she’s still here this morning - I brought in our other hen to be with her during the night (I only have 2) and she seems relatively the same. same white mucous discharge but her vent isn’t blocked. Still crying out in pain whenever she pushes. If you put food straight in front of her face she...
please help - almost 5 year old hen unable to pass regular stool - have soaked in rosin salts but began struggling once she got out. she cries in pain every time she tries to release poop and it seems like not much is coming out besides a mucusy white substance.
An update: we had the hen necropsied and it came back inconclusive. There were no tumors or any other Marek’s signs. About a month later, we had another hen sadly pass away with similar symptoms - unbalanced, lethargic, and having diarrhea. We believed we had caught it earlier than the last hen...
I am wondering if anyone has ever experienced something like this? She’s acting like she has splay leg and is still having poor quality poops. Id prefer to try to figure out every possibility before jumping to Marek’s.