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Golden Comet almost 9 mos. old, no eggs yet. Below is pics of the progression of her illness.
Saturday she presented with watery bubbly poo, was acting normal, eating and drinking.
Sunday - Poop all watery, clear mostly and white liquid, firehose style. No pics. Absorbed into dry ground to be useful here. Drinking excessive amounts of water, less interest in food, acted ok, not as cheerful and chatty as normal, movements slow, standing around.
Monday (today) - no interest in food at all, upon emergence, crop completely empty, drinking excessive amounts of water. Stood in the corner of the run without moving, head and neck retracted, for almost an hour. My entering forced her movement.
Poop is now chunky bright white and forest green and white gellatenous like.
Decided to let them out of the run to see what she would do. She is slow to move, walk is a waddle side to side. She foraged a little but is not scratching. She did take a sand bath.
She looks and feels heavy.
Vent - pic below - was moist and red, now dry and pink.
Eyes, nares and ears all clear. Mouth is clean.
No mites, lice or other creepy crawlies on her.
Protested being held underside like it was uncomfortable. Belly felt large and soft but not squishy like full of water.
Comb is starting to look pale.
Treatment thus far:
Sunday - probiotics in fresh water / applied KY jelly to vent / gave a Calcium Citrate with D3, 600 mg
Monday - probiotics in fresh water / applied KY jelly to vent / gave a Calcium Citrate with D3, 400 mg
Is there something else I could / should be doing to help her. She is no longer interested in food - Kalmbach layer feed, 17% protein.
Oyster shell and grit always available.
She ate some scrambled egg Sunday - have not offered any today.
Behavior seems on and off between standing statuesque to slow deliberate movements from one place to another for rest. She is not isolating herself from the others but not actively engaging with them. She is no longer going to the nest during the day, not attempting to lay.
I don't know what to think or what else to try. Thank you for suggestions and advice.
Original thread located in behaviors and egg laying. (production breed not laying) I don't know how to move a thread from one forum to another so I just provided the pertinent information here. Sorry for any confusion.
Golden Comet almost 9 mos. old, no eggs yet. Below is pics of the progression of her illness.
Saturday she presented with watery bubbly poo, was acting normal, eating and drinking.
Sunday - Poop all watery, clear mostly and white liquid, firehose style. No pics. Absorbed into dry ground to be useful here. Drinking excessive amounts of water, less interest in food, acted ok, not as cheerful and chatty as normal, movements slow, standing around.
Monday (today) - no interest in food at all, upon emergence, crop completely empty, drinking excessive amounts of water. Stood in the corner of the run without moving, head and neck retracted, for almost an hour. My entering forced her movement.
Poop is now chunky bright white and forest green and white gellatenous like.
Decided to let them out of the run to see what she would do. She is slow to move, walk is a waddle side to side. She foraged a little but is not scratching. She did take a sand bath.
She looks and feels heavy.
Vent - pic below - was moist and red, now dry and pink.
Eyes, nares and ears all clear. Mouth is clean.
No mites, lice or other creepy crawlies on her.
Protested being held underside like it was uncomfortable. Belly felt large and soft but not squishy like full of water.
Comb is starting to look pale.
Treatment thus far:
Sunday - probiotics in fresh water / applied KY jelly to vent / gave a Calcium Citrate with D3, 600 mg
Monday - probiotics in fresh water / applied KY jelly to vent / gave a Calcium Citrate with D3, 400 mg
Is there something else I could / should be doing to help her. She is no longer interested in food - Kalmbach layer feed, 17% protein.
Oyster shell and grit always available.
She ate some scrambled egg Sunday - have not offered any today.
Behavior seems on and off between standing statuesque to slow deliberate movements from one place to another for rest. She is not isolating herself from the others but not actively engaging with them. She is no longer going to the nest during the day, not attempting to lay.
I don't know what to think or what else to try. Thank you for suggestions and advice.
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Original thread located in behaviors and egg laying. (production breed not laying) I don't know how to move a thread from one forum to another so I just provided the pertinent information here. Sorry for any confusion.