Buff Orphington suddenly lethargic and periodically opens mouth

[chinjon]

When is the last time she laid an egg? Any trouble with soft shelled eggs?

You mention her crop being empty this morning but squishy? Was it empty/flat or did it have something in there like fluid or doughy?

Is she drinking ok? I would still lean toward her crop not emptying or she's got a partial blockage somewhere in the digestive system. Sometimes there's another condition like reproductive problems causing inflammation and the whole system slows down.

Keep her drinking, the vitamins are fine to give for a few days. If she will eat that's good.

As for the compost, I don't think just a smell of compost out in the open air would cause problems for her, I'm sure the other chickens would have been symptomatic as well if that were the case.
IF She had consumed/eaten from the compost pile when it was turned and ate rotting material, then this could potentially cause some problems.

She has yet to lay her first egg, she is roughly 10 months old. I've read in other threads with other Buff Orphington owners that they can be a bit slower to mature(?).

Doughy is a good word, it did feel like that.

She hasn't been drinking or eating on her own, still feeding her through a spoon and has to be coaxed a bit. Feeding her Harrison's Recovery formula, made it a bit watery for her to slurp out.

I have been alternating between electrolytes/probiotics, Nutridrench (mixed in water), and plain water - all via spoon or dropper.

How long do blockage issues typically take to resolve?

Again, thank you so much for taking time out of your day to respond. I appreciate it more than you know . I hope to pay it forward and be more active in BYC.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Then her crop is not emptying if doughy is a good word.
Read this article and begin treatment.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[Eggcessive]

I would use B complex, not B 12 as the former contains all B vitamins including thiamine, riboflavin, B12, etc. 1/4 tablet daily crushed is fine. She looks very puffy and her urates appear yellowish, when they normally are white. Ten months seems a long time to not lay, and reproductive disorders are common in chickens. My buff orps laid at 25 weeks. You might try getting her to eat some chips of cold coconut oil up to a tsp per day, and then massage her crop several times a day.

 

[chinjon]

I would use B complex, not B 12 as the former contains all B vitamins including thiamine, riboflavin, B12, etc. 1/4 tablet daily crushed is fine. She looks very puffy and her urates appear yellowish, when they normally are white. Ten months seems a long time to not lay, and reproductive disorders are common in chickens. My buff orps laid at 25 weeks. You might try getting her to eat some chips of cold coconut oil up to a tsp per day, and then massage her crop several times a day.

Then her crop is not emptying if doughy is a good word.
Read this article and begin treatment.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

Thank you both, I've bought a jar of coconut oil. Feeding it to her chilled, but having some difficulty as she is not accepting solids voluntarily.

I have purchased some vitamin b complex and began administering it to her.

In terms of her puffy-ness, she usually is puffy, but she does seem more puffy than usually. She hasn't been extending her neck like she normally has, it's been retracted for most of the time. When she walks, noticed she’s doesn’t do her normal “head bobbling”.

She seems to be a tad higher in spirits. When she does walk around, she'll gravitate towards a corner within the house, same goes for when she's in the box, she'll bury herself, face first into a corner. Also noticing that when I pick her up and put her down, she isn’t reacting as much as she used to, like getting her feet ready for landing.

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Video of her this morning:

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Poops

Sorry for the over documentation, I know theres probably hundreds of threads like this one, hopefully someone else find this post w/ similar issues and hope its helpful.

Yesterday:

Overnight

Today

Urates look more white here:

 

[chinjon]

I did forget to add in the most recent post, her crop did feel a bit flat today in the morning.

 

[Eggcessive]

I think I would start the Corid (amprollium) in case she has coccidiosis. If yours has not arrived, most feed stores carry the liquid and the powder. Dosage is 2 tsp of the liquid, or 1.5 tsp of the powder per gallon of water for 5-7 days.

 

[chinjon]

I think I would start the Corid (amprollium) in case she has coccidiosis. If yours has not arrived, most feed stores carry the liquid and the powder. Dosage is 2 tsp of the liquid, or 1.5 tsp of the powder per gallon of water for 5-7 days.

It had just come in, I had gotten the liquid version.

So that would be 2tsp per gallon of water, and just feed that as her sole water intake?

I had also given her vitamin B today - should I wait? Also would that mean I should stop giving her the electrolytes as well, it does have vitamin B.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It had just come in, I had gotten the liquid version.

So that would be 2tsp per gallon of water, and just feed that as her sole water intake?

I had also given her vitamin B today - should I wait? Also would that mean I should stop giving her the electrolytes as well, it does have vitamin B.

Eliminate the extra vitamins when treating with Corid.

 

[Eggcessive]

It is fine that you gave vitamins today, but just stop any B vitamins while on the Corid.

 

[chinjon]

It is fine that you gave vitamins today, but just stop any B vitamins while on the Corid.

Alright will do. Thank you!

I am worried about food. I have been giving her the Harrison Recovery Formula as her sole source of food, and that has Vitamin B. Would she be fine without food if I can't get her to accept solids/food?

Harrison Recovery Formula Ingredients:

Soy protein isolate, Hi-oleic sunflower oil, Sugar, Calcium carbonate, Potassium chloride, Vitamin supplement (Vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3, dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate, vitamin B12, riboflavin, d-calcium pantothenate, niacin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, d-biotin, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, sodium selenite, calcium carbonate, vegetable oil), Phosphatadyl choline, Di-calcium phosphate, Methionine, Vitamin E.
Dry Mix Guaranteed Analysis: Crude protein (min.) 35%, crude fat (min.) 19%, crude fiber (max.) 1%, moisture (max.) 10%