Another sick chicken!

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Permalink Reply by Sasha Fergusson on February 15, 2011 at 11:05pm

The first image is the chicken a couple weeks ago, and the second is her just tonight.

Permalink Reply by robert murray on February 16, 2011 at 7:11am

Saha, try to seperate her for a few days and inject a little sugar water into her mouth everyday.

Do you need a cage?

Permalink Reply by Duncan Martin on February 15, 2011 at 11:56pm

Hi Sasha,

The runny yellow poop (is it kind of frothy?) seems to happen monthly to a lot of birds and can be a false alarm sometimes. My 3 hens have it periodically for a day or two.  She could be molting, which would make her low on energy and is known to turn the comb pale.  But if she looks and acts really sick, then chances are she is sick.  Make sure she isn't overrun by mites (look in her downy feathers), as they can be awful parasites, and you can try giving worm medication to all of your chickens, although it sounds like you haven't seen any worms. I doubt it's the cold, unless she sleeps in a poorly ventilated coop with too much humidity.  

These are all possibilities - I'm not any kind of actual chicken health expert though, so take whatever sounds like it could be right and look into it further.  Best of luck.

Duncan

Permalink Reply by Sasha Fergusson on February 16, 2011 at 1:23pm

She is still alive, I have her separated now with food and water, but she doesn't want to eat or drink. The poop isn't frothy, just liquidy, I'm pretty sure she is sick. I couldn't see any mites, and she isn't loosing feathers... I'll try the sugar water thing... thanks.

Permalink Reply by Sasha Fergusson on February 17, 2011 at 11:30pm

Dang, the chicken died. Thanks for the help anyway.

Permalink Reply by robert murray on February 18, 2011 at 12:38am

Wow Sasha, your not having much luck latley eh?

Sorry.

Well if you want some baby chick Black Copper Marans, let me  know, I am picking up some on Saturday.

Don't tell Raven, it's a surprise.

Permalink Reply by Sasha Fergusson on February 20, 2011 at 10:53pm

Oh, wow, well my mum's put a ban on buying baby chicks, so sadly I'll have to pass. I bet Raven will be stoked.

Permalink Reply by robert murray on February 20, 2011 at 11:16pm

Sasha, If you want, I would like to come by sometime and look into why your loosing chickens. Maybe what you need is some chickens that are laying already to restore your Mum;s faith?

Permalink Reply by Amy Weeks on February 28, 2011 at 9:47am

Hi I had this exact problem with a lady a few months ago. I took a chicken first aid workshop late last year and I learned that "hey chickens die"  If you've checked for mites, drafts etc then there's nothing you can do.

The tell tale sign that a chicken is sick is when she seperates herself from the flock. Since they don't want to show signs of weakness and get pecked at.

I bet if you got another hen she'll last for years!