Chicken with disheveled feathers

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, maryex, and

! Happy you joined us! Good luck with your sick hen.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Welcome to BYC!!!

Glad to have you aboard!!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! Glad you joined us!

 

[maryex]

I just posted this under diseases but I started this thread here and wanted to respond for requests for pics.

This is my 4 year old Ameracauna. For the last couple of weeks I just thought she was having a spring molt. She is active and eating well but looks a mess. I have notice crumbly poo in the coop in the morning but, I have 5 other chickens and there are about 2-3 piles of crumbly poos under the roost. The other 5 seem fine. As I was taking the pictures (just now) she pooped and it was diarrhea. A real watery squirt.
A few months ago she was walking like she was drunk. I gave her polyvisol (no iron) and pedialyte for several days and then she seemed fine. But this is how she is now.
Any thoughts info would be very appreciated.

 

[maryex]

Also, I give my chix ACV and garlic a couple of times a week.

 

[maryex]

Waiting for husband to get home so he can hold her and I can closely inspect. Thanks!

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Some vets will do a fecal float test for worms for a small fee (false negatives are possible). You might consider the possibility of worms with a thin hen with diarrhea. Of course it can be other things too.

 

[maryex]

How fresh does the feces have to be. I wanna make sure I get hers.

 

[maryex]

Couldn't find any mites on her.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

How fresh does the feces have to be. I wanna make sure I get hers.

I don't know...it is best to call the vet to get the price of the test first and you can ask the question to them. I have read some people saying that it was $20 and another saying $100 or so. It may be that all vets won't do it and thus it is best to call ahead- you only have to bring the poo, not the chicken I have read.

They can also test for cocci at the same time, but with your dry environment I don't know how likely that would be.