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I wonder if anyone has any ideas of what can be wrong with my chicken - she is probably about 18 months old - I had her from a friend just before the summer hols last year. She has been through a moult just prior to Christmas but despite being fully feathered and glossy feathered at that she is lifeless with a very small, dull comb.
She sits, hunched up on her own and is so painfully thin under all the feathers - you can feel her crop is empty and feel the breast bone. I have had her in the house a couple of times over night so I can keep an eye on her: she is eating a bit , drinking and pooing ok but she isn't right. I've kept chickens for years now and know when they go it is usually without reason and quite quickly - but this one is just hanging on in there. She really is in a state.
I have had rat bait down, this is inside a hole in small separately caged area, so she isn't able to get to it - non of the others have.
She's been like this for at least a month now - and despite warning my son that I think she is on her way out, she keeps on going - just!
Any ideas?
She sits, hunched up on her own and is so painfully thin under all the feathers - you can feel her crop is empty and feel the breast bone. I have had her in the house a couple of times over night so I can keep an eye on her: she is eating a bit , drinking and pooing ok but she isn't right. I've kept chickens for years now and know when they go it is usually without reason and quite quickly - but this one is just hanging on in there. She really is in a state.
I have had rat bait down, this is inside a hole in small separately caged area, so she isn't able to get to it - non of the others have.
She's been like this for at least a month now - and despite warning my son that I think she is on her way out, she keeps on going - just!
Any ideas?
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