Guinea Hen with diarrhea and soiled vent

[Sydney65]

Hi,
We have two Guinea Hens and for a couple of days one has been having watery poop and her vent feathers are badly soiled.
Her appetite is down, although it's a bit better today, and we cannot handle her to clean her up or check her physically to see if she might be egg bound, or have crop issues. I have not seen her straining in any way, but she does lay an egg infrequently, and hasn't in a few days. She also appeared to be poking her abdomen with her beak several times yesterday. I guess I am just hoping for any advice, as we don't have the option of taking her anywhere. I have added ACV to their water and probiotics as well. Also trying to feed easily digestible food like cooked peas and green beans, and apple. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I hate feeling helpless and don't want to lose her.

@ThePoultryDoc

 

[ThePoultryDoc]

What do her droppings look like today? Was she moved recently? Picking at her abdomen may be just normal preening behavior and if she hasn’t laid an egg in a few days isn’t completely out of the norm.

 

[ThePoultryDoc]

We're going to try and grab her today, but she's pretty fast. The roost is 7' off the ground so I can't grab her at night. She's acting pretty normal except for the filthy vent and watery poop. I looked this morning but I just don't see signs of an impacted crop, and if she was egg bound I would think she'd be sicker by now. I think this poop change has been coming on for a couple weeks, but I don't know what else to give her besides ACV and probiotics in the water. And both birds will be getting whatever I give. I can't find any info on benefits of antibiotics, and probably couldn't get them here anyway without a prescription.

Thank you again for the suggestions.

When evaluating droppings in birds, remember looking at two potential sources of water - fecal and urinary (poop vs. pee). The first pic looks to be relatively formed fecal material with excess water, which makes me think urinary. The second pic is harder to tell. Try holding off on the electrolytes. These are basically salts that could increase urinary water and in turn produce these watery droppings.