23wk EE Lethargic/Watery poop. corrid?

[Swbertrand1]

You didn't mention temperatures either. Where are you located and what sort of temperatures have the birds been dealing with in the last week or so?

 

[afwifey]

You didn't mention temperatures either. Where are you located and what sort of temperatures have the birds been dealing with in the last week or so?

We had a big swing in temps from 80 to 95 yesterday. They have shade and access to water but I didn’t run the misting system for them like I do in our worst heat days. We are in SC. It’s actually been pretty rainy the last two days although I noticed it first maybe 3-4 days ago but wasn’t sure that anything was wrong until yesterday.
the moldy feed issue was maybe last weekend but not this week.
I haven’t seen any evidence of worms in any poop. No lice or mites visible, clean skin.
i don’t feel an egg- if anything she feels a little thin.

 

[Swbertrand1]

All sounds really good, but 95 is pretty hot for birds. We are in Wilmington, so we're having similar weather to you.

If it were my hen, and I'd gone through all of the above and a vet was not in the cards, I'd have her on some Water with Electrolytes (Gatorade in the water or Sav-A-Chick brand Electrolytes from the feed store will work, even Sugar Water) for the next few days, and mix some Vitamins in with her feed, while reducing her scratch grain intake (no nutritional value to scratch). Watch her for the next 12-24 hours and see how it goes. You could start Corrid, but short of a vet's confirmation that she's afflicted with Coccidiosis, I think you're throwing a dart at a board in a dark room. It won't hurt her however.

When we have a lethargic hen and there's been significant heat, we'll often bring them into the A/C for an hour or so (bathtubs are good for this) to let them cool down and give them Water with Electrolytes (even sugar mixed with some lukewarm water works). They do seem to appreciate the relief and will bounce back pretty quickly.

Vitamins can be administered a number of different ways, and we'll move quickly to get some vitamin therapy in a lethargic bird too. Here are a few options we've used:

A) You can pulverize 1/4 of a human Vitamin B-Complex tablet and mix that with about 1 TBSP of her Feed (is she still on Starter Feed? if so, use that), a bit of Yogurt to moisten the mix (ours like Mixed Berry flavor), and some Fried Egg. Mix all of that up to a moist paste and feed to her.
B) You can put some Poultry Nutri-Drench into a mix of their Feed with a little Yogurt and Fried Egg also.
C) Even Poly-Vi-Sol (liquid baby vitamins WITHOUT Iron) mixed with Feed, Yogurt, and Eggs works for us.

In short, you're trying to boost her energy and get nutrients in her that it appears she's short of. This could be heat related too, or it could be a disease or other sickness, but only a vet can tell you for sure.

Has she been vaccinated against Mareks or Newcastles? I failed to ask that in my first post, but her symptoms, so far, don't seem to be presenting like those...

 

[afwifey]

Gave her a good extra warm soak and she seemed to enjoy that. She’s had a bit more honey and pecked at the food some. She’s preening herself but acting sleepy too.

 

[afwifey]

All sounds really good, but 95 is pretty hot for birds. We are in Wilmington, so we're having similar weather to you.

If it were my hen, and I'd gone through all of the above and a vet was not in the cards, I'd have her on some Water with Electrolytes (Gatorade in the water or Sav-A-Chick brand Electrolytes from the feed store will work, even Sugar Water) for the next few days, and mix some Vitamins in with her feed, while reducing her scratch grain intake (no nutritional value to scratch). Watch her for the next 12-24 hours and see how it goes. You could start Corrid, but short of a vet's confirmation that she's afflicted with Coccidiosis, I think you're throwing a dart at a board in a dark room. It won't hurt her however.

When we have a lethargic hen and there's been significant heat, we'll often bring them into the A/C for an hour or so (bathtubs are good for this) to let them cool down and give them Water with Electrolytes (even sugar mixed with some lukewarm water works). They do seem to appreciate the relief and will bounce back pretty quickly.

Vitamins can be administered a number of different ways, and we'll move quickly to get some vitamin therapy in a lethargic bird too. Here are a few options we've used:

A) You can pulverize 1/4 of a human Vitamin B-Complex tablet and mix that with about 1 TBSP of her Feed (is she still on Starter Feed? if so, use that), a bit of Yogurt to moisten the mix (ours like Mixed Berry flavor), and some Fried Egg. Mix all of that up to a moist paste and feed to her.
B) You can put some Poultry Nutri-Drench into a mix of their Feed with a little Yogurt and Fried Egg also.
C) Even Poly-Vi-Sol (liquid baby vitamins WITHOUT Iron) mixed with Feed, Yogurt, and Eggs works for us.

In short, you're trying to boost her energy and get nutrients in her that it appears she's short of. This could be heat related too, or it could be a disease or other sickness, but only a vet can tell you for sure.

Has she been vaccinated against Mareks or Newcastles? I failed to ask that in my first post, but her symptoms, so far, don't seem to be presenting like those...

I have nutridrench so I can start that immediately. They are not vaccinated. I made the assumption that the tractor supply people knew what they were talking about when we started this whole chicken thing but I know better now because I called the company and was told that they were not vaccinated…
So far there are only two vets in town who will see chickens and one is three weeks out on an appointment and the other is a big animal vet that will only visit at my home and is $150 just for the visit so I have been trying to do everything I can before resorting to that!

 

[afwifey]

All sounds really good, but 95 is pretty hot for birds. We are in Wilmington, so we're having similar weather to you.

If it were my hen, and I'd gone through all of the above and a vet was not in the cards, I'd have her on some Water with Electrolytes (Gatorade in the water or Sav-A-Chick brand Electrolytes from the feed store will work, even Sugar Water) for the next few days, and mix some Vitamins in with her feed, while reducing her scratch grain intake (no nutritional value to scratch). Watch her for the next 12-24 hours and see how it goes. You could start Corrid, but short of a vet's confirmation that she's afflicted with Coccidiosis, I think you're throwing a dart at a board in a dark room. It won't hurt her however.

When we have a lethargic hen and there's been significant heat, we'll often bring them into the A/C for an hour or so (bathtubs are good for this) to let them cool down and give them Water with Electrolytes (even sugar mixed with some lukewarm water works). They do seem to appreciate the relief and will bounce back pretty quickly.

Vitamins can be administered a number of different ways, and we'll move quickly to get some vitamin therapy in a lethargic bird too. Here are a few options we've used:

A) You can pulverize 1/4 of a human Vitamin B-Complex tablet and mix that with about 1 TBSP of her Feed (is she still on Starter Feed? if so, use that), a bit of Yogurt to moisten the mix (ours like Mixed Berry flavor), and some Fried Egg. Mix all of that up to a moist paste and feed to her.
B) You can put some Poultry Nutri-Drench into a mix of their Feed with a little Yogurt and Fried Egg also.
C) Even Poly-Vi-Sol (liquid baby vitamins WITHOUT Iron) mixed with Feed, Yogurt, and Eggs works for us.

In short, you're trying to boost her energy and get nutrients in her that it appears she's short of. This could be heat related too, or it could be a disease or other sickness, but only a vet can tell you for sure.

Has she been vaccinated against Mareks or Newcastles? I failed to ask that in my first post, but her symptoms, so far, don't seem to be presenting like those...

What about mixing some starter/grower (they have been on layer crumble) with some nutridrench and honey together? I could alternate that with the fried egg? She did eat some egg! How often should I soak her in case I’m missing an egg-bound issue?

 

[afwifey]

Maybe some coconut oil too? Even though her crop feels empty…

 

[Swbertrand1]

That would be fine. Just get some vitamins in her along with some feed, especially if she's losing weight. Egg-bound is pretty easy to diagnose as the egg forms very near where it exits the hen.

 

[afwifey]

That would be fine. Just get some vitamins in her along with some feed, especially if she's losing weight. Egg-bound is pretty easy to diagnose as the egg forms very near where it exits the hen.

Thank you so much for your help! She did drink some nutridrench water on her own and I’m dipping her beak as well. She also had some egg but I’ll get that mash made next!

 

[Swbertrand1]

Keep a close eye on her progress too, though I don't think that needs to be said. I would think she'd show improvement pretty quickly, unless there is disease present. You didn't mention vaccinations, but let us know how she does.