Amelia Egghart
Songster
Ok, here goes! She's a two year old marans and I've noticed a higher foot temperature when I pick her up than the others. The poop is dark, gnarly stinky with high moisture (like a slurry) and her abdomen seems swollen. I'm thinking she has a gut infection. Enteritis? But what do you think?
1) What type of bird , age and weight - Black french marans, two years old, normal weight
2) What is the behavior, exactly - she's been stressed from flock dynamics (top hen died and then her sister who protected her was killed), so the rooster has been mounting her a lot and the hens have been picking on her. Additionally, there was a recent infestation of roundworms that I treated with Safeguard. She pooped a knot of worms after treatment and I haven't seen any since.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? - She's been stressed for 3-4 months now. The treatment for worms was two weeks ago. The slurry stinky dark poo has been exhibiting for about a week.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? - No. One is laying down a lot, she has bumblefoot though.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. - no
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. - stress and recent roundworm treatment
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. - she eats when she gets away from the others but she eats enough to poop throughout the day. her drinking seems normal.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. - stinky, slurry, dark
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? - None for the poop. Safeguard for the worms.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? - The vet is a long drive. Hoping it's treatable with OTC drugs or the following antibiotics, I have amoxicillin, penicillin, tetracyclin in soluable powder for drinking (bought everything before it got pulled from the shelves). I don't know how to do injections but if that's all that will work, I can take her to a vet but not until monday or tuesday.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. - I can't even post from my phone anymore. Too many glitches. Had to find a computer to type this in!
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use - dirt floor for the run, I removed all bedding from the coop and remove/check the poop every day. They're running around on a fenced acre of fruit trees all day, only in the coop/run at night.
1) What type of bird , age and weight - Black french marans, two years old, normal weight
2) What is the behavior, exactly - she's been stressed from flock dynamics (top hen died and then her sister who protected her was killed), so the rooster has been mounting her a lot and the hens have been picking on her. Additionally, there was a recent infestation of roundworms that I treated with Safeguard. She pooped a knot of worms after treatment and I haven't seen any since.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? - She's been stressed for 3-4 months now. The treatment for worms was two weeks ago. The slurry stinky dark poo has been exhibiting for about a week.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? - No. One is laying down a lot, she has bumblefoot though.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. - no
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. - stress and recent roundworm treatment
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. - she eats when she gets away from the others but she eats enough to poop throughout the day. her drinking seems normal.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. - stinky, slurry, dark
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? - None for the poop. Safeguard for the worms.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? - The vet is a long drive. Hoping it's treatable with OTC drugs or the following antibiotics, I have amoxicillin, penicillin, tetracyclin in soluable powder for drinking (bought everything before it got pulled from the shelves). I don't know how to do injections but if that's all that will work, I can take her to a vet but not until monday or tuesday.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. - I can't even post from my phone anymore. Too many glitches. Had to find a computer to type this in!
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use - dirt floor for the run, I removed all bedding from the coop and remove/check the poop every day. They're running around on a fenced acre of fruit trees all day, only in the coop/run at night.
