Coccidiosis Again!?

[LaurenDickens]

Here's a couple photos of her.

She lays the prettiest blue-green eggs! (Far right)

 

[LaurenDickens]

Hi Everyone I wanted to give an update.

I'm still not sure what's up. She hasn't improved, but hasn't necessarily gotten worse. Her poop keeps changing and non of it seems normal. A day or so ago she spent a lot of time in the nesting box but didn't produce an egg. I freaked out that she may be egg bound, because I felt an egg up there today, so I gave her calcium and an epsom bath, and she did produce an egg. It was a bit smaller than her normal ones. See size comparison below. The one on the right is from today.

She pooped in the nesting box I assume while she was about to lay and it looks greenish and stringy. Very weird texture. Second is me "dissecting" it a little so you get the idea of texture.

I took her off the corid after 5 days and switched to putting electrolytes and probiotics in her water the past 3 days. Gave her some egg, eggshell and yogurt this morning which she wolfed down.

Her crop seems a little full but not hard, kind of squishy, but I don't know if that's from the yogurt and egg and maybe drinking. I'll check it in the morning. She's currently back in the nesting box resting. I think I may have traumatized her.

Anyways I'm at a loss. I just want her to get better. Should I try antibiotics? Would a bacterial infection have shown in the fecal? I have Doxycycline on hand but have never had to use it. Will that just stress her out more!? Help!

 

[LaurenDickens]

Her crop was not fully empty this morning. It wasn't huge, but it wasn't empty, it felt about the size of a ping pong ball, I massaged it with mineral oil and that definitely loosened things up, but still not great. She seems less interested in her layer feed. She's just kind of peckish. Doesn't seem to want to eat a lot and sitting down or occasionally "foraging" and scratching though she's not really picking anything up.

I wouldn't call her lethargic, but I wouldn't call her normal. Not sure where to go from here.

Could she just be depressed from losing her pal, and intruding a new pullet?

 

[Eggcessive]

Her dropping look more normal although there looks to be some undigested grain. Bacteria are usually not included in a fecal float, but the vet can perform a gram stain to look for bacteria or fungus. I would probably keep treating with probiotics and keep an eye on her crop.

 

[LaurenDickens]

Thanks @Eggcessive. The texture was very mucusy-stringy, hard to represent it well in photos.

Her poop looks better today but I'm still worried about the crop. Hopefully the egg, eggshells, and yogurt that she willingly will eat will help soothe the crop and get her some nutrients. I also put nutri-drench and electrolytes in her water. I don't think she likes the smell of the nutri-drench. I sure don't!