I adopted some new birds and after quarantine (which included a deworming treatment with fenbendazole and an external parasite treatment though they had no sign of infestation) I put 2/5 newbies into my "playpen" in the big coop to transition slowly into the pecking order.
After a few days they started acting a little lethargic so I added electrolytes to the water in case it was too hot for them. One of them seemed to get better but the other one became more lethargic and started pooping very watery poop and sleeping a lot. She also wasn't eating much so I isolated her in the garage in a dog kennel and mixed up oregano oil, cloves and cayenne into her fermented food. She wouldn't eat much but I could tell she was drinking a little.
Her poop is no longer watery (I was thinking maybe egg yolk peritonitis)
Now it is dark green/blue. Like food coloring. But she doesn't have access to anything of those colors! No greens or berries or anything like that. She hasn't had access to that sort of thing since I got several weeks ago!
I was thinking maybe coccidiosis (different strains in different land) which is why I was putting cayenne and cloves in the food. But she's just not eating enough for it to help if it is cocci. I am thinking I will have to start force feeding her if she doesn't improve but I really hate doing that because it is so easy to asphyxiate.
So.. Any thoughts on what might be wrong with her? Her sister recovered fine from the lethargy and the others still in quarantine housing are totally fine as well, never showing any of these symptoms at all.
Quarantine housing isn't touching the ground, by the way.
After a few days they started acting a little lethargic so I added electrolytes to the water in case it was too hot for them. One of them seemed to get better but the other one became more lethargic and started pooping very watery poop and sleeping a lot. She also wasn't eating much so I isolated her in the garage in a dog kennel and mixed up oregano oil, cloves and cayenne into her fermented food. She wouldn't eat much but I could tell she was drinking a little.
Her poop is no longer watery (I was thinking maybe egg yolk peritonitis)
Now it is dark green/blue. Like food coloring. But she doesn't have access to anything of those colors! No greens or berries or anything like that. She hasn't had access to that sort of thing since I got several weeks ago!
I was thinking maybe coccidiosis (different strains in different land) which is why I was putting cayenne and cloves in the food. But she's just not eating enough for it to help if it is cocci. I am thinking I will have to start force feeding her if she doesn't improve but I really hate doing that because it is so easy to asphyxiate.
So.. Any thoughts on what might be wrong with her? Her sister recovered fine from the lethargy and the others still in quarantine housing are totally fine as well, never showing any of these symptoms at all.
Quarantine housing isn't touching the ground, by the way.