HELP! Second hen to get bloating/green feces, emaciated breast

[casportpony]

Don't freak out, but sometimes they get a nast odor when they're septic.

-Kathy

 

[NorthGAChick]

So does that mean the antibiotics didn't work?

 

[casportpony]

What drugs have you tried?

-Kathy

 

[NorthGAChick]

Baytril and flagyl for 7 days and then amoxicillan for 7 days. She definitely seems better, but that could just be because of removing the fluid Saturday before last? She's been messy and smelly and that's why I've given her baths, but it's not getting any better...or worse? The smell seems so because she's inside now. Nothing much coming out except a tiny green and not the fluid any more. She ate a tiny bit on her own. I have not done the feeding tube.

 

[NorthGAChick]

Kathy - would you prefer I private message you?
So she slept inside last night. Stinky. I left water but not food overnight. She did not drink. Her crop feels very full but soft.
There was lots of poo - diarrhea dark almost black, not the bile looking green?
She does not smell as bad this morning. I did put a lot of herbal mix in the small pen or else I got used to it.
Could this be impacted crop?

 

[casportpony]

I really think you need to tube fluids to her.

-Kathy

 

[NorthGAChick]

I gave her 4 tubes of water at 4:30 - her crop is very full now - she also ate almost 2 scrambled eggs.
Almost six hours later her crop is full and she hasn't gone to the bathroom. Is this impacted crop?

 

[casportpony]

I gave her 4 tubes of water at 4:30 - her crop is very full now - she also ate almost 2 scrambled eggs.
Almost six hours later her crop is full and she hasn't gone to the bathroom. Is this impacted crop?

How much water in ml's?

-Kathy

 

[NorthGAChick]

UPDATE: I did give her water every few hours before I left on thursday. Her crop was really full like nothing was going through; I still did the water but a crop bound pill too.
With her not eliminating much, that may be more of the reason she's not eating or drinking so much - she's processing it really slowly.
I got back late Friday night and checked on her Saturday morning before heading to work - she had a little golf ball size in her crop.
Yesterday, Sunday, I let them all out all day long. I saw her eating a little bit and drinking.
This morning I checked her crop and it's a golf ball size, exactly like it was when she went to bed.
Bedding is still empty in the morning so she's not eliminating at all overnight.
I don't think her issue is eating and drinking, but eliminating? After baytril for 7 days and amoxicillin for 7 days?
Some of the water I gave her - a lot over a 24 hours period - was sav-a-chic water with probiotics.
I am moving her back inside today to watch intake and output. Of course, this is when she quits drinking for some reason so it may not be the best of ideas,
but to check up on her, I'll do that for the day and then see how she's doing when I get home.
That severely stinky smell seemed to be gone, so...IMPROVEMENT??
Anyway...thanks so much and I'll give a better update this afternoon when I return home.

 

[NorthGAChick]

She didn't eat or drink all day while she was inside. Can't see any elimination either.