Sick chicken, pooping red blobs

[BigBlueHen53]

Do you think you might need to tube feed her?

 

[aaronstephens]

Do you think you might need to tube feed her?

Most chickens don’t eat when they are sick and I would have no idea how to do that

 

[Susan Skylark]

That looks like sloughed mucosa (gut or repro tract lining) which means a really severe gi tract infection or loss of blood supply (twist, foreign body, etc). Definitely keep her on the antibiotics (peritonitis and septic shock are real dangers). Keep the electrolytes coming (may need to force her to drink). Keeping her off feed for a couple days to rest the gut isn’t a bad idea (I’ve seen parboil puppies survive over a week without eating, she won’t die of that!) but keep her hydrated. If you can find metronidazole it might help too. Time and nursing care is what she needs.

 

[Susan Skylark]

That is parvovirus puppies not parboiled puppies! Ugh! Autocorrect!? To get fluid into her use a syringe (have someone hold her) and very gently hold it to the corner of the bill and trickle water in, she should swallow it.

 

[aaronstephens]

That looks like sloughed mucosa (gut or repro tract lining) which means a really severe gi tract infection or loss of blood supply (twist, foreign body, etc). Definitely keep her on the antibiotics (peritonitis and septic shock are real dangers). Keep the electrolytes coming (may need to force her to drink). Keeping her off feed for a couple days to rest the gut isn’t a bad idea (I’ve seen parboil puppies survive over a week without eating, she won’t die of that!) but keep her hydrated. If you can find metronidazole it might help too. Time and nursing care is what she needs.

What is metronidazole?

 

[aaronstephens]

What is metronidazole?

Nevermind I looked it up
She is on amoxicillin right now

 

[Debbie292d]

Most chickens don’t eat when they are sick and I would have no idea how to do that

Here is how to syringe feed/give medication.

Tube feeding is using a tube to go further in but I'd find some videos for that. I hear that's easy too, but I've only had to go as far as syringe feeding.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Yes I’ve been talking to the vet. She said it’s fine to do an antibiotic with Corid. She’s not eating, not even treats, I’ve tried eggs but she won’t eat. Can you deworm and use corid together?

Glad you are seeing the vet, hopefully she will improve with medications. Keep us posted.

 

[aaronstephens]

Glad you are seeing the vet, hopefully she will improve with medications. Keep us posted.

She is doing ok
Eating a little today