Continued diarrhea and lethargic...

[LLvida]

This is a sweetie we hatched about 3 years ago- easter egger blend.

She has been having increasingly watery green diarrhea over the last couple of weeks and has gone from moving around the coop to being more self isolating. Epson salt bath but didnt feel any stuck egg or reproductive bulging. She has had thin shelled eggs in the past despite calcium supplements.

Currently drinking plenty on her own, and eating worms and oats out of my hand and intermittently going to the feeder. She seems just tired (dehydrated no doubt!) and isn't moving to food that much. She is now rejecting eggs and yogurt and I am giving 1cc of nutridrench per day. No visible parasites around the vent or in the rest of our girls.

Lastly she has too much energy to happily be nestled up in a box in our kitchen where we usually do chicken care. Its an odd combo. I have never treated for internal parasites as we hatch from egg but maybe I am missing something? I read suggestions for corid but have never used it now really know how and if it is a good idea for a sick little girl

Please help, she is our favorite girl!
PS first pic is a different poop than usual and it stank so I thought maybe it was her version of a cecal poop now that she is ill?

 

[LLvida]

I forgot to mention that half of the girls are molting, and at firsst this just seemed to be normal molting behavior...it is not a hard molt but she has many feathers coming in.

 

[LLvida]

Just checking back in to see if anybody would please reply!

 

[LLvida]

This poor Chicken still continues to have nothing but watery diarrhea with flex of green in it. She will forage if I take her out of the coop and then quickly tires and has to take a rest. She’s not interested in any of the protein I am offering her, but she will eat cooked rice if I sprinkle it in front of her while she is outside. I’m supplementing with Nutridrench, vitamin B 12, vitamin E, and some calcium by mouth syringe. She also seems very thirsty. No visible injuries, no reproductive bulging. It’s very confusing and sad, and we love this Chicken so much!

 

[CCsGarden]

I'm so very sorry no one every got back to you! I know how you must feel! Keep going with the vitamins. Seems like she is very weak. Could she have eaten something that made her sick? What is her diet? It is possible she has an egg stuck up high in her body. I had one that finally passed after 6 weeks of having the egg in her ( of course I couldn't feel the egg when she was living and didn't know she was egg bound till the necropsy).

Very sorry you are dealing with a weak hen !

 

[Liddychick]

This is a sweetie we hatched about 3 years ago- easter egger blend.

She has been having increasingly watery green diarrhea over the last couple of weeks and has gone from moving around the coop to being more self isolating. Epson salt bath but didnt feel any stuck egg or reproductive bulging. She has had thin shelled eggs in the past despite calcium supplements.

Currently drinking plenty on her own, and eating worms and oats out of my hand and intermittently going to the feeder. She seems just tired (dehydrated no doubt!) and isn't moving to food that much. She is now rejecting eggs and yogurt and I am giving 1cc of nutridrench per day. No visible parasites around the vent or in the rest of our girls.

Lastly she has too much energy to happily be nestled up in a box in our kitchen where we usually do chicken care. Its an odd combo. I have never treated for internal parasites as we hatch from egg but maybe I am missing something? I read suggestions for corid but have never used it now really know how and if it is a good idea for a sick little girl

Please help, she is our favorite girl!
PS first pic is a different poop than usual and it stank so I thought maybe it was her version of a cecal poop now that she is ill?

My BO has the exact same problems, her poop is identical! She’s a youngster on mash but is now being hand fed nutri bird A21

 

[Polish rooster]

This is a sweetie we hatched about 3 years ago- easter egger blend.

She has been having increasingly watery green diarrhea over the last couple of weeks and has gone from moving around the coop to being more self isolating. Epson salt bath but didnt feel any stuck egg or reproductive bulging. She has had thin shelled eggs in the past despite calcium supplements.

Currently drinking plenty on her own, and eating worms and oats out of my hand and intermittently going to the feeder. She seems just tired (dehydrated no doubt!) and isn't moving to food that much. She is now rejecting eggs and yogurt and I am giving 1cc of nutridrench per day. No visible parasites around the vent or in the rest of our girls.

Lastly she has too much energy to happily be nestled up in a box in our kitchen where we usually do chicken care. Its an odd combo. I have never treated for internal parasites as we hatch from egg but maybe I am missing something? I read suggestions for corid but have never used it now really know how and if it is a good idea for a sick little girl

Please help, she is our favorite girl!
PS first pic is a different poop than usual and it stank so I thought maybe it was her version of a cecal poop now that she is ill?

Classic coccidia infection. Isolate in warm place. Buy Corid (amplorium) ASAP and mix with drinking water. This water must be the ONLY drinking water the chicken can drink. Treat for 5 to 7 days and repeat the treatment in 9 days. Feed with MEDICATED starter feed for chicks (medicated means it has amplorium in it). Absolutely no grains. Chicken feed has a boost of nutrients the chicken needs because coccidia starves the chicken. Amplorium starves coccidia - that is how amplorioum works. No treats such as dried mealworms. Only medicated chick starter feed and amplorium-treated water. Initially you can soak the feed. Make sure the chicken has comfortable temperature (70 - 75 degrees) and rests. Stay away from straw, hemp, hay bedding because starving chicken will eat it and develop compacted crop which will lead to sour crop/yeast infection = big problem. I use 1 - 1-1/2 foam padding covered with absorbent underpads you can buy at Costco, eBay or medical supply stores.
If the rest of the flock is doing fine it does not mean they are not infected. Treat the whole flock with amplorium. Make sure there is not a chance poop can be introduced into drinking water or feed. The waterers/feeders that are placed on the ground are a disaster. That is how chickens get infected. Earth worms carry coccidia "eggs". Chickens must be treated 3-4 times a year for coccidia as a prevention.