weight loss unexplained

I've been concerned about my girl Ames since March. She's a Buff Orpington, just turned 2. I noticed her sitting down a lot more than the others a few months ago. I found a lash egg in the coop in April, then took her to the vet. After suspecting some kind of infection, she went on a course of...

I’m writing today as we are slightly concerned about one of our 32 week old White Rocks, named Crystal. When we got her she was laying consistently every day, like the rest of the flock. She started to show slight broodiness after about a month, when we would find her just staying in the nesting...

If anyone follows the Old Folks Home thread you'll know that I've been nursing a sick hen for the past three days. She had presented with extreme weight loss, lethargy, fluffed feathers but good appetite and was drinking. Stool was normal. Vent looked normal. Physical exam was unremarkable with...

We have a small 2.5yr old flock of 3 BO and 3 Ameraucanas and egg production stopped about 3 weeks ago (oh the shame of having to BUY eggs!). One of the Ameraucanas have dropped a lot of weight and keeps trying to sleep in the nest at night but shows no other obvious symptoms. She's eating and...

I have racked my brain on what's going on with my 2 year old araucana (pictures included). About a month ago she started losing feathers (and I noticed many of her remaining feathers were brittle) but was still laying normally, running around with the other chickens, and eating and drinking...

The other day I caught one of my ducks breaking into the vegetable garden and realised when I picked her up that she was extremely thin. As in her keel was like a knife and every other bone was clearly defined, no fat on her at all." She is fed a balanced diet consisting of pelleted feed...