is this poop okay?? liquid poop

[Ducklover7]

Hi,

I have included a picture of my hens watery poop. I noticed it yesterday after washing her and it happened again today after another soak. Is this caused by stressed or should I be concerned about something going on inside. She’s never been dewormed.

More info:
I have a five year old hen that laid a soft shelled egg a few days ago. I didn’t realize until the next day, but the soft shell was slight stuck in her vent (I gave her egg shell yesterday and I will be getting oysters shell in a few days). I gently removed it and there was no resistance, but a little pinkish mucus on the very end of the shell membrane. I soaked her in epson salt and removed all of the poop from her butt yesterday. Her vent looks totally normal. Today I soaked her again and found she had very minor fly strike that she did not have yesterday, maybe because I didn’t blow dry after her bath (I completely dried her today, it is 80+ f where I am).The hole was smaller than my pinky finger. I removed the three maggots, disinfected, filled the hole with antibiotic ointment, and powdered her with DE. She is acting at little less aggressive, but otherwise normal, unsure if it is because she isn’t feeling well or if it’s because she’s wary of me now that I’ve been in washing her. She appears to be eating normally and will still come up to me for treats, she used to jump at the bag though and peck me when I came into the coop. I also got two new hens a few weeks ago so she may be stressed. She is definitely top of the pecking order though so no concerns about them bullying her.

 

[Eggcessive]

I have seen poop like that with hens who had reproductive disorders. Since she has had some soft shell egg recently, she may be dealing with something like salpingitis or infection. Hens who have flystrike can have underlying problems. I would soak her again over the next 24 hours to get any newly hatched maggots. Remove every maggot seen and apply antibiotic ointment or disinfectent spray. Flystrike is common in hot weather when flies are around the coop and run. They lay eggs around a soiled vent or on a wound.

 

[Ducklover7]

I have seen poop like that with hens who had reproductive disorders. Since she has had some soft shell egg recently, she may be dealing with something like salpingitis or infection. Hens who have flystrike can have underlying problems. I would soak her again over the next 24 hours to get any newly hatched maggots. Remove every maggot seen and apply antibiotic ointment or disinfectent spray. Flystrike is common in hot weather when flies are around the coop and run. They lay eggs around a soiled vent or on a wound.

I will continue to clean her and monitor the flystrike issue. Is there anything I can do for her if she does have a reproductive disorder? She also hasn’t laid since the soft shell egg a few days ago. She isn’t showing any signs of being egg bound.

 

[Eggcessive]

Consider giving her an antibiotic such as amoxicillin 250 mg orally twice a day for 7-@0 days. https://hardypaw.com/products/fix-mox-amoxicillin-capsules-fish-antibiotics?variant=44787640041633
I also would consider worming her. Check her crop first thing in the morning to see if her crop is empty or flat, or it she has food in it that not being digested.

 

[Ducklover7]

Consider giving her an antibiotic such as amoxicillin 250 mg orally twice a day for 7-@0 days. https://hardypaw.com/products/fix-mox-amoxicillin-capsules-fish-antibiotics?variant=44787640041633
I also would consider worming her. Check her crop first thing in the morning to see if her crop is empty or flat, or it she has food in it that not being digested.

I checked her crop this morning and it seemed mostly flat, but may still a little food. Should it be completely empty? Also her butt was all covered in white liquid poop although I cleaned and dried her completely yesterday. She is acting much weirder today, normally she runs up to me for food in the morning, but she was just sitting on floor of the coop until I picked her up and put her next to the food and water. She doesn't seem to be eating as much.

Which worming treatment would you suggest?

 

[Eggcessive]

SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer or the horse paste can by used 1.25 ml for a 5 pound hen given orally once daily for 5 days would get most chicken worms. Usually the crop should be mostly empty in early morning.

 

[Ducklover7]

SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer or the horse paste can by used 1.25 ml for a 5 pound hen given orally once daily for 5 days would get most chicken worms. Usually the crop should be mostly empty in early morning.

Thank you, I will pick some up.

Do you think her behavior and issues sounds like worms? Or do you think she has an infection?

Photo from just now.

 

[Eggcessive]

If her crop still has some food in it tomorrow am, you can offer some chilled coconut oil cut into small pieces to peck at. If the food is doughy or solid, you can massage her crop a little a few times a day.

 

[Debbie292d]

Thank you, I will pick some up.

Do you think her behavior and issues sounds like worms? Or do you think she has an infection?

Photo from just now.
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Does that have a smelly odor to it? It looks like vent gleet. If it is, she needs probiotics and an antifungal like Miconazole, but if you're putting her on antibiotics, you can't do both orally. Probiotics will need to be given after the antibiotics anyway, but not during. You could put Miconazole cream on her vent after cleaning or soaking it off though.

 

[Ducklover7]

Does that have a smelly odor to it? It looks like vent gleet. If it is, she needs probiotics and an antifungal like Miconazole, but if you're putting her on probiotics, you can't do both orally. Probiotics will need to be given after the antibiotics anyway, but not during. You could put Miconazole on her vent after cleaning or soaking it off though.

It doesn’t smell unusually stinky, just like normal chicken poop. I purchased some hen boost probiotics so hopefully this will help. I also bought some chicken safeguard to deworm her. I don’t know if any bird vets in my area so I won’t be able to get her anything prescription