Chicken with water for poop

[Daisypitbully]

My 2 yr old cinnamon queen has been isolating herself from the flock of 6. Losing a lot of feathers, I thought she was just molting. Drinking alot of water not eating much. Crop feels like a water balloon with grit in it. Does not have bad breath. Lethargic. Feels skinny. I have brought her into the house yesterday with the heat. Is only pooping what looks like water. She had bumble foot that looks nearly cleared up. Outside of the bumble foot the rest of the symptoms have been about a week.

 

[FeatherWeather]

I had this same problem a couple of years ago. I treated my girl for everything I could think of, so I'm not completely sure what was actually her problem. I really think it was impacted crop that had turned sour. Her watery poop had a really strong smell and had the little green clumps in it like yours.
I treated her for impacted crop with chunks of unrefined coconut oil and very gentle massage several times a day. I ended up having to give her stool softener too. (doccusate sodium). That info is on this site. Make sure to look this up, because you only want the plain stool softener without stimulant.
For the sour crop, I used miconazole. You can look up the dose on this site.
I also dewormed the whole flock with Safeguard horse paste. (just in case it was worms blocking her up)
While I was doing all of this, she was separated from the flock with plenty of water and a wet mash of crumbles mixed with water.
I'm not an expert on this, so hopefully one of the much more experienced folks on this site chime in. They really helped me save my girl.

 

[CHlCKEN]

What does she eat and about how much daily?

 

[Daisypitbully]

I just brought her in yesterday and she really didn't have any interest in food. I was thinking it could be sour crop. So in the morning she still had a squishy crop. Not emptied out but her bedding was soaked from water poop. Nothing really in it. Today she ate a little Greek yogurt and a few blueberries, a raw egg and I gave her coconut oil and a message. Not sure if it is sour crop. Not sure what to feed her and if I should be offering more food. Yesterday she wouldn't eat scrambled eggs and she was staying by herself that's when I realized something was really wrong and I realized that all of the wet poop I had been cleaning up this week was from her. Nature's best organic egg layers pellets is what is in their feeder with buff clucks supplements in it. So I don't watch them eat so not sure? And I didn't leave food in there with her all day today. Would love suggestions on what to do next.

 

[Daisypitbully]

I had this same problem a couple of years ago. I treated my girl for everything I could think of, so I'm not completely sure what was actually her problem. I really think it was impacted crop that had turned sour. Her watery poop had a really strong smell and had the little green clumps in it like yours.
I treated her for impacted crop with chunks of unrefined coconut oil and very gentle massage several times a day. I ended up having to give her stool softener too. (doccusate sodium). That info is on this site. Make sure to look this up, because you only want the plain stool softener without stimulant.
For the sour crop, I used miconazole. You can look up the dose on this site.
I also dewormed the whole flock with Safeguard horse paste. (just in case it was worms blocking her up)
While I was doing all of this, she was separated from the flock with plenty of water and a wet mash of crumbles mixed with water.
I'm not an expert on this, so hopefully one of the much more experienced folks on this site chime in. They really helped me save my girl.

Was her crop hard or squishy and did you just leave a bowl with the wet mashed food with her all day and about how long was she not well. Thank you for the response. I hate seeing her sick and I just feel so helpless.

 

[FeatherWeather]

Was her crop hard or squishy and did you just leave a bowl with the wet mashed food with her all day and about how long was she not well. Thank you for the response. I hate seeing her sick and I just feel so helpless.

I totally understand. That's exactly how I felt.
Her crop was squishy, but I could also feel some clumps in it. I fed her the coconut oil in clumps and massaged her crop gently because I read on here that sour crop can make their crops sensitive and painful. I could feel the clumps, so I tried to kinda break them up with my fingers. Again, very gently. This alone didn't work, so that's when I started seeking other treatments. I was told to give her Monistat (miconazole) orally, 2x a day. That was for sour crop. I wasn't sure what caused the blockage, that's why I dewormed her. Since she was still blocked and shooting out water, I was told to try the stool softener. I think that may have done the trick. Either that or the wormer.
As far as what she ate, I had her in a large wire dog kennel in my garage and I had a bowl of mash and a bowl of water for her in there at all times. I also used puppy pads, so I could clearly see her poop and monitor it.
When she stopped squirting water, I would give her some hard boiled egg with her mash.
If I remember correctly, I had her in the crate for about 10 days. She was still having runny poops, but not water and clumps and she had completely perked up. So, I went ahead and put her back out with her sisters. She literally started pooping normally that same day.

 

[alinas2010]

Welcome to the site, sorry it’s under these circumstances. Also sorry to hear that your hen isn’t feeling well. Drinking a lot of water can be indicative of a crop issue. If her crop is not empty first thing in the morning, you have your answer.

Here is a really helpful article about crop issues and how to treat by @azygous:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

Massages with coconut oil are a good start. It can be difficult to know which direction to go with treatments and often times you end up having to mesh them together to get things back to normal. I had luck getting a crop issue resolved with massages with coconut oil and some olive oil mixed in with egg yolk, it did take a few days. I hope your hen is able to recover, let us know how she does.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

2 yr old cinnamon queen has been isolating herself from the flock of 6. Losing a lot of feathers, I thought she was just molting. Drinking alot of water not eating much. Crop feels like a water balloon with grit in it. Does not have bad breath. Lethargic. Feels skinny. I have brought her into the house yesterday with the heat. Is only pooping what looks like water. She had bumble foot that looks nearly cleared up. Outside of the bumble foot the rest of the symptoms have been about a week.

I was thinking it could be sour crop. So in the morning she still had a squishy crop. Not emptied out but her bedding was soaked from water poop. Nothing really in it. Today she ate a little Greek yogurt and a few blueberries, a raw egg and I gave her coconut oil and a message. Not sure if it is sour crop.

I would treat her for Sour Crop according to the links provided previously.

Do work on hydration and see if she will eat a bit of something.

Hopefully you can get her to rally, she's molting and not feeling well at all, looking at the photos.

It may be worth giving her a Calcium tablet for a couple of days just in case she's struggling expelling Lash Material/Egg, a membrane, etc. Some hens don't stop production completely during molt.

 

[Daisypitbully]

Welcome to the site, sorry it’s under these circumstances. Also sorry to hear that your hen isn’t feeling well. Drinking a lot of water can be indicative of a crop issue. If her crop is not empty first thing in the morning, you have your answer.

Here is a really helpful article about

crop issues and how to treat by @azygous:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

Massages with coconut oil are a good start. It can be difficult to know which direction to go with treatments and often times you end up having to mesh them together to get things back to normal. I had luck getting a crop issue resolved with massages with coconut oil and some olive oil mixed in with egg yolk, it did take a few days. I hope your hen is able to recover, let us know how sh

 

[Daisypitbully]

I will keep you posted. Thank you