Large crop green smelly poop up

[Trux]

I wasn't quite right on my statement about bird surviving the strain...Here is a quote for you
Here is why "seemingly healthy" chickens may not be healthy-and part of the reason the "hot zones" are the way they are. "The incubation period is typically 2–15 days post-exposure. Gallinaceous birds (chickens, turkeys, grouse, pheasants, and partridges) shed infectious virus for up to 1–2 weeks following infection."
So, in that time, say someone moves their "healthy chickens" to elsewhere to hide them. They may not show symptoms until days later. They may not test positive if newly infected. In that time, they're spreading the virus as it replicates in their system until they get sick.
This is science. This is fact. This needs to be paid attention to. It's no different than spreading the flu or a cold...you're spreading it before you get sick, when you get sick, and for a period of time after you get sick. You leave it when you sneeze, cough, and on everything you touch. Other people touch what you have...and on and on it goes.

 

[DianeB]

Which one? Baytril?

Birds with intestinal bacterial infections almost always have slow crops, so yes, it could.

Yes, it's Baytril
Her last poop was brown but still fowl smelling.

 

[DianeB]

I wasn't quite right on my statement about bird surviving the strain...Here is a quote for you
Here is why "seemingly healthy" chickens may not be healthy-and part of the reason the "hot zones" are the way they are. "The incubation period is typically 2–15 days post-exposure. Gallinaceous birds (chickens, turkeys, grouse, pheasants, and partridges) shed infectious virus for up to 1–2 weeks following infection."
So, in that time, say someone moves their "healthy chickens" to elsewhere to hide them. They may not show symptoms until days later. They may not test positive if newly infected. In that time, they're spreading the virus as it replicates in their system until they get sick.
This is science. This is fact. This needs to be paid attention to. It's no different than spreading the flu or a cold...you're spreading it before you get sick, when you get sick, and for a period of time after you get sick. You leave it when you sneeze, cough, and on everything you touch. Other people touch what you have...and on and on it goes.

I called the local USDA hotline for poultry. She said the risk is present but it's unlikely that she has it due to her symptoms.

My hen had the works done at the vet. If it's something contagious, I should know tomorrow.

I'm thinking it might be a tumor. My previous hens all died of tumors. They had similar symptoms

 

[casportpony]

Yes, it's Baytril
Her last poop was brown but still fowl smelling.

That's the best, IMO.

 

[DianeB]

Thank you again for all your responses

Quick update...her comb is back to normal but her poop hasn't improved much and crop is still very large

 

[DianeB]

Blood work came back normal...so no organ failure. Her crop now fills gooshy like a slightly deflated balloon instead of an overly deflated balloon yesterday. Her poop is no longer smelly and green and better formed but still not back to normal. Her comb is still nice and red and she seems perkier.

Still worried it could be a tumor.
Does anyone know approximately how long she needs to be on antibiotics before she gets back to normal, if she just has an infection?
Thank you

 

[DianeB]

Poop looks bad again crop still gooshy. I gave her some recovery formula in the evening a little bit every hour or so. It seemed like it was going down just fine but now not so much. She was very, very active too a few hours ago and eating feed on her own. Her crop smelled fermented in the afternoon.

How long for antibiotics to work? When should

 

[DianeB]

Her poop is green again and crop squishy. She was doing so well this evening...running around like normal and eating feed on her own. I gave her a little bit of recovery formula every hour or so.
Her crop did smell fermented this afternoon.
How long for antibiotics to work? When should I expect normal poop and better crop?
Thank you

 

[DianeB]

Sorry about the double post. Poop smells normal and definitely has digested food in it but is watery and has green hue.

 

[DianeB]

Young chickens can die from cancerous tumors. I had an eleven month old cockerel with the same symptoms as your young hen. When his body was sent for a necropsy, his liver was found to have so many tumors that the liver weighed two pounds.

You cannot know for sure what's going on with your hen, beyond concluding she has health issues, until you start to treat some of the symptoms, thus ruling things out.

What I would do in your place is to begin with the poop samples and find out what's going on in her intestinal and digestive tracks. That will produce a lot of useful information that, hopefully, you can use to treat her and make her feel better. What you find out can help you decide if you should worm her or treat her with an antibiotic or maybe both.

If there is no overload of bacteria or parasites to treat, then you will be able to rule these out and you may begin to assume her problem is cancer or another incurable avian disease. If she dies, a necropsy can tell you what made her sick, and it might be that your other chickens are carrying the same virus.

So, it's wise not to assume the worst until you've ruled out the simple treatable stuff first.

I think you're right. She's not getting much better. Most likely it's a tumor. It seems strange because of her age and the fact she was laying a few weeks ago. However, the signs are there.
I'm debating if I should have her euthanized this Saturday or wait until Tuesday, if she doesn't have remarkable improvement.