[now dead] Sick 2yo hen w yellow diarrhea (pics)

[NFable Birds]

Three days ago, I separated my hen from her flock bc she’s had a couple days of completely liquid, bright yellow diarrhea, with some red blobs. I knew which hen was ill bc the feathers below her vent were saturated with the same yellow diarrhea. (When I got her at 6mo old, she was our family’s first hen, so we’re still relatively new to chicken keeping.)

Since being separated in her own space, she continues to be lethargic, little appetite and droopy. I have her regular food & electrolyte water available. Plus yesterday I offered a bit of mashed, boiled egg & banana. She nibbles a bit, but not much. Mostly sits around. Now she is also breathing with great effort.

My other 6 hens (+ rooster, all Australorp) are laying since January and healthy (fingers crossed!), but my sick hen hasn’t laid at all this year.

Please, I’d appreciate advice on how to help my sick hen get better and what the problem is. Can anyone help? Thanks so much.

(Note: The other regular poos on the pictures are from different chickens.)

 

[NFable Birds]

Three days ago, I separated my hen from her flock bc she’s had a couple days of completely liquid, bright yellow diarrhea, with some red blobs. I knew which hen was ill bc the feathers below her vent were saturated with the same yellow diarrhea. (When I got her at 6mo old, she was our family’s first hen, so we’re still relatively new to chicken keeping.)

Since being separated in her own space, she continues to be lethargic, little appetite and droopy. I have her regular food & electrolyte water available. Plus yesterday I offered a bit of mashed, boiled egg & banana. She nibbles a bit, but not much. Mostly sits around. Now she is also breathing with great effort.

My other 6 hens (+ rooster, all Australorp) are laying since January and healthy (fingers crossed!), but my sick hen hasn’t laid at all this year.

Please, I’d appreciate advice on how to help my sick hen get better and what the problem is. Can anyone help? Thanks so much.

(Note: The other regular poos on the pictures are from different chickens.)

Sadly, our hen has died within 3 hrs of my original post. Any postmortem thoughts are still welcome.

 

[Gezellige_Poes]

Sadly, our hen has died within 3 hrs of my original post. Any postmortem thoughts are still welcome.

So very sorry for your loss!

I had a hen pass recently with this color poo. She was a senior girl and kind of fading. A few days into her rehab care and she had not eaten at all, she had this kind of poo. Of course I panicked and researched and found all kinds of things it could have been, including Merck's! But it's not possible for her to have had this, so I went with the explanation that since she had not eaten, her poo had a high concentration of bile, hence the color.

 

[Frostette]

Sadly, our hen has died within 3 hrs of my original post. Any postmortem thoughts are still welcome.

 

[Frostette]

Sadly, our hen has died within 3 hrs of my original post. Any postmortem thoughts are still welcome.

I'm sorry. I've been reading all the posts similar to yours because I have a hen that has been lethargic with watery poop for about a week. Lots of members also say the poop is yellowish. I would think that means an egg isn't coming out correctly. But nobody is suggesting that. My hen is only 3 years old.