My hen is a Isa Red so I call her Red she is 3-1/2 - 4 years old and she is the most sociable chicken I’ve ever had and she is always waiting at the back door when I get home for her treats and she sits or stands on the arm of my recliner for a good hour but she started going through her first molt so she wasn’t as sociable and really stayed to her self a lot I did see her drink every day so I wasn’t overly concerned but 2 weeks ago I went to the coup to check on her and she was on the ground and she couldn’t even stand up so I brought her in the house and by that point she wasn’t even drinking i got some rooster booster poultry cell and started giving it to her and water and had to force feed her but I had to use a dropper to give her water her poop was watery and green then I noticed she couldn’t see that well so fast forward a week she started eating and drinking on her own and was walking pretty good and her poop started looking normal but she still couldn’t see very good and then a couple of days ago she started not eating and drinking and her eyesight seemed to get worse and her poop is back watery and green again so any idea what could be causing this and what do I need to do any help will be very much appreciated!
Need some advice and help
- Thread starter RodW67
- Start date
What do you feed her including treats, and is her food always available?
Does she have grit and oyster shell always available?
Is she an only chicken or are there other chickens in the flock, and if so how many?
When is the last time she laid an egg?
Can you feel her crop at night before she goes to bed and describe what it feels like, and again in the morning before she has a chance to eat and drink to see if it is empty?
Please post a picture of her poop.
Does she have grit and oyster shell always available?
Is she an only chicken or are there other chickens in the flock, and if so how many?
When is the last time she laid an egg?
Can you feel her crop at night before she goes to bed and describe what it feels like, and again in the morning before she has a chance to eat and drink to see if it is empty?
Please post a picture of her poop.
It sounds like you've done well with her thus far.
Loss of vision can be due to several things, and probably the most common is Vit A deficiency.
Green watery poop is usually indicative of not eating or not eating enough.
Molting can take a lot out of a chicken, and lack of eating makes it worse.
Could you try making her feed into a mash by adding water to it and a couple drops of your Poultry Cell? Ours love mash and I'd think she'd eat that. Also, scrambled eggs is another thing they won't pass up, and the extra protein in those would help her feather regrowth.
Loss of vision can be due to several things, and probably the most common is Vit A deficiency.
Green watery poop is usually indicative of not eating or not eating enough.
Molting can take a lot out of a chicken, and lack of eating makes it worse.
Could you try making her feed into a mash by adding water to it and a couple drops of your Poultry Cell? Ours love mash and I'd think she'd eat that. Also, scrambled eggs is another thing they won't pass up, and the extra protein in those would help her feather regrowth.
- Thread starter
- #4
I have laying mash always available and I do have oyster shells always available and I change out their water every day and for their treats I give them meal worms. I only have 2 hens and my other hen is 9 years old. I did feel her crop and it’s soft at night and morning before she stopped eating it felt full at night and soft In the morning neither of my hens have laid eggs for about 2 months. I will post a pic of her poop this afternoon. She was walking good yesterday but not eating or drinking I checked on her this morning and she could barely stand and she couldn’t walk she would wobble and fall on her beak! I did give her some vitamin and electrolytes in her water this morning but I had to manually do it.
Green poop can mean she's not eating. Can you make a soft mash of her food by mixing it with warm water? Maybe add a little tuna or scrambled egg to make it smell good to help her find it since you say she can't see, and hold it up to her beak.
- Thread starter
- #6
I will definitely try that! This is her poop!
Attachments
If she's a Red Sex Link and she's between three and half years old and four years old the probability is she's dying. I'm awfully sorry to be so blunt and I agree, they can be incredibly friendly and even if they are not, they seem to have strong personalities.
I imagine she's not laying eggs (?)
You can try to address her health issues but it's important that you understand that due to their breeding to lay 350ish eggs in their most productive years they are worn out by four years old and it's around this age that most of these high production breeds die.
I imagine she's not laying eggs (?)
You can try to address her health issues but it's important that you understand that due to their breeding to lay 350ish eggs in their most productive years they are worn out by four years old and it's around this age that most of these high production breeds die.
- Thread starter
- #9
My wife sent me a post on a lady that her hen was having a lot of the same issues mine is having and she gave her hen drops of vitamin B and 2 capsules of Chinese skullcap and within 24 hours she started perking up and walking again and eating and drinking good have you heard of this? I’ve started giving her a few drops of vitamin A but at this point she seems totally blind but I’m going to keep giving it to her! I’m putting a picture of her that I took while on the arm of my chair!
Attachments
We use Vit B-complex drops for muscular, bone, splayed legs, that type of thing.
I've heard of Chinese skullcap for treating Marek's, but it is more for immunity to Marek's. For instance, I learned that if I have Mareks in my flock but some don't have it, give them the Chinese skullcap every single day for the rest of their lives, and they'll never get it. For those that have Marek's, give it to them, and it won't progress any worse than what they are. This is what I've learned from @2ndTink who has Marek's in her flock, researched, and uses the Chinese skullcap.
IMO, it's worth a try!
Similar threads
New posts New threads Active threads
-
Latest posts
-
Open Contest BYC's Valentine's Day Bingo—2025 Valentine's Day Contest Series- Latest: Somewhere_In_The_Clouds
-
-
-
-
-
-
Latest threads
-
-
-
Millie Fleur D'uccle: breeding pair feedback?- Started by Swiftchicks_13
- Replies: 0
-
Foamy/Bubbly Eyes
- Started by chickencrazed0101
- Replies: 2
-
-
-
Threads with more replies in the last 15 days
-
What Dog Breed Do You Want Today!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!- Started by ShrekDawg
- Replies: 1K
-
-
-
-
Ended Official BYC Poultry Caption Contest 02-07-25 Pic by HoneyMoran- Started by TwoCrows
- Replies: 80
-