HELP- yellow poo two sick chickens

[casportpony]

First concern is we have no way of knowing what's wrong. If I had to guess I would guess bacterial infection, but it could be worms, coccidia, a protozoa, or a combination.

Second concern. Sick birds are not gonna drink enough medicated water, so you would have to figure out how much medicated water they need per day.

Third concern is the medication that you have. It says penicillin and streptomycin, but everything I have read says that penicillin is poorly absorbed when given orally.

The feed stores will only have injectables, and they won't have anything good, but I guess you could try?

 

[barksy]

Thank you for the reply.
I'm kinda stuck, I'm in the middle of the country and the vets I called are not educated on poultry.
I guess I can try either the antibiotics or corid first on the whole flock and then try a dewormer.
Both chickens are eating and currently drinking, just seem low on energy.

Sorry for the panicky message. Just get stressed when my girls are sick.
Thanks

 

[barksy]

Hello,
Good an bad news. After searching for a very long time I found a vet an hour away to test the stools.

They came back parasite free and the vet said it's a bacterial infection they are not absorbing nutrients.
He perscribed tetracycline for 2 weeks.

We have the chickens in a comfy cage in a heated porch. They are eating and drinking but I'm sure not as much as they should to get the benefits from the antibiotics so day and night we have been using the syringe to give them some extra.
We started yesterday evening.

The droppings are still yellow and green.

I don't know what I should be feeding them right now?

Just wanted to give an update and say thanks.

 

[casportpony]

How are your chickens?

 

[Eggcessive]

Just seeing this thread for the first time. I would give them some probiotics in their diet, and a small amount of plain yogurt with cultures or Probios powder work well. Have they ever had coccidiosis before? It sounds like they might have had enteritis, but hard to tell without a gram stain. Penicillin for oral use is a good antibiotic for gram positive bacteria, especially combined with streptomycin for gram negative bacteria, but a lot of bacteria have developed resistance to penicillin over the years. Casportpony knows a lot more about chickens and medications with her experience with vets.