My 2 year Columbian Blacktail was fine laying beautiful eggs until March when she started to lay eggs with no shells and then stopped altogether. She seemed fine in herself apart from still going to the nest box to lay with nothing happening for her.
Then 6 weeks ago I noticed she had a messy bottom and was just standing under a hedge not interested in much. I thought she had vent gleet so I cleaned her up, gave her an epsom salt bath and an epsom solution orally and sprayed gentian violet on her bottom and gave her ACV in her drinking water. I was so relieved when she perked up right away and was back to her old self, dust bathing and following me around for worms when I was digging.
3 weeks ago she laid a couple of meaty fleshy type substances which after research I decided they were lashes. She then laid the strangest thing that I can only describe as a cherry tomato with yolk inside and a chalaze attached to it. She was ok again after that, but last week she started with a messy bottom again and lost interest in eating. She walks around the garden occasionally, but spends most of her time under a hedge or in the nest box. Her poop was lime green, but is dark green today with a lot of water. Her bottom is slightly spongy I think and I don't feel anything hard inside. Her crop feels normal. The skin on her bottom is not red, but the base area around each feather has a red circle.
I thought worms so treated the whole flock (11 chickens) last week with flubenvet, but as she has stopped eating chicken feed I don't think she got any. I can only tempt her to eat some sweetcorn, mealworms, cracked corn and 1 grape today.
She is still able to assert her dominance (she is top hen) over the other chickens by pecking them if they come near her when she is trying to eat which is normal for her and she still roosts on her perch every night. She stays on the perch about an after everyone else has left the coop in the morning though.
Please could someone help me with the symptoms as I am confused as to whether this is worms or egg yolk peritonitis or something completely different. If it is EYP, can I treat it. She is a much loved pet hen. Many thanks.
Then 6 weeks ago I noticed she had a messy bottom and was just standing under a hedge not interested in much. I thought she had vent gleet so I cleaned her up, gave her an epsom salt bath and an epsom solution orally and sprayed gentian violet on her bottom and gave her ACV in her drinking water. I was so relieved when she perked up right away and was back to her old self, dust bathing and following me around for worms when I was digging.
3 weeks ago she laid a couple of meaty fleshy type substances which after research I decided they were lashes. She then laid the strangest thing that I can only describe as a cherry tomato with yolk inside and a chalaze attached to it. She was ok again after that, but last week she started with a messy bottom again and lost interest in eating. She walks around the garden occasionally, but spends most of her time under a hedge or in the nest box. Her poop was lime green, but is dark green today with a lot of water. Her bottom is slightly spongy I think and I don't feel anything hard inside. Her crop feels normal. The skin on her bottom is not red, but the base area around each feather has a red circle.
I thought worms so treated the whole flock (11 chickens) last week with flubenvet, but as she has stopped eating chicken feed I don't think she got any. I can only tempt her to eat some sweetcorn, mealworms, cracked corn and 1 grape today.
She is still able to assert her dominance (she is top hen) over the other chickens by pecking them if they come near her when she is trying to eat which is normal for her and she still roosts on her perch every night. She stays on the perch about an after everyone else has left the coop in the morning though.
Please could someone help me with the symptoms as I am confused as to whether this is worms or egg yolk peritonitis or something completely different. If it is EYP, can I treat it. She is a much loved pet hen. Many thanks.
