Need some help with swollen abdomen. Feeling really discouraged and dont know what to do.

[CJS Flock]

Hi all. I could really use some help. I’ve had my flock for nearly a year after having left my last one in another state. I never had issues with my last flock and this time I feel like a failure since I’ve had nothing but loss. I thought maybe it was how they were hatched/raised and they had all passed with different symptoms. I decided to only by hatchery chicks that would be vaccinated. Yesterday my six month old EE (from Meyers) was in the nesting box for nearly two hours. I thought she was trying to lay her first egg since I haven’t actually seen her lay yet. Then today she was just standing around and didn’t squat like she normally does when I talk to her. I picked her up and her abdomen felt really swollen. I brought her in and soaked her which she was not real interested in, gave her some crushed calcium made into a paste which I soaked bread in. I held her for a while, she was calm, let her dry and put her back out. I watched her peck a little but not at much other than the oyster shell. Fast forward a few hours, brought her back in since her abdomen felt even fuller. Soaked her, did the vent check and felt nothing, but she did poop or discharge something. I put her in chicken ICU. I just don’t know what else to do. Has anyone else had terrible luck with a flock? Any suggestions on what may be going on with her and what I can do? Posting pictures of her area and what came out. I have an olive egger who has been acting weird for a few weeks, stopped laying and has nasty green poop. It was recommended that I give her fish mox to see if there is an infection to clear up and if not it may be an internal laying issue. That should arrive tomorrow. I do everything I can for bio security, feed nutrena layer pellets, let them free range in a contained area, give probiotics twice a week, check for parasites daily (when I hold them), spray the coop once a week during cleaning with permethrin and am just disheartened that my ladies are getting sick. Please help. Thank you!

 

[casportpony]

So sorry. Is a vet an option? That color poop looks like a possible bacterial infection and/or dehydration.

 

[CJS Flock]

So sorry. Is a vet an option? That color poop looks like a possible bacterial infection and/or dehydration.

Thank you. I’m going to call in the morning and see if I can get her in to see the vet. Hopefully she makes it through the night. She looks worse tonight but is drinking and ate some scrambled egg.

 

[CJS Flock]

Took her to the vet. She passed as they were starting the exam. She threw up and released from the back. Necropsy will be 250-300 if we send her to UT, so I won’t be doing that.

 

[casportpony]

Oh no, I am so sorry!

 

[CJS Flock]

Oh no, I am so sorry!

Thank you.