off. Plus he'll never drive me back to our grandpa's place, for something like that, because he'll complain about wasting gas.

 

[NatJ]

She eats alot actually, she doesn't get pushed out of the way. She stuffs her crop like everyone else. It's always a group feeding.

She's skinnier then her brother, & relative chicks.

They're outside, no extra light available. I can't check at night, my dad drives us, & he works 5 days a week, only having 2 days off. Plus he'll never drive me back to our grandpa's place, for something like that, because he'll complain about wasting gas.

In that case, I would assume that she's probably fine, and that she is just naturally skinnier. (Of course I could be wrong, but that is what I would think, given what you've described.)

 

[MysteryChicken]

In that case, I would assume that she's probably fine, and that she is just naturally skinnier. (Of course I could be wrong, but that is what I would think, given what you've described.)

She's super skinny/more boney then what they typically are, plus her tail is down.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

She's super skinny/more boney then what they typically are, plus her tail is down.

Could be internal parasites?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Could be internal parasites?

They were just treated for a pretty bad case of Coccidiosis, which is cleared.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

They were just treated for a pretty bad case of Coccidiosis, which is cleared.

I was mainly talking about worms. Unless the coccidiosis treatment gets worms too?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I was mainly talking about worms. Unless the coccidiosis treatment gets worms too?

I don't think it's worms. If it is, I have something I can use.

Amprolium only works to kill Coccidiosis.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Update pictures are coming on Wednesday.

 

[NatJ]

She's super skinny/more boney then what they typically are, plus her tail is down.

Yes, that does sound like a problem

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yes, that does sound like a problem

If it's not one thing, it's another.

Been working on a prolapsed, constipated hen, that has me a bit frustrated.