Egg bound or parasite?

[chickengrapes]

I have a 10 month silkie pullet who has started acting sick in the past few hours. She has been inactive and just standing sort of puffed up and not moving. She produced some white watery poop and I've had a decrease in eggs over the past couple days. Does this look like poop that has a parasite or am I dealing with some egg laying issue? I've brought her in the house so I can watch her. I also noticed she has poop on her feathers by her vent and this is very unusual as she's never had any problems in the past. I'm not sure of I should worm her or give her a warm soak.

 

[sloanbychoice]

Honestly, I’d be wondering the same question.
Is there anyone else in the flock acting off?
Have you changed feed, or has the feed gotten wet or left out and open?
Weather lately in your area?
Any changes recently? Bedding, new birds, etc..

 

[chickengrapes]

That's a good thought. I did switch beddings, but they have used it before. I gave her a warm soak in Epsom salt, a warm blow dry and a soft bed in the house. She seemed to be back to normal this morning and wanted to go out with the others. I'll see if she has an issue again after spending the night in the coop. I'm thinking I need to add some oregano to their food since she had a dirty butt. But hopefully all is ok and she just wanted a spa day!

 

[Aapomp831]

That's a good thought. I did switch beddings, but they have used it before. I gave her a warm soak in Epsom salt, a warm blow dry and a soft bed in the house. She seemed to be back to normal this morning and wanted to go out with the others. I'll see if she has an issue again after spending the night in the coop. I'm thinking I need to add some oregano to their food since she had a dirty butt. But hopefully all is ok and she just wanted a spa day!

Adding oregano to their food won’t do anything... at all.
I would have a fecal float test done by your local vet to rule out worms. An egg bound hen will stand like a penguin and pulsate their tail up and down. You also wouldn’t see any poop and she would deteriorate quickly over the course of 16 to 48 hours. I would def check on the parasites issue ... natural things like ACV, garlic, pumpkin seeds and oregano do absolutely nothing to prevent or deworm chickens.

 

[sloanbychoice]

I’m glad she seems better.
I really think that sometimes they just don’t feel good, just like us. Sometimes the spa day is just the thing to help.

 

[chickengrapes]

Adding oregano to their food won’t do anything... at all.
I would have a fecal float test done by your local vet to rule out worms. An egg bound hen will stand like a penguin and pulsate their tail up and down. You also wouldn’t see any poop and she would deteriorate quickly over the course of 16 to 48 hours. I would def check on the parasites issue ... natural things like ACV, garlic, pumpkin seeds and oregano do absolutely nothing to prevent or deworm chickens.

Thank you. Do you think that poop picture looks suspicious? I had thought about adding oregano in case it was a little vent gleet. They all get probiotics, but sometimes I give them an oregano treat. But I can avoid that. What would you use for vent gleet if it's a possibility? I wonder sometimes if their super little fuzzy butts make it a little easier for the ph/yeast to act up.