Chicken Poo

[Chickemee]

My leghorn is having really watery poo. She's to young to lay eggs but im worried that her watery poo will delay her egg laying.
dose anyone know what her condition is or what I can do for her. Thank you for any help I recieve.

 

[kcfuerst]

I just had a similar experience and it turned out to be coccidia. I would recommend taking a stool sample to your veterinarian and having them check for bugs.

When given the choice of watching them die or medicating them I chose to mediate.

 

[Chickemee]

well my vet dosent take care of chickens I already called. Do know what kind of medication i should put her on?

 

[JackieK318]

Find someone who will just look at the droppings. They don't necessarily need to be an avian vet. Or at least get a recommendation to an avian vet if they're being snotty about it (I got laughed at so much the receptionist had to put the phone down). You can treat them, but unless you know what you're treating, you may not be doing her any good.

 

[silkiechicken]

Yeah, get a vet who does fecal tests. Or a exotic animal vet maybe. A fecal float test shouldn't be too expensive. Treating randomly usually does more harm than good.

 

[dlhunicorn]

The information contained in the links below will help you determine what you are seeing in your poos...(first link) and information on cocci (second link)...
http://dlhunicorn.conforums.com/index.cgi?board=poos&action=display&num=1158478320

http://dlhunicorn.conforums.com/index.cgi?board=articles&action=display&num=1158931925