Chicken has diarrhea, lethargic, not eating or drinking.

[Donna R Raybon]

Are your birds on medicated feed for coccidi? Even if they are, I would still treat with Corid. I use the liquid and give two drops in a couple CC of applesauce. The Corid is bitter tasting and applesauce stimulates swallow reflex better th
an just liquid alone.

I have had this happen several times this summer myself. I force feed electrolytes tokeep hydrated and NOT food! If it is coccidia, bird perks up noticably in few hours after treatment and start eating on it's own.

OK, now you will need to treat all birds in that pen/age group. Water can be treated with Corid and changed daily. This needs to be only source of water. Then, you can put birds on medicated feed. Note that medicated feed has enough anti-coccidiastat in it to prevent, but not to treat actual coccidia.

 

[BeachyChicken]

Are your birds on medicated feed for coccidi? Even if they are, I would still treat with Corid. I use the liquid and give two drops in a couple CC of applesauce. The Corid is bitter tasting and applesauce stimulates swallow reflex better th
an just liquid alone.

I have had this happen several times this summer myself. I force feed electrolytes tokeep hydrated and NOT food! If it is coccidia, bird perks up noticably in few hours after treatment and start eating on it's own.

OK, now you will need to treat all birds in that pen/age group. Water can be treated with Corid and changed daily. This needs to be only source of water. Then, you can put birds on medicated feed. Note that medicated feed has enough anti-coccidiastat in it to prevent, but not to treat actual coccidia.

Can I get that at Tractor Supply? Also can I put the treated apple sauce into a syringe and "force feed" her carefully since she won't eat?

 

[BeachyChicken]

I have an 8 week old chick with very similar symptoms!! Been giving Corid without much change. Any ideas????

I'm going to try the Corid if they have it at my local tractor supply...someone suggested that I try scrambled eggs with oregano and garlic. She ate but one bite:-( I'll keep you posted if I figure anything out.

 

[cfschick77]

Please help, anyone!! I havea chicken, Buff Orpington, that is failing fast. She laid a couple of soft shelled eggs about 3 weeks ago then quit laying. She's not eating much, she's usually running all over yard and now she just stands under her favorite bush. Tonight I saw her laying in the corner of the coop instead of roosting. She has white/green diarrhea. I'm really afraid she's not going to make it. Our other Buff, Poppy, is fine. How can I fix her fast?!!!!

 

[casportpony]

Please help, anyone!! I havea chicken, Buff Orpington, that is failing fast. She laid a couple of soft shelled eggs about 3 weeks ago then quit laying. She's not eating much, she's usually running all over yard and now she just stands under her favorite bush. Tonight I saw her laying in the corner of the coop instead of roosting. She has white/green diarrhea. I'm really afraid she's not going to make it. Our other Buff, Poppy, is fine. How can I fix her fast?!!!!

Can you get her to a vet?

-Kathy

 

[cfschick77]

We don't have a reputable bird vet here. My daughter took a favorite to a "special" vet and spent hundreds of dollars for an abscess surgery (she made the money, she's intelligent, so she chose to do so). It cleared up abscess but the chicken was never right again and when she'd return to the vet he'd charge an enormous amount to try various medications on her and she ended up dying I think from internal laying issues. Since then, we try the usual since we don't have thousands of dollars to give the vets for practicing on our chickens!!!

 

[cfschick77]

I keep reading how people try all these various medications, natural remedies, etc but once the chicken declines they end up dying anyway! Does ANYONE have a successful treatment plan? It's not worms, not mites, not respiratory, but still diarrhea. I'm giving antibiotics in water and electrolytes as I can. Scrambled egg (before antibiotics were given), usual crumbles, spinach (washed thoroughly), bits of fruit (no citrus). I'm at a loss.

 

[casportpony]

I keep reading how people try all these various medications, natural remedies, etc but once the chicken declines they end up dying anyway! Does ANYONE have a successful treatment plan? It's not worms, not mites, not respiratory, but still diarrhea. I'm giving antibiotics in water and electrolytes as I can. Scrambled egg (before antibiotics were given), usual crumbles, spinach (washed thoroughly), bits of fruit (no citrus). I'm at a loss.

You need proper antibiotics, which a vet wil have, or you could overnight them from a variety of online places. The water soluble drugs just aren't gonna help.

Question... Is she inside in a room or cage that's 80 to 85 degrees? Are you wiling to learn how to tube feed? I can suggest lots of things that might help he, but it will be lots of work.

Sick birds needs heat, then they need fluids, and usually drugs. Unless she has an advanced case os salpingitis, ascites, or some other fatal disease, it's quite possible that with aggressive treatment and proper supportive care that you can save her.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Read this:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ergency-and-supportive-care-updated-9-14-2016

-Kathy

 

[cfschick77]

Thank you for the article! I will do a lot more googling for a proper bird vet maybe north county or somewhere. I talked to our local chicken man at the farm store and he said his buffs are doing the same thing and often do during molt. She actually perked up for a bit today and grazed around quite a bit more so I don't know if it's the antibiotics or what. We also emptied our bird feeders so not as much wild bird seed is on ground. Honestly, I don't think I can tube feed. I'm not a farmer type. These are our pet chickens. They have a fenced enclosure under a tree (we wrapped the wire around tree and it provides shade, plus we put shade cloth around. The coop is in the shade almost all day. Oxytetracycline not good?