Please Help!! I don't think she is going to make it

[LulaBell]

I found one of my marans not very responsive laying in the run on Easter. I brought her in and cleaned her up. She had a lot of yellow poop on her bum. I treated her with fenbendazole for worms. Her poop has been yellow liquid and has not stopped. I have been trying to keep the fluids in her and provide her with extra protein meals (scrambled eggs) as well as her layer crumble mixed in some yogurt. She has been weakbut still able to stand up and walk ...until today. She is virtually unresponsive. I decided to medicate her water with Corid in case it is coccidiosis I am looking at. She is now not eating or drinking on her own. I am syringing her the medicated water every hour but she is not looking good. Is there anything else I can do??? Or am I prolonging the inevitable and causing more harm than good?? Please help!

@Eggcessive do you have any suggestions?

 

[katy5]

I found one of my marans not very responsive laying in the run on Easter. I brought her in and cleaned her up. She had a lot of yellow poop on her bum. I treated her with fenbendazole for worms. Her poop has been yellow liquid and has not stopped. I have been trying to keep the fluids in her and provide her with extra protein meals (scrambled eggs) as well as her layer crumble mixed in some yogurt. She has been weakbut still able to stand up and walk ...until today. She is virtually unresponsive. I decided to medicate her water with Corid in case it is coccidiosis I am looking at. She is now not eating or drinking on her own. I am syringing her the medicated water every hour but she is not looking good. Is there anything else I can do??? Or am I prolonging the inevitable and causing more harm than good?? Please help!

@Eggcessive do you have any suggestions?

well if you don't think she will make it try giving her some laxative.

 

[LulaBell]

well if you don't think she will make it try giving her some laxative.

What would the laxative be fore if her poop is already liquid?

 

[katy5]

What would the laxative be fore if her poop is already liquid?

i know that is what i thought when the doctors told my nephew he was constipated and we were like but he has diarrhea.

 

[Eggcessive]

well if you don't think she will make it try giving her some laxative.

That would not be a good thing for a chicken with diarrhea that may be dying.
I would be giving her some warm electrolytes or Gatorade with a dropper. Do you have any air tubing that you could tube feed her? Oxygen or aquarium air tubing would work. How old is she? Does she still lay eggs? Is the poop bright yellow? E.coli infection can be common. Is her lower belly swollen or enlarged? How does her crop feel?

 

[LulaBell]

That would not be a good thing for a chicken with diarrhea that may be dying.
I would be giving her some warm electrolytes or Gatorade with a dropper. Do you have any air tubing that you could tube feed her? Oxygen or aquarium air tubing would work. How old is she? Does she still lay eggs? Is the poop bright yellow? E.coli infection can be common. Is her lower belly swollen or enlarged? How does her crop feel?

Unfortunately she passed a little while ago. When I found her on Easter her crop was empty. Even though she has was somewhat eating and drinking on her own (with encouragement) she never did fill her crop again. Her lower belly was fine, not swollen at all. Also she had lost a tremendous amount of weight. She was under 3 lbs. I am interested to know what this might be and if I need to treat the rest of the flock as a precaution

 

[Eggcessive]

Can you keep her body wrapped in a plastic bag and put it in a cooler on ice packs. Then on Monday, contact your state vet to get a necropsy. Here is a list of state vets to contact:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/PoultryLabs.cfm

If that is not possible and you can do a home necropsy and take pictures of her organs, that would be something that we could look at to help you. Sorry for your loss. This video may help to identify organs: