Our 4 year old hen Sunshine is sick. She's an ISA brown, turned 4 in February, and is usually very curious and outgoing, and probably my most food motivated chicken.
I found her in the nest box Friday night, and her entire vent was matted shut with green/white diarrhea all over her. She was lethargic, her tail was droopy, and she wouldnt eat or drink anything, crop completely empty. There's no palpable egg stuck, and she's pooping small amounts after I syringe feed her fluids. After giving her an Epsom salt soak, and blow drying her, she had some energy, and had a little bit of interest in some apple cider vinegar water, and feed, mixed with a little nutridrench. She didn't seem to be coordinating very well when trying to eat and drink though. Like her beak would miss the bowls. I've realized how much weight she's lost while holding her too, she's very skinny. I'm currently on day 2 of treating her and the flock with Corid for coccidiosis. 2tsp per gallon, for the flock, and 2 drops orally per day for her, plus her drinking water dosage. Last night I was able to syringe feed her about 5ml of water, and she ate a couple small pieces of egg yolk.
My question is, do you think this is something other than coccidiosis? She is completely out of energy today, wants to keep her eyes closed, no interest in food or water, her poops are foamy and green and white(Pictures attached), but her tail is no longer droopy. I have given her the couple drops of corid orally again today, (day 2 of the corid) and syringe fed her some water.
Is there something else I should be treating her for that matches her symptoms better than coccidiosis that I just don't know about? I should also add, nobody else is showing any of these symptoms that I've seen. Any help or advice is so appreciated!
She's so loved on our little farm, and is the kid's favorite most friendly girl.
I found her in the nest box Friday night, and her entire vent was matted shut with green/white diarrhea all over her. She was lethargic, her tail was droopy, and she wouldnt eat or drink anything, crop completely empty. There's no palpable egg stuck, and she's pooping small amounts after I syringe feed her fluids. After giving her an Epsom salt soak, and blow drying her, she had some energy, and had a little bit of interest in some apple cider vinegar water, and feed, mixed with a little nutridrench. She didn't seem to be coordinating very well when trying to eat and drink though. Like her beak would miss the bowls. I've realized how much weight she's lost while holding her too, she's very skinny. I'm currently on day 2 of treating her and the flock with Corid for coccidiosis. 2tsp per gallon, for the flock, and 2 drops orally per day for her, plus her drinking water dosage. Last night I was able to syringe feed her about 5ml of water, and she ate a couple small pieces of egg yolk.
My question is, do you think this is something other than coccidiosis? She is completely out of energy today, wants to keep her eyes closed, no interest in food or water, her poops are foamy and green and white(Pictures attached), but her tail is no longer droopy. I have given her the couple drops of corid orally again today, (day 2 of the corid) and syringe fed her some water.
Is there something else I should be treating her for that matches her symptoms better than coccidiosis that I just don't know about? I should also add, nobody else is showing any of these symptoms that I've seen. Any help or advice is so appreciated!
She's so loved on our little farm, and is the kid's favorite most friendly girl.
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