Back again- green diarrhea & vet

[Winniethesilkie]

I had posted a couple days ago about my sick 4 year old barred rock hen. She has green diarrhea and is barely eating but pecks at food. Lays down with eyes closed most of the day. The vet checked her today and she isn't egg bound, took a fecal sample.

They suggested I treat the whole flock with corid over the weekend while I wait for results. Is this a good idea? She's the only chicken who has symptoms and doesn't seem to be cocci

Thank you!

 

[nuthatched]

Green poop can be from not eating, an infection or new castle disease. Since she's not eating. I'll go with that.
What's her diet? When will you get results of the fecal?

 

[Winniethesilkie]

Green poop can be from not eating, an infection or new castle disease. Since she's not eating. I'll go with that.
What's her diet? When will you get results of the fecal?

She gets nutrena laying crumble or all flock. I give them veggies and sometimes fruit but haven't this week except strawberries one day. The fecal results will be Monday since it's the weekend

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I had posted a couple days ago about my sick 4 year old barred rock hen. She has green diarrhea and is barely eating but pecks at food. Lays down with eyes closed most of the day. The vet checked her today and she isn't egg bound, took a fecal sample.

They suggested I treat the whole flock with corid over the weekend while I wait for results. Is this a good idea? She's the only chicken who has symptoms and doesn't seem to be cocci

Thank you!

She gets nutrena laying crumble or all flock. I give them veggies and sometimes fruit but haven't this week except strawberries one day. The fecal results will be Monday since it's the weekend

I have a 4 year old barred rock hen who is sick. Her comb is pale and flopped over, she walks slow and has lost weight. She also has bright green poop. Two days ago I washed her after these pictures and now her poop is like water/foam and still green.

She isn't laying which isn't unusual for her.

She doesn't lay often for the last 6 months but always has healthy eggs when she does. I havent wormed them before, not sure what I'd give?

The Corid won't hurt her. Dosing will be below.

I looked at some of your previous threads, could she be the one that expelled a lash egg back in January or did you figure out it was a different hen?

I would suspect something reproductive going on, but it's so hard to know for sure. I'd think about getting extra Calcium (1Calcium Citrate+D3 tablet daily for a week), deworming her (Safeguard or Valbazen) and giving a round of antibiotics (Amoxicillin or Baytril) to see if that helps.
Since you are waiting on the vet, that may be best.

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Liquid Corid dose is 2tsp or Powdered Corid Dose is 1 1/2tsp per gallon of water given for 5-7 days as the only source of drinking water.
Do not add any extra vitamins/electrolytes that contain B1(Thiamine) to food or water during the course of treatment.
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You can find Calcium Citrate with D3 in the vitamin aisle of stores like Walmart, CVS, etc. Give 1 tablet daily for a week, just pull down on her wattles, pop the tablet into the beak and let her swallow.

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To treat most worms that poultry can have except for Tapeworm use:
Safeguard dose is 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally once a day for 5 days in a row.
----OR----
Valbazen dose is 0.08ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeated in 10 days.

A couple of previous threads that stood out:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/bright-green-poop-help-please.1634343/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/lash-egg-in-water-bowl.1609582/

 

[Winniethesilkie]

The Corid won't hurt her. Dosing will be below.

I looked at some of your previous threads, could she be the one that expelled a lash egg back in January or did you figure out it was a different hen?

I would suspect something reproductive going on, but it's so hard to know for sure. I'd think about getting extra Calcium (1Calcium Citrate+D3 tablet daily for a week), deworming her (Safeguard or Valbazen) and giving a round of antibiotics (Amoxicillin or Baytril) to see if that helps.
Since you are waiting on the vet, that may be best.

-------
Liquid Corid dose is 2tsp or Powdered Corid Dose is 1 1/2tsp per gallon of water given for 5-7 days as the only source of drinking water.
Do not add any extra vitamins/electrolytes that contain B1(Thiamine) to food or water during the course of treatment.
--------
You can find Calcium Citrate with D3 in the vitamin aisle of stores like Walmart, CVS, etc. Give 1 tablet daily for a week, just pull down on her wattles, pop the tablet into the beak and let her swallow.

---------
To treat most worms that poultry can have except for Tapeworm use:
Safeguard dose is 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally once a day for 5 days in a row.
----OR----
Valbazen dose is 0.08ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeated in 10 days.

A couple of previous threads that stood out:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/bright-green-poop-help-please.1634343/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/lash-egg-in-water-bowl.1609582/

Thank you so much!! Can I give her corid, calcium and safeguard all on the same day? Do I need to toss her eggs during treament? And would you suggest treating the whole flock or just putting her in a kennel for a few days to treat? Thank you again! Also, the hen who had the lash egg passed a few months later, she was a cinnamon queen

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you so much!! Can I give her corid, calcium and safeguard all on the same day? Do I need to toss her eggs during treament? And would you suggest treating the whole flock or just putting her in a kennel for a few days to treat? Thank you again! Also, the hen who had the lash egg passed a few months later, she was a cinnamon queen

Yes, you can give all 3 at the same time.

There's no withdrawal period for Calcium and Corid. Safeguard withdrawal period of 14 days after the last dosage. Some observe a period, others don't, that would be up to you.

For me, I'd treat the whole flock for worms. You are treating all of them with Corid for Coccidiosis, but again, that's up to you. If you have a lot of hens, then you can treat/worm one group at a time if you wish, but I'd treat the BR that is not well, no matter what. Dosing is given orally for the Safeguard, so all you need to do if you want to treat just her is to pull her aside once daily and give her the medication.

Thanks for the clarification on the Lash Egg. I was not sure if you had ever figured out which hen and the timeline would have fit for this hen to be having some difficulties from lash material, so I had wondered about that.

 

[Winniethesilkie]

Yes, you can give all 3 at the same time.

There's no withdrawal period for Calcium and Corid. Safeguard withdrawal period of 14 days after the last dosage. Some observe a period, others don't, that would be up to you.

For me, I'd treat the whole flock for worms. You are treating all of them with Corid for Coccidiosis, but again, that's up to you. If you have a lot of hens, then you can treat/worm one group at a time if you wish, but I'd treat the BR that is not well, no matter what. Dosing is given orally for the Safeguard, so all you need to do if you want to treat just her is to pull her aside once daily and give her the medication.

Thanks for the clarification on the Lash Egg. I was not sure if you had ever figured out which hen and the timeline would have fit for this hen to be having some difficulties from lash material, so I had wondered about that.

Hello again! The vet said her fecal came back with nothing, after all the treatment she hasn't improved. The vet suggested culling her and that she likely has cancer. Just wondering if you agree or if there's any last ditch efforts, if she even makes it that long. I don't want her to suffer but also feel bad she's still holding on

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hello again! The vet said her fecal came back with nothing, after all the treatment she hasn't improved. The vet suggested culling her and that she likely has cancer. Just wondering if you agree or if there's any last ditch efforts, if she even makes it that long. I don't want her to suffer but also feel bad she's still holding on

I'm sorry she's not improving

It can be hard to know why a hen declines, but a lot of times it can be due to cancer or reproductive problems.
As for culling, you are the one that knows her best and can judge her quality of life. If she's still able to move about with her flock a little, isn't being picked on, can eat/drink on her own, you may consider giving her more time. If she's in misery, then putting her down is probably a kinder thing to do. It's never easy.

If you lose her and want to know the cause of her decline, getting a necropsy through your state lab will give you the best answers. The Pathologist will give you a report of their findings. Some of us do our own informal investigation to see if we can find something obvious, this may be something you want to do think about if the lab is not an option.