chicken down, diagnostic help please

[plantguy90]

I have a buff orpington down; she cant walk, although there is some movement of the muscles, but she seems to have no real good control of ther legs. She has diahrrea real BAD; its red and the anus(?) looks like a volcano. Poop was green and liquid, but now its green and more solid.

My dealer said there is bad coccidiosis going around (I am in So Cal), and I am trying treatment with a sulmet solution, but not sure if its working. The hen can eat and drink, but the increasing inflamation of its rear is taking a toll.

I dont know how much longer I can care for her; also without knowing really what the problem is its hard to treat.

 

[TipsyDog]

Definately sounds like cocci. Isolate her now from any other birds and keep a good eye on the others. Cocci symptoms would be 1st puffed feathers, little movement then blood in the poop.

 

[plantguy90]

How do you know if she is getting better? So far no blood in poop. She has been under treatment (hand feeding food, water) for almost a week now, and I try to rinse off the poop, and she is now in separate small cage in my greenhouse where I have radiant floor heat, so she is toasty. How long does it take a chicken to fight off a bug?

This is my first attempt at raising chickens, started with 4, but down to 2 healthy ones and the sick BO.

 

[TipsyDog]

Ok, now I'm not sure it's cocci. I thought when you said "she has diarreha bad, it's red" that you meant there is blood in it. After a week on Sulmet she should be doing better.

Hang on and maybe someone with more experience will post. What are you feeding her now?