- Sep 28, 2011
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Me again! One of my hens is looking bad and I was seeking advice on what's wrong with her. At first I noticed that she has some poop issues, namely that she ONLY excretes a white watery substance with bits of greenish "slime" in it. She never excretes solid waste lately and her poop is always mixed with bits of bright green, never brown. Also it smells VERY strong and very bad.
Her appetite and water intake are normal, her comb and eyes are bright, and her weight has stayed about the same. She does not appear sickly at a glance, and does seem to go on about her business as usual, only she will lay in the grass now more than she used to, apparently just resting.
Her body weight is normal as I mentioned but she does have a hard belly. It doesn't look or feel like eggbound, but it is much harder than my other chickens and has no "give" when pressed. She appears to have some trouble jumping onto her perch now and I suspect that her swollen abdomen in the reason for this?
I've looked all over the internet for something that sounds like this, but I haven't found anything. Most of the diseases I've heard that include greenish diarrhea also say that at this stage the chicken will be emaciated, which is not true in my case.
Any ideas what's wrong with her? This has been going on for about a week and I'm afraid she might be uncomfortable.
Her appetite and water intake are normal, her comb and eyes are bright, and her weight has stayed about the same. She does not appear sickly at a glance, and does seem to go on about her business as usual, only she will lay in the grass now more than she used to, apparently just resting.
Her body weight is normal as I mentioned but she does have a hard belly. It doesn't look or feel like eggbound, but it is much harder than my other chickens and has no "give" when pressed. She appears to have some trouble jumping onto her perch now and I suspect that her swollen abdomen in the reason for this?
I've looked all over the internet for something that sounds like this, but I haven't found anything. Most of the diseases I've heard that include greenish diarrhea also say that at this stage the chicken will be emaciated, which is not true in my case.
Any ideas what's wrong with her? This has been going on for about a week and I'm afraid she might be uncomfortable.
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