can you tell by looking at this poop

[El Naked Neck]

thank you everyone for responding. it is called confederate jasmine i looked up the link. it mite sound like that mite be the case. we have well over 160 chickens and the rest are doing great. pen number one doe not come out as often and they have had a case like this. actually they are the ones that was ill at one time or another, after they got better i put them in that pen now they are the ones that are healthiest. i scrambled some eggs this morning and i'm having to force feed her. which is fine she's not fighter. any other ideas? if it is poisoning what do i do?

 

[El Naked Neck]

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no mucus in the inner mouth.

 

[El Naked Neck]

i will put her on tylan in her water today. i did put vet rx to help her breath easier it seemed to help

 

[FortWorthChicks]

I sure hope she pulls through! Keep up the good work!

 

[purpletree23]

If chickens are free ranging and eating popcorn they need chicken grit. It is small pieces of gravel that is approx the size of a small pea. If they are eating anything with fiber like grass or popcorn they need this material in their gizzard to grind everything up. Please go out to the feed store today to get a bag. It's only a few bucks.

Some of the chickens may have been able to pick up small stones here and there but maybe a few haven't and they have impacted crops. Feel the crops and see if you can feel a 'tennis' ball in there. Ig you do you can do surgery and remove the matted material. There are pictures and instructions on this forum and it has been successful.

If you don't feel anything in the crop there is another cause of the not eating and thriving.

 

[El Naked Neck]

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just got done force feeding her and she has nothing in her crop. no tennis ball or anything.
anything else you can think of? i am on my way to pick up chicken grit is that what is called? they have oyster shells does that do the same thing?

 

[NHred]

Green fecal and urates comes from a stressed-out liver. If she is super thin (ruffled feathers would indicate she is trying to regulate her body temp) the green would be an indicator. Check her keel (aka breast bone). If it is very sharp and pronounced you may have a starving bird. If this is the case you want to offer her plenty of liquid and easily digested food - because digestion takes calories and food can actually kill a starving animal. YOu can check for intestinal worms - which can make her thin too. I had a similar situation with my NH Red last year - when she was still young. I am a WL rehabilitator and took her to my vet with no definitive diagnosis other than the fact that she was extremely thin - therefore weak and disoriented. I brought her inside, kept her in a kennel with a heating pad. She did have worms so I dewormed her and put her on a high calorie emaciation diet - cottage cheese, yogurt, olive oil, wheat germ with a bit of her normal food. If she has some kind of impaction the oil will help to loosen it. I was also able to get liquids into her. It took her awhile to perk up but she finally did and I eventually weaned her back onto her normal food. She is now big and robust and lead hen Good luck! ( Just keep track of what is going in and coming out.)

 

[FortWorthChicks]

No oyster shell needed at this age. Just Chick Grit.

 

[El Naked Neck]

well i lost her. i gave herscrambled eggs dipped in yogurt and fed her. gave her distilled water w/ tylan and she didn't make it.

i don't want to lose the others. i have dewormed them recently. i've checked the inside of her mouth to see if she had worms there and nothing but she is very thin should i put the heating pad under her? i try to keep the house as worm as we can take it about 77-80 degrees. is that warm enough? sometimes when it's cold outside like in the 50's i put a portable heater in her area and it gets pretty toast in there. i've got the others that i have to keep alive. same scenario except the breathing isn't as bad yet.

 

[seminolewind]

I was wondering if it was possible to send the body to the state for a necropsy? Or maybe take this chicken to the vet? At least you'd know.