Hello chicken folk. I need your brains.
Patient: Silkie hen (pure bred if that matters). Unsure as to her age, but likely a couple of years old. Currently laying eggs.
Symptoms: Stinky sulphuric diarrhea. Drinking about 1L of water per 24 hours. Eating well. Gets around well. Seemingly no other issues. Occasional intestinal shed in droppings. No solid droppings. They are brown, not white or yellow. I have trimmed the feathers around her vent so they don't collect the droppings and become soiled and soggy. This is what originally alerted me to the problem: mucky butt. This has been going on since I got her from another lady this summer...unsure if she "came this way".
Treatments already attempted (not at the same time, one after the other): Corid for 5 days at 2 tsp/gallon. Calf Scour Bolus for 6 days at 500mg/gallon. Safeguard paste at 1 pea size amount about a week ago. No improvement on any of these.
I have also previously tried ACV in her water. Probiotics in her water and food. She is currently (and has always been) eating 16% protein layer crumble from Fleet Farm (Sprout brand). I have also tried oats and plan greek yogurt. Otherwise she had gotten occasional chicken scratch with the rest of the flock, some table scraps but not often.
I checked for Sour Crop the other night. Nice plump crop at bedtime, withdrew food and water, totally flat crop in the morning. Nor do I see any evidence of mites on her feathers.
The vet has told me that I probably need to wait a little bit before bringing in a fecal sample because of all the treatment I've given at this point. Does anyone have any other ideas as to what this could be that I haven't tried?
Patient: Silkie hen (pure bred if that matters). Unsure as to her age, but likely a couple of years old. Currently laying eggs.
Symptoms: Stinky sulphuric diarrhea. Drinking about 1L of water per 24 hours. Eating well. Gets around well. Seemingly no other issues. Occasional intestinal shed in droppings. No solid droppings. They are brown, not white or yellow. I have trimmed the feathers around her vent so they don't collect the droppings and become soiled and soggy. This is what originally alerted me to the problem: mucky butt. This has been going on since I got her from another lady this summer...unsure if she "came this way".
Treatments already attempted (not at the same time, one after the other): Corid for 5 days at 2 tsp/gallon. Calf Scour Bolus for 6 days at 500mg/gallon. Safeguard paste at 1 pea size amount about a week ago. No improvement on any of these.
I have also previously tried ACV in her water. Probiotics in her water and food. She is currently (and has always been) eating 16% protein layer crumble from Fleet Farm (Sprout brand). I have also tried oats and plan greek yogurt. Otherwise she had gotten occasional chicken scratch with the rest of the flock, some table scraps but not often.
I checked for Sour Crop the other night. Nice plump crop at bedtime, withdrew food and water, totally flat crop in the morning. Nor do I see any evidence of mites on her feathers.
The vet has told me that I probably need to wait a little bit before bringing in a fecal sample because of all the treatment I've given at this point. Does anyone have any other ideas as to what this could be that I haven't tried?