Silkie Rooster Unwell- White Diarrhea!

[Jillio]

My 5 year old Silkie rooster Little Blue was recently beat up by our new younger rooster. He had a bad wound on his back and was missing almost all his back feathers. For this reason we separated him so he could heal and he’s been living in our house for 6 weeks now. While living inside he has developed a white diarrhea. It’s not every poop but happens often. Have also have noticed his legs and butt shaking some and not sure if that is related. He also woke up one morning crowing an awful sounding crow, and was clearly all congested. We treated him with some VetRX and colloidal silver and he has seemed normal ever since, yet these poops persist. He’s had many health issues in the last years including our flock being carriers of CRD or something similar. Any help would be appreciated! Want to get this boy back outside (build a separate area for him and his girls where the other rooster can’t bully him), but we cannot risk spreading something to the others till we know he is well.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

What are you feeding, including treats?
Does he have grit?

I'd work on hydration, get a fecal float if possible, to see if worms are part of the problem. See that his crop is emptying overnight.

 

[Jillio]

What are you feeding, including treats?
Does he have grit?

I'd work on hydration, get a fecal float if possible, to see if worms are part of the problem. See that his crop is emptying overnight.

Thanks so much for your reply. Scratch and Peck feed, fermented. He does have grit. Treats are currently scrambled egg and rolled oats which are his favorites. He didn’t eat his egg the last 2 days but otherwise seems happy and normal enough. Maybe I do need a fecal- couldn’t hurt! His crop is full now and I will re-check tomorrow early morning.

 

[Jillio]

I did get a fecal. It is clear with no parasites present. Vet said the fact that he seems to have had a respiratory thing recently would have thrown off bacteria in the gut and that’s prob what I’m seeing. Thanks

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I did get a fecal. It is clear with no parasites present. Vet said the fact that he seems to have had a respiratory thing recently would have thrown off bacteria in the gut and that’s prob what I’m seeing. Thanks

Glad you were able to get a fecal float.

If the vet thinks his gut is out of balance, then giving probiotics may be helpful. You can use purchased Probios, give a bit of buttermilk stirred in the feed or some give plain quality yogurt.
Hopefully he will improve soon.

 

[Jillio]

Glad you were able to get a fecal float.

If the vet thinks his gut is out of balance, then giving probiotics may be helpful. You can use purchased Probios, give a bit of buttermilk stirred in the feed or some give plain quality yogurt.
Hopefully he will improve soon.

Thanks a bunch. Appreciate your feedback.

 

[Jillio]

Question to piggy back on previous post! Our sweet Silkie roo still has the strange liquid white or clear poops. He had the negative fecal. Now we have another couple bantams living with him. One of them has lost weight, has very strange clear or white poops with bright green to dark green in it. We got her a fecal. It came back negative. Any thoughts?

 

[Jillio]

These may all 4 be from the bantam hen, but I know the 2 clear ones for sure are. The white ones are either from her or the silkie who was originally in question.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Their crops are emptying overnight?
Any mold in the feed?

I'd try giving a pelleted feed, omit the oatmeal, limit any type of treats, get them on some probiotics and see that they have grit. See if that makes a difference.

 

[Razzlefrazzle]

How long ago did you move your hens? My (probably overly optimistic) hope is that she is just stressed and having trouble with the new situation. Can you separate her and see if she still has a good appetite or does she generally seem unwell? The green is likely bile from not eating enough.

Are you keeping them in your house? Another possibility is that they've found something to eat that they shouldn't have. I left a hen roaming in the garage for five minutes once and came back to find her pecking paint off an old board...

Of course any number of infections are also a possibility, as well as "old age" diseases.