My old hen has lime green poop on her feathers below her vent

[TropicalBabies]

Best of luck. She is a beautiful girl and it is sad to know that she is a bit under the weather ♡

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

This has been in the cabinet for a couple years now and the exp date says its expired.

I am going to soak her in epsom salts. How much epsom salt do I put in though? And I don't really have anywhere to keep Broken toe right now that will keep her warm.

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

I have this cat carrier would it be good for tonight go put her in it with a towel as bedding? I don't want to soak her and put her back outside. I don't really know what to do, maybe I should soak her tomorrow? I don't want to stress her out.

I don't think I am going to soak her tonight, she should be fine though right. When I go out to put the chickens and ducks up I will get a picture of her in the spot she sleeps at. Should I at least get some food in her tonight? Or water with nutridrench or something?

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

I think she had been drinking today because I felt her crop and it had water in it. She wasn't in the nesting box that she likes to sleep in all the time, she usually sleeps in the far right nesting box (I think another hen got in there before she could or something). Curious was sitting in front of her but left, Broken toe is currently in the middle nesting box.

And Duck is in this picture.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Do you know if she's even been laying eggs at all?
At 7 years of age, she's likely slowing down.

Look her over for lice/mites, make sure her crop is emptying overnight.
Encourage her to eat/drink. Feel her abdomen below the vent between her legs for bloat or swelling.

At that age, there can be a number of things that affect hens. They can start having reproductive problems like cancer or tumors.

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

Yesterday, I felt her crop three times over the course of the day it felt for the most part empty the first two times I felt it, the third time it felt almost full of water. I also felt her along keel and abdomen too yesterday I don't know if it felt swollen or it not, I don't know what it felt like before she started having issues. I will feel her abdomen again today and along her keel today before and after I feed the chickens and ducks. Broken toe hasn't laid an egg in I really don't know how long, if I were to guess probably two years maybe I really don't know when she last laid an egg I wish I did though. The only duck that is laying right now is my three year old pekin she has been laying an egg a day. None of the chickens are laying as far as I am aware right now. I haven't looked for lice/mites yet but I will do that today as well.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Check her crop first thing in the morning before she's had anything to eat/drink, it should be empty.

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

Her crop wasn't completely empty it still had some liquid in it. I felt her abdomen and I think it feels alright, I also felt some of the other hens abdomens as well. I got her to eat and drink she was also more attentive after a while, she kept pecking at some of the other hens when I was getting her to eat.
This is Broken toe when she was still in the nesting box today.

This is when Broken toe first came out of the nesting box, I had given the chickens their food before she came out so I believe she hopped out because of the food.

This is the skin in the spot she was preening. It's hard to get good pictures. I don't think she has lice or mites, I don't really know to much on how to tell if they do.

She walked all the way over to this spot, I picked her up and put her back to the food and water.

Broken toe drinking water.

Broken toe would not eat out of my hand, she would only eat the feed when it was on the ground. She also wouldn't really eat it dry, she didn't eat to much but she ate some. Should I soak her today? Do I still need to give her some calcium? And if so would the calcium tablets that I took a picture of work?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I would wash up her poopy feathers, while you're doing that I would look through her feathers for bugs. Lice are fairly small bugs that you would see moving about they can be a from light tan to darker brown. Mites usually accumulate around the vent, under the wings and live in housing.

I would still give her the Calcium once a day for 3-5 days. You can use the spring valley Calcium you have in the photo, 1 tablet, just pop it into her beak and let her swallow it.

Re-Check her crop first thing in the morning before she's had anything to eat or drink, if it's not empty, then I would give her around 1 teaspoon coconut oil, light massage the crop, tell us if it feels hard, soft, doughy, fluid filled. Then in the afternoon or before she goes to roost, give her another teaspoon of coconut oil. My hens love coconut oil and will eat little chunks of it, just put it in the fridge to harden it up, break it up and see if she will eat it on her own.

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

Should I cut the tablet in half or something? And how much epsom salt do you recommend putting in the water for soaking her. should I separate her still?

I would wash up her poopy feathers, while you're doing that I would look through her feathers for bugs. Lice are fairly small bugs that you would see moving about they can be a from light tan to darker brown. Mites usually accumulate around the vent, under the wings and live in housing.

I would still give her the Calcium once a day for 3-5 days. You can use the spring valley Calcium you have in the photo, 1 tablet, just pop it into her beak and let her swallow it.

Re-Check her crop first thing in the morning before she's had anything to eat or drink, if it's not empty, then I would give her around 1 teaspoon coconut oil, light massage the crop, tell us if it feels hard, soft, doughy, fluid filled. Then in the afternoon or before she goes to roost, give her another teaspoon of coconut oil. My hens love coconut oil and will eat little chunks of it, just put it in the fridge to harden it up, break it up and see if she will eat it on her own.

Thank you