Pullet weak with milky poop

[7acres]

I found one of my young pullets (about 10 weeks old) sitting by herself. She did not move when I approached her and is weak. She let me pick her up without a noise. I isolated her and put feed and water out for her. She has been eating regular chick grower and drinking plain water. She is not interested in food or water. I looked around the run and saw no bloody or unusual poop. The others seem to be o.k. I just checked her and there is a little poop on her back feathers and I saw a poop that looked like spilled milk. Not sure what to treat with as I have had chickens over a year and this is the first sick one I have had. I looked at a site with poop pictures and saw none that looked like hers. She is just weak and is holding her head up but not moving. Thanks for any help.

 

[chooks4life]

Hmm. I don't know, but maybe bacillary white diarrhoea? Though that usually occurs with inflammation of the vent, so when it poops it hurts and it cries in pain during pooping, usually.

I did have that once with a chick, and the natural cure worked first time. I've raised hundreds of chickens free ranging on a natural treatment regime and only ever had that once even though it's supposed to be transmissable as far as I know. I literally only looked it up once though. The treatment I used is from Juliette de Bairacli Levy's 'Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable'. It is: slippery elm bark powder and water, with a little honey.

I gave the chick a teaspoonful a few times a day, once minimum, for two or three days. I had to put its beak into it to make it drink it at first. It was also hunched, and doing white liquid poop, and not wanting to move much, but its vent was a swollen red raw tube. I think I put Lucas's pawpaw ointment on its vent as we use that for all sorts of burns, from nappy rash to sunburn to second degree burns from hot water. It's also good to help skin grow under vaseline in the case of a chook skinning itself. The slippery elm bark contains natural antibiotics, and is a mucilage, which specifically heals the mucous membranes of the body; it's also a powerful nutrient and it has in the past restored chicks from being runts.

 

[7acres]

Thanks for the information. Is the birch bark something that you would find in and organic store or is it common? I am not familiar with it. I am not familiar with the ointment either, is there something else that will suffice for it?

 

[7acres]

She is already dead

 

[chooks4life]

Very sorry for your loss. Sorry also I couldn't get back to you sooner, not that I had any useful information beyond what I offered.

The Lucas's pawpaw ointment is found in chemist's and pharmacist's usually but can be difficult to get the exact brand, and the slippery elm bark powder should be able to be found in any health food shop. It's expensive but you can buy a $5 bad that'll last a long time. I don't know if birch bark would substitute or what would substitute for the pawpaw ointment as they're all I've used.

It's best to have emergency items always stocked up for all sorts of incidents you hope will never happen. If it was indeed infective you may need to take immediate steps and treat all the other chicks lest you lose them next. Often it's best to assume it was a catchy virus or something and be pre-emptive. Raw garlic is good to help kill viruses and bad bacteria; I use the natural remedies and you can find more on this site in some threads, as well as more mainstream pharmaceutical options.

All the best, I hope your chooks are fine.

 

[7acres]

Hmm. I don't know, but maybe bacillary white diarrhoea? Though that usually occurs with inflammation of the vent, so when it poops it hurts and it cries in pain during pooping, usually.

I did have that once with a chick, and the natural cure worked first time. I've raised hundreds of chickens free ranging on a natural treatment regime and only ever had that once even though it's supposed to be transmissable as far as I know. I literally only looked it up once though. The treatment I used is from Juliette de Bairacli Levy's 'Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable'. It is: slippery elm bark powder and water, with a little honey.

I gave the chick a teaspoonful a few times a day, once minimum, for two or three days. I had to put its beak into it to make it drink it at first. It was also hunched, and doing white liquid poop, and not wanting to move much, but its vent was a swollen red raw tube. I think I put Lucas's pawpaw ointment on its vent as we use that for all sorts of burns, from nappy rash to sunburn to second degree burns from hot water. It's also good to help skin grow under vaseline in the case of a chook skinning itself. The slippery elm bark contains natural antibiotics, and is a mucilage, which specifically heals the mucous membranes of the body; it's also a powerful nutrient and it has in the past restored chicks from being runts.

I am sorry, you did say slippery elm and not birch. On the garlic, do you put peeled cloves for them to peck or will the minced garlic in a jar suffice. Thanks for your response.

 

[mg15]

She is already dead

I am sorry.

mg

 

[chooks4life]

Quote: No need to apologize! I give them raw freshly minced or crushed garlic mixed with their grains; it's probably a bit tough for them to peck, they do try but it's something a sharp beaked adult would be able to do rather than a chick. The minced garlic in a jar might be ok, I don't know as I've not used it, but some of the compounds in garlic work even when cooked or pickled or pre-processed. The sulfur for instance would remain fairly present I would think.

One of the most important properties, though, is Allicin, which is an antibacterial and antibiotic which is produced by the interaction of the enzymes released when the garlic is first crushed. They stay active for about 12 hours or so depending on conditions and the potency of the breed and strain of garlic you've got, and then they dissipate. For a potential active virus or bacteria threat I would give it raw for at least a week just to be sure. Allicin is used in humans for food poisoning bacteria that strong man made antibiotics can't kill.
Quote: I can personally vouch for it having saved many species of animal's lives as well as my own. Potent stuff. Best wishes to you and yours.

 

[7acres]

Thanks for your advice chooks4life!