Lethargic chicken, white/yellow liquid poop, trouble walking

[Wyorp Rock]

Respiratory illnesses can affect production. If it's something reoccurring, then you may be dealing with Mycoplasma. Amoxicillin usually is not effective against Mycoplasma since it has no cell wall, but since you started the meds, I'd see if it makes a difference.

If not, then you can try Tylosin or Tiamulin (Denagard) to see if that helps.

 

[Lyris]

Respiratory illnesses can affect production. If it's something reoccurring, then you may be dealing with Mycoplasma. Amoxicillin usually is not effective against Mycoplasma since it has no cell wall, but since you started the meds, I'd see if it makes a difference.

If not, then you can try Tylosin or Tiamulin (Denagard) to see if that helps.

Could the Mycoplasma be caused by chicken dropping or similar? Is it recurring? I rescued them from a not so great environment last year and they've had the sneezes off and on ever since. I worry it's something in their coop like not enough ventilation or something. It's never gone beyond sneezing except in my Orpington who developed pneumonia, which is how we found the tumor. My Easter egger seems to be responding to the doxy I've been giving her. Today she's out with everyone. She's still going to get the other stuff just in case. She's still ever so slightly limping and that leg falls out from under her now and then. She also won't jump onto things. She tried to hobble after the flock though.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Could the Mycoplasma be caused by chicken dropping or similar? Is it recurring? I rescued them from a not so great environment last year and they've had the sneezes off and on ever since. I worry it's something in their coop like not enough ventilation or something. It's never gone beyond sneezing except in my Orpington who developed pneumonia, which is how we found the tumor. My Easter egger seems to be responding to the doxy I've been giving her. Today she's out with everyone. She's still going to get the other stuff just in case. She's still ever so slightly limping and that leg falls out from under her now and then. She also won't jump onto things. She tried to hobble after the flock though.

Mycoplasma can be chronic, it's a respiratory illness. Usually symptoms are coughing, sneezing, mucous and bubbles in the eyes.

If your coop doesn't have adequate ventilation, this could cause some respiratory symptoms, so you may want to consider adding more vents if possible.

I'm glad she doing better with the Doxy.

 

[Lyris]

Something changed. she has been doing okay-ish for two days. Yesterday she was even eating and getting around the yard. This morning she didn't come out so I brought her out for food. Almost instantly Gretchen, her BFF who takes care of all my sick chickens, attacked. Gretchen has NEVER attacked one of "her" hens before. The Orpington in the video was her BFF until the end. Gretchen would stand beside the Orpington as a physical support so the Orpington could walk/eat. I had a hen die of a respiratory thing and Gretchen left her alone. Gretchen rarely attacks the other hens. I'm fact I've only ever seen her attack two specific hens who are recent additions. For her to attack Bunny... I'm worried that she knows something I don't and Bunny isn't going to make it.

Bunny is also covered in what appears to be urine between her legs. She's soaked. And stinky. She's back inside and doesn't want to move. She's alert if things are moving or there's noise, but she mostly just wants to rest. I wiped between her legs the best I could. I don't want to bathe her yet. The added stress isn't good for any sick animal, nevermind a fragile chicken.

There were a few things different about yesterday. She was eating things outside instead of just what I provided her. In the current chicken food I mixed in some crumbles which Bunny might have eaten. I am also incredibly sick and wasn't able to give her the antibiotic.

She's inside being my study buddy for the time being. Until now I've let her out with the other hens because she wanted to be near Gretchen and it seemed to comfort her. Now she's my permanent study buddy. Gretchen got punted across the yard and is now sulking for now, which is fine. She knows better.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm sorry that you are sick, I hope you start feeling better soon.

Poor Bunny! Could what looks like urine between her legs be egg yolk and whites ?
The previous photo of her poop, it may be urates and yellow poop that stuck on there.

You've been giving her Extra Calcium right? How many days? I wonder if she's trying to pass some Lash material.

 

[Lyris]

I'm sorry that you are sick, I hope you start feeling better soon.

Poor Bunny! Could what looks like urine between her legs be egg yolk and whites ?
The previous photo of her poop, it may be urates and yellow poop that stuck on there.

You've been giving her Extra Calcium right? How many days? I wonder if she's trying to pass some Lash material.

Judging by the smell I'm pretty sure it's urine. She reeks. Currently she's absolutely obsessed with poultry cell (rooster booster?) she wouldn't drink any water at all. Then I put in a bit of the poultry cell and she began drinking like she was dying. She drank 1/4th to half a cup of it. I had to take it away because she kept going to sleep with her beak in it. I'd move it out of her way and she would move to put her beak in it. She would snooze for a minute or two until a sound or something woke her up. Then she would guzzle until she fells asleep again. If the water wasn't flavored enough she wouldn't touch it. I'm not sure if she can have calcium with it so she hasn't gotten any today, but she had some yesterday.

I'm wondering if it's the food making her sick. In my elderly cats excess thirst is usually a sign of kidney/liver issues. I'm wondering if it's possible that her respiratory illness damaged her kidney/liver somehow. I also discovered that I'm an idiot and didn't realize the food I got them last time is medicated food with 20% protein. I might be misremembering, but I think it's for chicks. If she has liver/kidney problems, maybe something in the food isn't agreeing with her? Too much protein maybe? Or mold spores somehow? It's a bit of a stretch, but I'm going to throw away that food anyway. (They're switched to a local mill that's considered the gold standard in my area) She also likes to sleep on a shelf despite the fact that they have perches. (It's a converted shed) Maybe it doesn't get enough circulation and is making her sick? It's old wood. My other hens haven't laid eggs in a year since being sick. But four other chickens who also got sick are laying just fine. Three I rehomed and no longer show any signs of illnesses. If I'm the reason they're sick I'm going to feel like trash.

Bunny had the squirts again. She's currently on a towel specifically so I can see her poops.

She also pooped on the couch when I sat her down to get something. The red/pink is paint. The dark green I suspect is from my cockatiel earlier. He was walking across the couch before I brought in Bunny. The yellow is Bunny. Luckily it's my animals/craft couch so it's not a huge deal. It's getting cleaned today anyway. (Cockatiel is kept apart to prevent cross contamination)

She's currently chilling out in a small bucket. It's small to keep her from walking, and it's low so she can see out and not get startled. She's chilling out while I study. (Ignore the messy. It's my official "messy room") 6

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Anytime I've seen poop like that the hen was usually suffering from a reproductive problem.
Hard to know which one, but I'd give her the Calcium to see if she's able to expel any material. Could be she has some Lash material or a soft shelled egg she's trying to push out. Possible she may have some other reproductive issue like cancer, EYP, Internal Laying, etc.

I'd let her drink, the vitamins won't hurt. See that her crop is emptying overnight.
Medicated chick starter in the U.S. has Amprolium/Amprol which is a Coccidiostat. The feed only contains a very small amount, so it's unlikely that has anything to do with her condition unless the feed was old or moldy.

 

[Eggcessive]

Her urates (the kidney waste or pee) is yellow, and normally it is white. When they get dehydrated, there may be more urates in the dropping. Yellow urates also can be a sign of reproductive infection or water belly/liver disease which may also be related. It is good that she is drinking water. How is her crop feeling in the morning?

 

[Lyris]

Her urates (the kidney waste or pee) is yellow, and normally it is white. When they get dehydrated, there may be more urates in the dropping. Yellow urates also can be a sign of reproductive infection or water belly/liver disease which may also be related. It is good that she is drinking water. How is her crop feeling in the morning?

Her crop is empty in the morning. If she has a lash egg I'll be very sad. She's a pet and not livestock, so I want to save her if I can. I don't care about eggs. I'll give her calcium with her next watering. I take her out every hour and a half and offer her water. Should I also do the vitamin E and B or just focus on calcium? I think the poultry cell has some in it.

She's starting to become a bit more alert. She wakes up easier and looks around. A few minutes ago she even though about walking. She stretched her neck up and looked around. Currently she's awake and looking around. I think she's more "I don't feel well" snoozing vs "I'm dead and just going to close my eyes so I don't see it coming" snooze.

 

[Lyris]

Her urates (the kidney waste or pee) is yellow, and normally it is white. When they get dehydrated, there may be more urates in the dropping. Yellow urates also can be a sign of reproductive infection or water belly/liver disease which may also be related. It is good that she is drinking water. How is her crop feeling in the morning?

Her crop is empty in the morning. If she has a lash egg I'll be very sad. She's a pet and not livestock, so I want to save her if I can. I don't care about eggs. I'll give her calcium with her next watering. I take her out every hour and a half and offer her water.