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I have a flock of 5 hens - 2x 2yo, and 3x just 1 yo. 2 of the hens seem lethargic and not well; I checked everyone's crop yesterday morning and these 2 had not emptied overnight, though they were not hard, just not completely empty (and they didn't start particularly full the night before). Both of them have shown green poop over the last few days. Under the roost, RSL had almost complete water (with small amount of urates) below her roost, the other (Ameraucana) looser droppings, but not quite as liquid, and some solids; and since Friday, her poop has looked a little less green - slightly more normal? it's hard to tell without following her around to see who drops what.
They've both had some somewhat stressful events in the last few weeks - including running out of free-choice calcium for a day or two more than once recently. Ameraucana has been molting for maybe 2 weeks; she was initially laying eggs through the molt, but I haven't seen an egg from her for at least 4 days, and at least one of her recent eggs had broken and got eaten, so I'm pretty sure it was thin-shelled (so far, I don't have repeat egg-eaters; just when an egg breaks, and usually that's from it being thin-shelled to start with). RSL has had at least 1 shell-less egg (Fri PM), and someone had second one in the previous few days (I have no idea who or exactly when - the dry membrane was off in a corner that I didn't see until weekend clean-out, but my guess is one of the two of them). Initial worry was that the Ameraucana might have egg peritonitis or egg bound? due to posture, extreme lethargy, and the only poop something lash-y looking, but I checked internally, and I've seen her poop since then - no other symptoms seem to point this way.
With the low calcium and egg shell situation, I gave them both 600mg calcium citrate for 2 days. Because neither was eating much, I also gave them some mash for 2 days. Ameraucana seems to be better than she was on Friday - scratching, got up on the roost last night. RSL seems to be worse; she was normal activity level on Fri, except for the shell-less egg Fri PM, but has been pretty lethargic the last 2 days.
Combs are still red, eyes clear, noses clear, nothing else I can think of?
They have never been wormed. I have de-wormer on hand, as well as Corrid. Would you start with both de-worming everyone and treating with Corrid at the same time to cover all bases, esp. since two of them are acting sick? Or something else I've missed? Continue giving mash to make sure they're eating something??
They've both had some somewhat stressful events in the last few weeks - including running out of free-choice calcium for a day or two more than once recently. Ameraucana has been molting for maybe 2 weeks; she was initially laying eggs through the molt, but I haven't seen an egg from her for at least 4 days, and at least one of her recent eggs had broken and got eaten, so I'm pretty sure it was thin-shelled (so far, I don't have repeat egg-eaters; just when an egg breaks, and usually that's from it being thin-shelled to start with). RSL has had at least 1 shell-less egg (Fri PM), and someone had second one in the previous few days (I have no idea who or exactly when - the dry membrane was off in a corner that I didn't see until weekend clean-out, but my guess is one of the two of them). Initial worry was that the Ameraucana might have egg peritonitis or egg bound? due to posture, extreme lethargy, and the only poop something lash-y looking, but I checked internally, and I've seen her poop since then - no other symptoms seem to point this way.
With the low calcium and egg shell situation, I gave them both 600mg calcium citrate for 2 days. Because neither was eating much, I also gave them some mash for 2 days. Ameraucana seems to be better than she was on Friday - scratching, got up on the roost last night. RSL seems to be worse; she was normal activity level on Fri, except for the shell-less egg Fri PM, but has been pretty lethargic the last 2 days.
Combs are still red, eyes clear, noses clear, nothing else I can think of?
They have never been wormed. I have de-wormer on hand, as well as Corrid. Would you start with both de-worming everyone and treating with Corrid at the same time to cover all bases, esp. since two of them are acting sick? Or something else I've missed? Continue giving mash to make sure they're eating something??
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