BO is lethargic, has pale comb, wattle

[colospgs]

One of my 2 year old BOs, in a mixed flock of five, has been acting strangely for several months. It started our by her just sitting around all day. She went through a minor molt about a month after I noticed that. After her bald spots got pecked on by a bully, she grew her feathers back in isolation from the bully. Now re-introduced into the flock, the lazy, sitting around behavior is continuing like before the molt. Now her comb and wattle is a light pink instead of the red it was before and during the molt (see photos). I didn't observe any mites or lice. All other hens seem fine. I rarely see her eat, but her poops are normal so she must be. Drinks fine. Hasn't laid an egg since just before the molt 8-10 weeks ago.

Now her only symptoms are lethargy, pale comb and wattle, no egg production. What's up with her?

1st picture: red comb, wattle, during molt.
2nd picture: pale (pink) comb, wattle.

 

[Ingrid_N]

Give her some apple cider vinegar and electrolytes to help perk her up. could be a lot of things. consulting a vet could be a good idea, but avian vets are so sparce and cost about 3 fortunes. possibly internal parasites. there are some natural dewormers on amazon that seem to have pretty good reviews (such as Roosty's dewormer)

 

[ChicNmom]

The pale comb is because she is not currently laying. Mine always take a break after a molt. My 2.5 year old girls will not start laying again until January. ( I don't add light in winter to give them their natural break) Also egg production drops off this time of year in general except for new pullets. Molting and regrowing feathers takes a lot of energy.

I don't know if something else could be going on. If' you've thoroughly checked her over: Crop empty first thing if the morning and full at night, No swelling of the undercarriage and poop looks OK then I wouldn't worry too much.