She's a Buff Orpington. About 2 years old. She's one of two left from my original flock of 5. She had a prolapsed cloaca last year but we fixed her up and she was fine and has been a consistent layer with no problems until recently.
There's something wrong with her but I'm not sure what. She sits in the henhouse too much. I always take this as a bad sign. Her butt is dirty but not particularly poopy. It looks irritated but not prolapsed at all. She seems a bit skinny. I gave her a warm bath and massage and a night in the chicken hospital last week (cat carrier in the garage - clean dark space, water) and put a little preparation H on her bum because it seemed a tiny bit swollen and irritated. She passed a weird soft egg the next day and seemed fine until yesterday she started back up with the henhouse sitting again. She has not laid any eggs. I have been feeding her meals of cooked egg yolks, oatmeal, yogurt & greens which she eats but not all of it.
What gives? I'd like to help her but I'm not sure how to proceed.
Thank you!
There's something wrong with her but I'm not sure what. She sits in the henhouse too much. I always take this as a bad sign. Her butt is dirty but not particularly poopy. It looks irritated but not prolapsed at all. She seems a bit skinny. I gave her a warm bath and massage and a night in the chicken hospital last week (cat carrier in the garage - clean dark space, water) and put a little preparation H on her bum because it seemed a tiny bit swollen and irritated. She passed a weird soft egg the next day and seemed fine until yesterday she started back up with the henhouse sitting again. She has not laid any eggs. I have been feeding her meals of cooked egg yolks, oatmeal, yogurt & greens which she eats but not all of it.
What gives? I'd like to help her but I'm not sure how to proceed.
Thank you!
