WL w/ pale comb, lethargic, eyes closing, head shaking, thin, watery crop, help?

kristenm1975

Songster
11 Years
Jul 23, 2008
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Seattle, WA
She laid an egg yesterday and only today seemed off. She's usually really feisty but she's just been sitting in her coop all day. I gave the hens some leftover burger earlier yesterday. Wondering if she might have swallowed too big a bite and it's causing sour crop.

I tried massaging her crop and she several times opened and closed her mouth like she was burping. No foul smell. I tried holding her upside down and massaging hr crop and she did dribble out a little clear fluid, but again no bad smell and no vomit.

I put ACV in their water, and will possibly mix some olive oil in with their feed tomorrow morning just to help grease things along.

She isn't egg bound. I checked that too. She has no visible parasites anywhere. She's on organic layer pellets.

Thanks for any suggestions!
 
This morning she is just sitting there, but with all her feathers puffed out a bit. Worse, now there's another hen doing the same thing, with the eyes going shut and head drooping.

Will look up worming. Thanks.
 

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