Sick hen with bright green poop

[Its Just Us Chickens]

My chickens have been cooped up several days because of bad weather. The last couple days when I went out to take care of them there is one hen that would sit right in front of the door, I'd have to push her out of the way to get in. Other than that she looked OK. This morning we went out there and she was dead, there was bright green poop stuck to her butt.

What caused that? And what do I need to do for the other chickens? Should I get them out of the coop? Do I need to take all the litter out and bleach the coop?

 

[Its Just Us Chickens]

If it helps any, the hen was a RIR. They were given to us and I have no idea how old they are. They were the first flock of the people we got them from. THey hatched a new flock off of these and then wanted to get rid of the first flock.
The days they were in the coop I fed them layer pellets, wild bird seed and food scraps including kale, lettuce, egg shells, apples, and a banana. One day I hung a cabbage up for them.

 

[chickenlady]

I believe bright green poop can mean either something toxic was ingested or there is no food in her system,maybe due to an impacted crop? Was her crop large and hard? Is there anything they could have gotten into? Do they freerange at all? Sorry about your loss. I know it is difficult.

 

[mypicklebird]

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Your first big clue that she was NOT ok was that she was sitting in front of the door and you had to push her to get in. No chicken in their right mind and body needs to be pushed- unless they are broody, or extremely tame. Needing to be pushed out of the way *in general* means you have a very sick or dying bird. Chickens in general do not want to be pushed, pulled or picked up. When you have a bird like that- pick her up, inspect her from head to foot, including the vent and crop, and whole body for lice/external parasites. She was huddling as she was too weak or otherwise too ill or painful to move.
Green poop in general in a chicken means they aren't eating, or aren't passing food material through. It just confirms that your bird was very sick.
Being you do not know how old they are, and they were given to you as 'spent hens' there are many many things that could have been wrong with her from parasites to reproductive cancer to age related organ failure.

 

[Its Just Us Chickens]

Her crop is not hard or swollen or anything.

Even tho she was sitting in front of the door and had to be moved out of the way to get in, when I put out the food she would go eat with the other chickens. Had she not been eating, or otherwise acted or looked unwell, I would have been a little more concerned. Instead, I tought, well that's funny, I'll keep an eye on her and see what happens. Next time I'll have to look a little more closely I guess.

So do I need to worry about what she had being contagious to the other chickens?

 

[lalaland]

at this point, I'ld just start watching the others very very closely. Put some apple cider vinegar in their water (not in a galvinized waterer). Chop up lots of raw garlic and put it in their feed - it is an immune booster. (some people think that you get a garlic taste in the eggs, but I have never found this to be true for me).

It sounds as if you have taken good care of your chickens - but some loss is to be expected as chickens seem to be susceptible to more illness than I've found in other animals. Doesn't make it any easier, though.

There are some good resources on this forum for diseases - and I'ld suggest reading this section regularly because you'll get a good idea of how to treat all sort of symptoms.

Let us know how the rest of your flock does!

 

[toheeb]

One of my hen as stop laying, she is eating and drinking very well

 

[Patriot76]

I also have a flock had a rooster start sitting and not moving pooping green to bright green. I immediately separated the rooster to another area started with ACV and noticed he would not drink or eat. Noting that he was sitting with his head at the waterer every time I seen him the first day. Now in quarantine,he is doing same thing. So I figured he was trying to tell me something. I ran to the house and found a syringe and ran back down to the shop. I mixed up a gallon of water with 2 tablespoons or ACV. And started to give it to him. He wanted it you could tell. He even talked a little afterwards. But he acted at if he was gasping for air to. I was worried I was going to drown him. And yes I checked his crop nothing there. I rubbed his throat and helped each little bit of water down. Did this several times. The next day he wS standing up when I went out. But through the day he got worse. Like I helped him and then he turned for the worse I found him that afternoon dead sitting like I originally found him with his head facing the waterer. 2 days now and I have a hen doing same thing. HELP!!!!! I HAVE 20 BIRDS ON MY FLOCK. I've bleached the whole run. The roosters are kept separate. They can not and do not gave no interaction with hens. But they are next to each other. Meaning only chicken wire separating them in their runs.​