TropicalChickies
Crowing
Hello,
This is Butchie, a two year old hen who hatched on our farm. She's always been a happy little layer until recently. Right now, she appears to be having trouble with a yeast infection on the back end accompanied by loose watery yellowish poop.
Here's the problem history and how I've treated her so far:
About two months ago, she started having diarrhea on and off. Her eggs were bleached almost entirely white and with thinner shells. We were having a bout of very hot and humid weather and she was drinking a ton of water, so I just started keeping an eye on her, trying not to overreact.
Then she stopped laying and the diarrhea got worse. Foamy with white and yellow bubbles, sometimes just water came out. I tried electrolytes and probiotics. I'm in rural South America, we have lots of animal supplies and medicines available, but no vet will look at a chicken, except for lunch. The woman at the animal feed and supply store asked if there was blood in the stool. There wasn't, so she recommended treat for a bacterial infection first, then worms.
I gave her oxytetracycline for four days, via subcutaneous injection. Waited a few days, no improvement.
I waited two more days, then dewormed the whole flock with Flubenvent. 7 days later, repeated.
She improved briefly, then she started her molt. This was a month ago. After a week or so of improvement, the diarrhea came back, not foamy, just a whole lot of loose watery yellowish poop. It looks like she isn't digesting her feed very well either.
Her crop and abdomen are ok. The problem is more on the back end.
I clean her butt every day so then I noticed a pasty white discharge sticking to her feathers. And crusty white spots on her face and head. I clean the crusty skin with vinegar solution, but it comes back.
So I treated her for a week with Nyastin. Another hen had a sour crop and responded well to the Nyastin, but Butchie is still suffering from this diarrhea and pasty butt.
Note: for several days, before I treated with Nyastin, she stopped eating. Just walked around wiping her beak like everything disgusted her. After the Nyastin, her appetite is back, she's eating very well, but obviously not getting full nourishment with all this watery poop.
I know this sounds like a lot of treatments, but I've waited in between each one, followed all the directions and tried to go in order from most to least fatal problem.
One thing I haven't tried is acidified copper sulphate. Anyone have good luck with that after trying other treatments? Or an alternative antifungal?
Thank you for reading and I hope someone can help.
This is Butchie, a two year old hen who hatched on our farm. She's always been a happy little layer until recently. Right now, she appears to be having trouble with a yeast infection on the back end accompanied by loose watery yellowish poop.
Here's the problem history and how I've treated her so far:
About two months ago, she started having diarrhea on and off. Her eggs were bleached almost entirely white and with thinner shells. We were having a bout of very hot and humid weather and she was drinking a ton of water, so I just started keeping an eye on her, trying not to overreact.
Then she stopped laying and the diarrhea got worse. Foamy with white and yellow bubbles, sometimes just water came out. I tried electrolytes and probiotics. I'm in rural South America, we have lots of animal supplies and medicines available, but no vet will look at a chicken, except for lunch. The woman at the animal feed and supply store asked if there was blood in the stool. There wasn't, so she recommended treat for a bacterial infection first, then worms.
I gave her oxytetracycline for four days, via subcutaneous injection. Waited a few days, no improvement.
I waited two more days, then dewormed the whole flock with Flubenvent. 7 days later, repeated.
She improved briefly, then she started her molt. This was a month ago. After a week or so of improvement, the diarrhea came back, not foamy, just a whole lot of loose watery yellowish poop. It looks like she isn't digesting her feed very well either.
Her crop and abdomen are ok. The problem is more on the back end.
I clean her butt every day so then I noticed a pasty white discharge sticking to her feathers. And crusty white spots on her face and head. I clean the crusty skin with vinegar solution, but it comes back.
So I treated her for a week with Nyastin. Another hen had a sour crop and responded well to the Nyastin, but Butchie is still suffering from this diarrhea and pasty butt.
Note: for several days, before I treated with Nyastin, she stopped eating. Just walked around wiping her beak like everything disgusted her. After the Nyastin, her appetite is back, she's eating very well, but obviously not getting full nourishment with all this watery poop.
I know this sounds like a lot of treatments, but I've waited in between each one, followed all the directions and tried to go in order from most to least fatal problem.
One thing I haven't tried is acidified copper sulphate. Anyone have good luck with that after trying other treatments? Or an alternative antifungal?
Thank you for reading and I hope someone can help.