Hughes Wildlife Farm
Songster
3 month old Polish Crested. I see she is eatting and drinking water with "hydro-hen" "3-in-1 probiotics+electrolytes+acidifiers". (Which I started her on when I noticed the lethargy) She has been checked daily for lice and mites. Her vent looks great though I did notice slight stiff feathers around it, suggesting at some point she had a runny stool, but her poops are solid right now.
I 1st noticed 5days ago she wasn't as active as she used to be with her sisters.
After 2 days of just sitting around, I "hospitalized" her in a 1×2 cage in the coop with chick feed and "hydro-hen" because I noticed her crop was empty. I was giving her soak food with Apple cider villager n water, but she wasn't eatting it. But since I saw her crop growing and she was drinking the water and eatting, havnt attempted the soak since.
We just suffered 3 days of crazy rain and I saw her head was soaked, wondered if the roof leaked on her head, and she just never moved.
So last night I moved her indoors and set a heat lamp, and now her head is fluffy again, but she just wont regain her activity levels.
We are now 5 days into separation. She eats, full crop, drinks, and poops still look great. She isn't weezing or sneezing..no runny eyes or nose.nothing. she just has her wings down and no activity. I did notice last night she has a red bruise on the side of her head. Maybe got her head stuck in the bars of the cage at some point but no other chickens have access to her so I'm only thinking somthing startled her and she tried to put her head thru the bars.
Any other suggestions? I feel like I'm missing a step or I should be doing somthing else a a booster.
Pics of her and her poo follow
I 1st noticed 5days ago she wasn't as active as she used to be with her sisters.
After 2 days of just sitting around, I "hospitalized" her in a 1×2 cage in the coop with chick feed and "hydro-hen" because I noticed her crop was empty. I was giving her soak food with Apple cider villager n water, but she wasn't eatting it. But since I saw her crop growing and she was drinking the water and eatting, havnt attempted the soak since.
We just suffered 3 days of crazy rain and I saw her head was soaked, wondered if the roof leaked on her head, and she just never moved.
So last night I moved her indoors and set a heat lamp, and now her head is fluffy again, but she just wont regain her activity levels.
We are now 5 days into separation. She eats, full crop, drinks, and poops still look great. She isn't weezing or sneezing..no runny eyes or nose.nothing. she just has her wings down and no activity. I did notice last night she has a red bruise on the side of her head. Maybe got her head stuck in the bars of the cage at some point but no other chickens have access to her so I'm only thinking somthing startled her and she tried to put her head thru the bars.
Any other suggestions? I feel like I'm missing a step or I should be doing somthing else a a booster.
Pics of her and her poo follow