Chicken with pasty butt! Need help with antibiotics dosage!

[Battlepants]

but the poop is more watery than usual.

Something that might be worth reviewing is:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/cecal-vs-regular-poop.75555/

This will give you some idea if the poop is problematic or just part of the cecal poop/regular poop cycle.

 

[kkmas]

You never want to use antibiotics on chickens unless you have a diagnosis or know what you are treating. Clean up the vent area with a butt bath if the chicken is not too weak and unstable. Look carefully for any irritation, prolapses, etc. Is the chicken lethargic, eating or drinking. Poop pictures can help. What does the crop feel like—empty and flat, full, hard, doughy, or puffy. Is it emptying by the next morning? Can you try giving some electrolytes with vitamins and get her drinking. Have you ever wormed your chickens? How old are the chickens that are sick or have died? Most state vets will perform a necropsy (autopsy.) That is the best way to know if you have a disease in your flock.

Thank you so much! She is acting normal, so I will just clean the vent and will try to send a picture of the area. I have wormed the chickens, but it has been a little longer than a year, should I deworm them again? The chickens that died were about 2 years old.

 

[kkmas]

Something that might be worth reviewing is:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/cecal-vs-regular-poop.75555/

This will give you some idea if the poop is problematic or just part of the cecal poop/regular poop cycle.

Thank you so much!

 

[kkmas]

Would electrolytes and cleaning up the area be enough to help? I mean, 3 other chickens died and I gave them electrolytes twice a day. Should I be doing anything else?

 

[Battlepants]

Would electrolytes and cleaning up the area be enough to help? I mean, 3 other chickens died and I gave them electrolytes twice a day. Should I be doing anything else?

For reference, how long ago did the others die?

 

[Eggcessive]

What do you normally worm your flock with? What do you feed? Does your feed have any probiotics? Those can be helpful with loose poops. Plain yogurt contains some. What state are you in? If you lose another, keep the body cold, and consider sending it in to the state vet for a necropsy.

 

[kkmas]

For reference, how long ago did the others die?

The last one died about 2 weeks ago.

 

[kkmas]

What do you normally worm your flock with? What do you feed? Does your feed have any probiotics? Those can be helpful with loose poops. Plain yogurt contains some. What state are you in? If you lose another, keep the body cold, and consider sending it in to the state vet for a necropsy.

About a year ago, I dewormed them with Ivermectin. I feed them DuMor chicken feed. I add apple cider vinegar to the water every once in a while. I will give her some probiotics. I live in Florida.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Poop pictures would definitely help. I am wondering if you have a coccidiosis problem. Did you bring any new birds into the flock lately?

 

[kkmas]

Poop pictures would definitely help. I am wondering if you have a coccidiosis problem. Did you bring any new birds into the flock lately?

No, I did not