Purple comb, droopy wings, low energy and isolating herself

[Minky]

I have 24 hens, 2 roosters. The weather is just starting to stay above freezing and the hens have all been outside enjoying it.
Yesterday I noticed one of my Danish Brown Leghorns keeping to herself. I took a closer look at her and noticed her singlet comb to seem very deflated and floppy and purple at the tips and mauve in the middle. She is very low energy, her wings are being held somewhat open and pointing to the ground. Like they are drooping a little. When I feed the hens this evening and they all ran into the barn to eat, she remained outside in the goat run in shelter. I think I will leave her out there, Im worried she is sick. We had another hen with similar symptoms about a month ago, although she did not have the purple comb and spent her days puffed up. She did not make it.

Any ideas what is going on?
Others seem great. But not as many eggs lately. Maybe 10 a day from 24 hens.

Thanks

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

@Eggcessive @casportpony @staceyj @Texas Kiki

 

[DobieLover]

Sorry to hear about your hen.
It does not sound good.
How old is she? Did you get any pictures of her?
The comb you describe is typical of a lack of circulation/poorly oxygenated blood.
This could be caused by any number of internal issues.

 

[Kiki]

Unfortunately it doesn't sound good.
Can you post a picture of her comb?

 

[Minky]

I bought her as a day-old at the end of April last year, so She is 11 months. I have 3 of them, and they are always together like triplets. Not these past 2 days.
What should I do? it will get cold tonight, to zero. There is lots of hay in the run-in shelter.
Do I get her and bring her into the basement in a cat carrier? Nurse her? check her for sour crop or bring egg bound? She was never a friendly hen- very skittish, but she was barely moving away from me today. Im not sure what to do. Is this sort of thing common among chickens??

 

[Minky]

I did she her poop (white and a bit splashy) and drink too.

 

[Kiki]

I bought her as a day-old at the end of April last year, so She is 11 months. I have 3 of them, and they are always together like triplets. Not these past 2 days.
What should I do? it will get cold tonight, to zero. There is lots of hay in the run-in shelter.
Do I get her and bring her into the basement in a cat carrier? Nurse her? check her for sour crop or bring egg bound? She was never a friendly hen- very skittish, but she was barely moving away from me today. Im not sure what to do. Is this sort of thing common among chickens??

It's up to you.
Do you want to try to figure out what is wrong with her and try to nurse her?

 

[Minky]

I dont want to risk my others chickens getting anything. I would nurse her but not take her to a vet.

 

[Eggcessive]

Get her and bring her into the basement. Get her drinking often, and I would give electrolytes with vitamins for chickens. Poultry NutriDrench is also good, and can be given orally 2 ml daily. Make a watery mix of chicken feed with some warm water, plus some cooked egg, and offer it with a bowl up to her beak. I would do this tonight, because if her wings are drooping and her comb is dark, she is critical. Look her over for mites or lice, see if her crop is emptying by morning, take a look at her poops, and check to see if she is egg bound.

 

[Minky]

This is what happened. I went out and got her- she was huddled in corner of goat run in all alone. Brought her into feed room, put her on my lap on her back, head toward my body, legs away. Checked her legs for mites, or for signs of poop blockage or being egg bound, when I HEARD A GURGLE... THEN MY CHEST AND LEGS GOT WET AND WARM and BROWN LIQUID POURED OUT FROM THE SIDES OF HER BEAK. It smelled like compost or maybe poop or the slimy old water from a vase of flowers. Then I felt her crop it was full and mushy like a warm water balloon. I was soaked and grossed out so she is in a cat carrier in the feed room .

Thoughts? Is this sour crop?