Chicken being lethargic, help?

[hickoryrose]

For most of this week, my hen has been acting a bit unusual. My girl Max is an almost 6 year-old indoor Wellsummer hen. She lives indoors due to her previous flock abusing her to the point of borderline starvation. Normally, Max is energetic, obnoxious, talkative, curious, and a decent eater. I don't know why, but this week she's been acting somewhat lethargic. Her fecal matter isn't completely solid, with the uriates being runny and her food matter being bright green. She started acting like this after she got some super worms, and then later some grass. She's still talking, acting somewhat alert, no droopy wings. Her comb looks normal, she reacts to stimuli, and we can't think of any disease she could possibly have because she has no contact with other chickens whatsoever. She has a very big variety in her diet, and she is eating (for some reason she only wants watermelon, lettuce, and small amounts of seeds). She doesn't seem interested in drinking water. Every time she makes a bowel movement she eats a bit and settles down again. Could she just have some digestive upset that is making her tired? Is henopause to blame? (Her egg production has drastically decreased in the last couple months). We have checked her cloaca several times and have not found any sign of an egg. Is she beginning to molt now that it's fall? Any advice whatsoever would be wonderful. I love my girl and would do anything for her.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Welcome To BYC

Do you have photos of her poop?

Do you provide grit (crushed granite) for her free choice?
When was her last egg?

Check her crop first thing in the morning before she has anything to eat or drink. If her crop is not emptying, then begin treating according to the article below.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[hickoryrose]

Welcome To BYC

Do you have photos of her poop?

Do you provide grit (crushed granite) for her free choice?
When was her last egg?

Check her crop first thing in the morning before she has anything to eat or drink. If her crop is not emptying, then begin treating according to the article below.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

Her last egg was on Sepetember 25, she has not laid since and has not acted broody at all. We provided her with crushed granite but she seems uninterested. We gave her a box full of sand and she dustbathed and played in it readily, and I believe she ate some of the sand. This morning her crop was full, thoufh she's been defecating and eating a but throughout the day, so its hard to tell if anything has actually changed. Her breath doesnt smell particularly bad. I dont have photos of her poop at the moment but I can take some. And I'll read the article ASAP!

 

[hickoryrose]

Welcome To BYC

Do you have photos of her poop?

Do you provide grit (crushed granite) for her free choice?
When was her last egg?

Check her crop first thing in the morning before she has anything to eat or drink. If her crop is not emptying, then begin treating according to the article below.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

Here's the most recent poop I can find. Earlier it was more solid than this but she ate some watermelon and now its like this. We are currently getting some vegetable oil in her and massaging her crop.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

This morning her crop was full, thoufh she's been defecating and eating a but throughout the day, so its hard to tell if anything has actually changed.

Tonight, when you put her to bed, take away food/water for the night. Feel her crop.
In the morning, re-feel her crop before you give food/water so you can compare it more easily. The crop should be flat/empty after a full nights sleep.

You are right, it's hard to tell during the day when they have been eating/drinking.

If the crop is still full in the morning, then I'd treat those symptoms.
I don't withhold food/water during waking hours, so I would let her have her normal feed. Watermelon sounds good too. Bits of cooked egg makes a nice treat too.
Think of giving easy to process/digest foods at the moment, so cut out any hard grains/scratch, etc. until this resolves, then you can slowly re-introduce those if you wish.

Vegetable oil is o.k. to use but take extra care so she doesn't aspirate the liquid oil. I like to give coconut oil chunks, mine seem to like the taste and will readily eat it on their own.
Often you'll find that you may need to treat as sour even if there's no odor, but hopefully you can get the crop moving.