Sick hen with nasty poop (pics included, for better or worse)

[washxc]

Hey All,

I've had a sick hen for about a week now. She's a 10 month old barred rock. When I first noticed that she wasn't acting right, she had a long poop hanging from her butt. When I was inspecting her the poop came out and it looked like it had a bunch of long (7-8 inches) strands of hay in it.

I fed her some bread soaked in olive oil and have made sure she's been drinking, but she's lethargic and mostly stays in a sort of huddled up position.

Today, she made a really nasty poop that smelled horrendous. That's where the pics come in, you can see that there's a solid black looking log there with some long strands of hay that appear white. I should note that there was also quite a bit of liquid.

Anyone have any thoughts?

 

[ChickLover98]

The hay in the poo sounds suspicious... I'd read up on impacted crop... From the hay being present and the lethargicness, that could be the culprit.

 

[spish]

are you sure its hay and not worms?
has she been wormed lately?

 

[ChickLover98]

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Thats a good assumption... washxc, are you sure the stuff in the poo was straw? It could be worms.

 

[washxc]

It's almost definitely hay in the poop. I'm thinking her crop is impacted...