Constant Diarreah & No Other Symptoms

[Heartforchickens]

I am stumped. Have 9 hens, 1 1/2 years old. Started with diarreah about a month ago. Saw worms in poo so wormed them with valbazen per Dawg's instructions--1/2cc 10 days apart. Last dose was 6/25/13. Gave them buttermilk some days to help with gastric recovery. Diarreah still going on in all of them, but no lethargic or other unusual symptoms and they are still laying eggs. Anyone have any ideas on what I can do. Our area does not have a vet that will see chickens. Thanks.

 

[Mehjr10]

Are all the poo's Diarreah ?

Are you still seeing worms?

What are you feeding them?

Here is a post of poo's Which one does it look like?

http://chat.allotment.org/index.php?topic=17568.0

The more information hopefully the better the answers to help.

Look at the watery poo pic, This is from high heat and large water consumption.

 

[Heartforchickens]

Yes, they all seem to be doing it. I feed them layer pellets from our local farmer's co-op. They go out of their run about 3 times a week for a couple of hours in the afternoon to free range on grass. And 2-3 times a week I give them watermelon, tomatoes, cabbage and pumpkin seed but not in excess. I've been doing that since they were about 16 weeks old. They have a favorite place to scratch out under the pine trees where I throw their poo from their house. The one on the poo chart that looks the closest to theirs is under the "oily/foamy" ones, first one in the last row. I know they have the cecal poo's which I'm familiar with, but this is constant and their poo trays are filled with it each morning. I haven't seen any more worms since worming them.
Thanks for your quick reply and any further info you have.

 

[realsis]

You can try giving this a powered probotic in the water. This will cure there problem in no time
The probotic adds bennifical bacteria back into there gut and will balance there system with bennifical bacteria fighting off the bad bacteria. The probotic I use is called probios it is 12 dollars or so online for a jar.I discovered it when my flock was babies and had constant pasty butt. after I used the probios the pasty butt was cured and never returned.The probios.has far more bennifical bacteria in it than you can get from yougart or buttermilk.it has 10 million coloney forming units of lactic acid bacteria's.I use it for my whole flock. This should cure your birds problem. And balance the bacteria inside her gut. Just as probotics are good for us they are equally as good for your flock. The probios has several different bennifical bacteria it will introduce into her system
It has always worked wonderfully for my flock since they were babies. You can buy this product at WWW.probios.com or just Google probios for chickens and you will find it.a jar lasts a long time and its shipped fairly fast. I think you will be pleased with the results. As soon as it balances her gut she should be better. Its always worked wonderfully for my birds. once established into the gut it will also help fight off bad bacteria that's introduced. I highly recommend you give it a try. your whole flock will bennifit from the probios probotic . and it will help stop the problem your having with your birds system. I really hope this helps and hope you give it a try. Its always worked for my birds. once the bennifical bacteria is established into her system she should be back to normal. Best wishes to you! I highly recommend this product. Its worked wonders for my flock.

 

[Mehjr10]

That one shows to be in the normal range.

Do you give them any scratch grains?

As the previous poster mentioned you may want to try the Probios, I have not used it before so no help from here.

 

[Eggcessive]

An inexpensive probiotic is plain yogurt (not sweetened) and unfiltered unpasteurized apple cider vinegar (Braggs) in the water 1 TB per gallon. Chickens do have various kinds of poop throughout the day, some watery, some cecal (foamy and gross), and some more solid depending on what they eat or how much water they drink. Sometimes I think you can get a bit too concerned on what they look like, and unless I see blood or worms I tend to ignore it.

 

[Heartforchickens]

Thank you all for your replies. I will try the yogurt and Probios. I already give them the Braggs ACV in their water. I will just keep my fingers crossed and try to be more optimistic.