Crop issue, diarrhea ??? Help please

[ljwlcx]

So these are the other two. I have been watching all of them intensely since Big Jumper got sick. I’m noticing them chewing feathers a lot, I also see whiteish in the cracks of their combs I think. Which is what I first noticed was different on Big Jumper. I have not seen evidence of mites in coop or lice on Big Jumper or the other hen. The rooster is impossible to get near, very protective. Maybe I am so hyper focused on them all now, that I am noticing stuff that was always there lol.

 

[ljwlcx]

So these are the other two. I have been watching all of them intensely since Big Jumper got sick. I’m noticing them chewing feathers a lot, I also see whiteish in the cracks of their combs I think. Which is what I first noticed was different on Big Jumper. I have not seen evidence of mites in coop or lice on Big Jumper or the other hen. The rooster is impossible to get near, very protective. Maybe I am so hyper focused on them all now, that I am noticing stuff that was always there lol.

 

[ljwlcx]

I decided to inspect vent area again now that she has cleaned a lot of the poop off and I batted her a little. And I think I see mites! Is this them???

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you for your continued help and support! It has been soooooo helpful!!! I found out I can get goat wormer at the local feed store. They were so unhelpful when I asked for chicken wormer the other day. It will be open tomorrow. What is the right dose she barely weighs a pound if that? I probably should work the rest of them even if they don’t show any symptoms or distress right? Any ideas on how to worm a very beautiful but non touchable rooster??

I’m noticing them chewing feathers a lot, I also see whiteish in the cracks of their combs I think.

Dosing for Safeguard is back on POST#17. Feed stores are generally not that helpful unfortunately. Glad you were able to find the meds.

Those look like Lice nits. I would treat her and your other 2 for lice/mites, she may be the only one that has them since she's unwell, but the bugs can go from bird to bird and live in coop/housing too. You can find Permethrin based poultry spray or dust at stores like TSC. For the birds, I like to dust them, for housing/coops, I like to spray. You can find concentrate to make spray which is more economical. If you wish, you can spray the birds too, I just like dust since I feel like I can apply it better. I put the dust in a sock, then tap that onto the bird working the dust down into the feathers to the skin. Repeat treatment with the Permethrin in 7 day intervals to kill off those that hatch out. Those qtip looking things at the base of the feathers are lice eggs.

For the rooster, he's a Big Beauty! Wait until dark when he's roosting, then go get him. If you need to, drape a towel over him and swaddle him up, capturing his wings. He's going to scream bloody murder! He may even nip you, wear long sleeves. If you have a helper, that's even better. Dust him too, I would focus around the tail, under the vent/wings for him. He looks to be in very good condition, but bugs like those feathered areas that are warm and where they can hide. You would grab him the same way for deworming. He may not need deworming but if you are dosing the Gals, then why not him too.

 

[ljwlcx]

Good morning,
Yesterday Big Jumper wouldn’t eat hardly and drank minimal and stood with eyes shut tail down most of the day. It seems to be posture when uncomfortable so I’m guessing her crop didn’t empty the previous night and it didn’t empty last night. She is still looking miserable.
Is it time to put her out of her misery? Or is there more I can do? How can I get her crop to empty? I haven’t tried ducolax?

 

[ljwlcx]

And thank you so much on the info for lice and our handsome rooster!!!

 

[ljwlcx]

Her crop isn’t bloated and full like it has been with the sour crop per se but not empty and she won’t take any food or water….

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Only you can make that call whether she's had enough and you need to put her out of her misery.
I'm sorry that she's not improving. It can be heartbreaking.

 

[ljwlcx]

So I had decided that if she wouldn’t eat this morning, I would move to palliative care and find someone to put her out of her misery. It was heartbreaking deciding this but then the person I use isn’t available until Wednesday and my other person said make her comfortable and let nature take its course. So I didn’t give miconozole or wormer today. I put her in the sun just outside the run, under a net but near the others with water and let her be. She slept most the day, drinking water every now and again. When my son got home from school, he dug her some grubs and she gobbled them down with some soft oats. So I brought her in for the night again and put her under a red heat light that I used when she and the others were chicks and made her comfortable. She became alert again at dusk and ate a bunch of oats, some egg yolk water and regular water. I guess we will see what tomorrow brings…part of me gets hopeful again and I think maybe I should try wormer and miconozole and lice treatment and keep going a bit…. But I honestly thought she was going to die on her own today… thank you for all your support through these ups and downs

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So I had decided that if she wouldn’t eat this morning, I would move to palliative care and find someone to put her out of her misery. It was heartbreaking deciding this but then the person I use isn’t available until Wednesday and my other person said make her comfortable and let nature take its course. So I didn’t give miconozole or wormer today. I put her in the sun just outside the run, under a net but near the others with water and let her be. She slept most the day, drinking water every now and again. When my son got home from school, he dug her some grubs and she gobbled them down with some soft oats. So I brought her in for the night again and put her under a red heat light that I used when she and the others were chicks and made her comfortable. She became alert again at dusk and ate a bunch of oats, some egg yolk water and regular water. I guess we will see what tomorrow brings…part of me gets hopeful again and I think maybe I should try wormer and miconozole and lice treatment and keep going a bit…. But I honestly thought she was going to die on her own today… thank you for all your support through these ups and downs

Sometimes you have to take it day by day and see how it goes.