Diarrhea and possible swollen crop

[Banana_Sundea]

This has been going on for a long time but only just today I have noticed a squishy crop area I'm not shure if its bulging or not. My Chicken is a Silver Laced Wyandotte and is very calm when being handled. Her poop is a brown and orange/red mix and whenever I pick her up poop squirts out from her behind but their is not alot of signs of dicomfort she lays eggs fine (She might be the one getting poop on my eggs

. ) and her vent area is extremly dirty with poop clinging to the area around her feathers. I'm not exactly shure what to do with her this has been happening for 3 months and I'm pondering wheather or not to do showmanship with her. I need answers please!

 

[oklahorselover]

This is what some posted on my thread about my chickens with the poops. Great info.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=226727

 

[threehorses]

Well first, droppings should never squirt out from a bird. Your bird has something goin gon. On the crop, best thing to do is isolate her. feel her crop in the morning before any feeding. It should be mostly empty. If it's not then her crop is slow. Please let us know.

In the mean time, I have some questions to help you have information specifically for this bird:

What is the bird eating - exactly. (Example: laying pellets, some treats, oyster shell free choice). how old is she? When you feel her (and please do) does she feel of a good weight, or does her breast bone (keel bone) stick out a bit too sharp?

Has she ever been wormed? If so with what and when?

I would definitely not do showmanship until you have this correct. Jetting feces is not a healthy bird and will get you disqualified. Plus she's got something going on and you neither want to spread it, nor take her somewhere where she'll be exposed to more germs while her immune system is down.

First things first while you answer the questions above - I would get her some probiotics, living bacteria that help their guts stay healthy and help fix light diarrhea. That could be as easy as plain yogurt, or a livestock probiotic like Probios if you have anyone around raising cattle or calves- they often have some around. Give her some daily.

On her vent feathers do clean up the droppings there as they can attract flies, cause sores, and maggots will hatch in the sores. It's very nasty to have to deal with. So just clean and then put corn-starch on her feathers, like baby powder.

I'll wait for your answers and we can go from there.

What type of bird is she then?

 

[Banana_Sundea]

My chickens are eating average laying hen feeds and vegetable leftovers and scratch. We also feed them fruit but not anything that has citrus as that has some effect of poisening some animals. they are around 1 year and 2 months old. She feels a natural heavy her breastbone is normal (Not any crooks)and rounded at the edges. She is a good layer and her color is quite healthy. I don't think she has ever been wormed. She is a Silver laced wyandotte their are some pictures of her. We currently have a Bard Rock, a Light Brahma, A Rhode Island Red Pullet and a Ameracauna Pullet. I am not exactly shure what the black one is it could be some kind of a cochin. She is a sweat heart and I absolutly ador her!

This is where they live at - http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g6/tictictic/Img00001.jpg

and here are some pictures of her - http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g6/tictictic/Img00004.jpg http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g6/tictictic/Img00003.jpg http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g6/tictictic/Img00009.jpg

 

[threehorses]

I would think at her age, the first thing I would want to rule out would be worms. You can actually just treat her and the others (if they're all over four months) for worms which is a good practice to do at least once or twice a year. I would recommend Wazine 17 (pipearazine 17) in the water, and then in 2-4 weeks follow up with wormazole, fenbendazole (safeguard), lvermecting 5% cattle pour-on levamisole, albendazole (Valbazen), or something therelike.

I would not start with the heavy wormer but do the lighter (but still very effective) wormer first to reduce the over all number of adult roundworms. Then the 2-4 weeks later do the broad spectrum to end the larva cycle. Then worm twice annually.

I would also still recommending using yogurt (plain, live culture) to reduce diarrhea and get her digestive tract back in order. Runny droppings, particularly in the summer, can be problematic as it indicates two things: First, that liquid is leaving the body and not being absorbed (read as dehydration threat), and second that nutrients are leaving the body too quickly and aren't being absorbed (read as potential nutritional issues and production decrease). So I would try to clear that up.