Pullet with yellow poop

How long since she laid last?
I'd isolate bird in a wire cage within the coop for a day or two....so you can closely monitor her intake of food and water, crop function(checking at night and in morning before providing more feed), and her poops. Feel her abdomen for squishy or hard
swelling.

Best to put crate right in coop or run so bird is still 'with' the flock.

I like to use a fold-able wire dog crate (24"L x 18"W x 21"H) with smaller mesh(1x2) on bottom of crate under tray. Then you can put tray underneath crate to better observe droppings without it being stepped in. If smaller mesh is carefully installed, tray can still be used inside crate.
 
The eggs I've used recently look more orange than yellow. I'm not sure when she last laid b/c I haven't been able to see what her eggs look like. I'll have to get a crate to put her in. I'll check out here abdomen tonight. Thanks for your help!
 
Sorry for the gross picture, but we had a hen this summer test positive for coccidiocis and this was her poop.
 

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Have you changed feed or treats recently ? If it's any consolation, todays poop looks better than yesterdays.
Not that I can think of. I did recently put my parent's real xmas tree in the run, but I don't think any of them had anything to do with it. I figured it'd give them something to climb on, but there weren't any foot prints in the snow near it so I just pulled it out of there. I mix pellet layer feed with flock raiser crumble. Last week I gave them some stuff I made with barley, scratch, gelatin, & beef fat, but she was fine until recently.
 

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