Concerned about possible liver failure

[topochico225]

X2 on Corid not treating worms. Worms can be a cause of blood specks in droppings, but you may never actually see worms without having a fecal float done by your vet. For worming, Valbazen or SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer are the best most effective for most worms.

Can you post any pictures of your hen’s poop? Yellow urates in the poop can be a sign of liver disease. I had one hen who I did a necropsy on at home who had fatty liver disease, and who had 2 inches thick fat and a large blood clot on her tan liver. None of the others have ever had that, and I do necropsies on most of the ones who have died over the years. Fatty liver can have numerous causes, such as genetic predisposition, poor diet high in carbs and fat, exposure to aflatoxin or funguses, and many other.

I'm not home right now, but she did have a yellowish tint to her poop when I saw it yesterday. Good to know about the Corid. I'll keep it, and not use it yet.

 

[topochico225]

Okay, here's pictures of her face from ~5 min ago. The transparent back of the comb thing is hard to see on pictures, but it's there. If the sun was out you'd be able to see it WAY better. She also laid a fairy egg this morning, not sure if that's related.

 

[topochico225]

I'm not sure if I'm being paranoid, but her laying is weird. She laid that tiny egg yesterday, which was her first in a few days, then nothing today.

 

[topochico225]

I'm not sure if I'm being paranoid, but her laying is weird. She laid that tiny egg yesterday, which was her first in a few days, then nothing today.

Thing is, her comb and wattles are huge and bright red, so no obvious signs that her hormones are off.

 

[MissE]

Thank you! They get no additional fat from the house, but they free range all day. I was also worried because we've had off and on laying from her. The morning before the first hen died she didn't lay, and FLHS hemorrhage usually happens when the chicken tries to lay.

Maybe I have you confused with someone else, and I'm not finding the post right now so I can't confirm this, but didn't you start a thread about not overfeeding mealworms because that caused your RIR pullet to die from FLHS?

If that was you, and my apologies if it wasn't, please be honest with what the chickens were eating. We cannot give correct advice without all the facts.

 

[alwaystj9]

The comment about selenium caught my eye. I live in the general area of the OP and fight low selenium in all my animals, it's become worse since the flooding in 2016. It's also been hard getting a selenium block so I have started adding BOSS to my feed (especially the goats). Do most commercial chicken feeds have adequate selenium>?

 

[topochico225]

Maybe I have you confused with someone else, and I'm not finding the post right now so I can't confirm this, but didn't you start a thread about not overfeeding mealworms because that caused your RIR pullet to die from FLHS?

If that was you, and my apologies if it wasn't, please be honest with what the chickens were eating. We cannot give correct advice without all the facts.

Yes, that was another hen of mine. I don't feed mealworms anymore, just the things I mentioned before. Their feed, and plants, and the occasional kitchen scraps.

 

[topochico225]

The comment about selenium caught my eye. I live in the general area of the OP and fight low selenium in all my animals, it's become worse since the flooding in 2016. It's also been hard getting a selenium block so I have started adding BOSS to my feed (especially the goats). Do most commercial chicken feeds have adequate selenium>?

I think @Kiki has a Google Doc nutritional analysis of a lot of kinds of feed. I'll check it for my brand.

 

[topochico225]

I think @Kiki has a Google Doc nutritional analysis of a lot of kinds of feed. I'll check it for my brand.

Nothing there for mine.

 

[Kiki]

Nothing there for mine.

The comment about selenium caught my eye. I live in the general area of the OP and fight low selenium in all my animals, it's become worse since the flooding in 2016. It's also been hard getting a selenium block so I have started adding BOSS to my feed (especially the goats). Do most commercial chicken feeds have adequate selenium>?

Have y'all seen this?
Notice row 29 on the CHICEN tab.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...dJgnotL5LaJMiiQ7HSXmWgolsBI/edit?usp=drivesdk