HELP!!! My hens really bad off!!!

[Farmgirl283420]

And she still hasn’t pooped!

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Ok so I made scrambled eggs and put them in the run when the roosters started making the treat call Daffy ran out and very slowly walked around and ate some. And she pooped! Same as what came out on the glove.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

And it’s dark green like a marker

 

[Farmgirl283420]

@TillyPeeps

 

[Bkaye]

Check her crop first thing in the morning to make sure it’s emptying properly.

As far as the calcium you can get it at the grocery store or any pharmacy. It’s for people.

 

[TillyPeeps]

Are you sure that she is egg bound, not having water belly? If she's egg bound, she should have difficulty to poop and keep trying to lay eggs. She may walk like a penguin. If she has water belly, she would move slow and stand still like in your picture. She has dark green diarrhea, which usually means that she doesn't have enough nutrition. Common causes of water belly include organ failure or infection. If it's organ failure, there's no cure. You can use antibiotics to treat infections.

 

[TillyPeeps]

That "weird lump beneath her vent very squishy" feels like an egg or just water? It wouldn't hurt to give her a calcium pill, but I would consider to treat her with antibiotics. Please remember to give probiotics too if you decide to give her antibiotics.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

That "weird lump beneath her vent very squishy" feels like an egg or just water? It wouldn't hurt to give her a calcium pill, but I would consider to treat her with antibiotics. Please remember to give probiotics too if you decide to give her antibiotics.

It’s very squishy and doesn’t really feel like an egg. She’s not eating besides treats that I use to try to coax her appetite so that would explain the green poop. That picture was right after her bath once a put her back she went right to the nest box and has been in there for three days. What antibiotics and probiotics should I give her? Would she die from water belly?

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Are you sure that she is egg bound, not having water belly? If she's egg bound, she should have difficulty to poop and keep trying to lay eggs. She may walk like a penguin. If she has water belly, she would move slow and stand still like in your picture. She has dark green diarrhea, which usually means that she doesn't have enough nutrition. Common causes of water belly include organ failure or infection. If it's organ failure, there's no cure. You can use antibiotics to treat infections.

She’s doing both sitting in the nest box puffed up. And pooping only once and awhile. But also moving very still. Thank you for your help! Would she die from organ failure or could she recover?

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Why would she have organ failure is it something I did?