Hen with milky diarrhea, loses balance and falling back onto hocks

[SarahGfa]

It (PVS) also has thiamine B1, riboflavin B2, and niacin B3, which are very good for legs and muscles, and other things. We love chick chairs pictures to get ideas.

Here she is in her chick chair. Nothing fancy, just a box and old hand towel. In this picture I put her next to the window so she could see the other chickens, but she got all agitated and jumped out of the chair (she collapsed on her butt as soon as she was out, though). I put her in a dark room and she is more calm now, but I feel bad for her there.

Also now that she is not holding in her poop (I think she was not pooping when she was sitting down and waiting for me to lift her up to poop), I see that her poop is runny and green instead of solid. Is this cocci/parasites, marek's, or is it from eating too much egg yolk?

Poop board:

 

[azygous]

Poop does change in appearance and consistency according to what a chicken eats. The only color you need to really be concerned about is blood red, indicating coccidia have begun to erode the intestinal lining.

The chair sling is terrific.

 

[SarahGfa]

Poop does change in appearance and consistency according to what a chicken eats. The only color you need to really be concerned about is blood red, indicating coccidia have begun to erode the intestinal lining.

The chair sling is terrific.

She hates the chair sling I left her alone for a couple hours and came back to find her wobbling around the laundry room. It's a good sign that she has enough energy to keep escaping, but i'm worried she will hurt herself. So i put her back in the cage.

 

[Eggcessive]

Some chickens do not tolerate them, and sometimes that can be dangerous when they try to kill themselves getting out, so I would agree with that.

 

[SarahGfa]

Some chickens do not tolerate them, and sometimes that can be dangerous when they try to kill themselves getting out, so I would agree with that.

Is it better for her to be in light or dark? I have her in a dark room right now and she basically sits/lies there all day doing nothing. She gets up to eat when I turn on the light and help her up. It must be depressing to be in the dark all day.
Will a room with a window be too stressful ?

 

[SarahGfa]

Update: Getting weaker. Now she has trouble lifting her wings. She has been in the chair sling all day, unable to jump out now. I went to wipe some of the poop off her butt, and her tail feathers pulled right out. Mites? She has been preening a bit like she's trying to scratch an itch.

I feel really sad for her, but her appetite is good and she's pooping a lot (runny, but not watery). I have been giving her crushed vitamin B. As long as she's still fighting I will help her fight.

I took her poop to a local clinic for fecal float test. Negative for coccidia, worms, etc. So that leaves Marek's and I am heartbroken

 

[SarahGfa]

@Eggcessive @azygous do you think it could be botulism? (but her appetite is good and it has been 4 days already) i am asking because she is losing a lot of feathers. 4 big tail feathers pulled out yesterday when i gently wiped them. A lot of smaller feathers falling out too. But I heard stress can cause feathers to fall out too?

She was even weaker this morning so I started giving her acyclovir just in case.

 

[azygous]

No, it's not likely botulism. She wouldn't be eating at all, and she'd probably be dead by now.

Acyclovir targets people viruses (herpes zoster and herpes simplex, and others) not the herpes virus that produces Marek's, so save it for yourself.

Her feathers may be falling out because this is start of molt season in the northern hemisphere.

Can you post a closeup photo of her eyes? If the pupil is getting smaller and irregular shaped, and if the colored part is becoming paler and greyish, you might then have a resonable suspicion she has Marek's.

 

[SarahGfa]

Acyclovir targets people viruses (herpes zoster and herpes simplex, and others) not the herpes virus that produces Marek's, so save it for yourself.

Her feathers may be falling out because this is start of molt season in the northern hemisphere.

Can you post a closeup photo of her eyes? If the pupil is getting smaller and irregular shaped, and if the colored part is becoming paler and greyish, you might then have a resonable suspicion she has Marek's.

oh no the last thing I want to do is give her a wrong drug that could hurt her! I only gave one dose of acyclovir. I will stop.

Eyes

 

[azygous]

It won't hurt her. It's just wasted since it won't affect any of the viruses she may have.

Her eyes appear normal, but watch for any greying of the colored part and the pupils shrinking in size.