Suspected EYP

[BarryTheBold]

Can a chicken do this once or twice and the revert to normal? I have a hen who just did this this morning, after acting weird last night... she was open mouth breathing and not acting like her usual self.... so this morning when I got her out of the cage in my room, there was a egg yolk color mixed in with a normal pop and then she has a very watery and yellow egg colored poo a short while later. She laid a perfect egg yesterday morning and has been acting normal until last night. Had one hen lay lash eggs and eventually die from whatever caused it a couple months ago. Is it very contagious? Could it be a fluke from stress? Sorry to the OP for piggybacking but our situations are so similar. Thanks everyone

 

[Shadrach]

My recommendation comes from a combination of what I have been told to give by a veterinarian, what other people have reported being prescribed, and what is in the veterinary textbooks I have access to.

The pictures I've posted and the outcomes are from chickens here.
I can only state what I've had direct experience of.
The poop in the last picture was from a hen that died, despite the best of my care including a vet visit, a fecal float to rule out the obvious and two weeks worth of intensive care, including tube feeding, vitamin supplements and crop care.
The hen in question in this thread is I assume a hatchery Leghorn. Statistically they are prone to reproductive disorders at a comparatively early age.
I hope I'm wrong.

 

[casportpony]

The pictures I've posted and the outcomes are from chickens here.
I can only state what I've had direct experience of.

Fair enough, I was not trying to start a fight with you, I was just trying to let @DobieLover know that poop like her hens poop is not always terminal.

I can only state what I've had direct experience of.

Ditto

The poop in the last picture was from a hen that died, despite the best of my care including a vet visit, a fecal float to rule out the obvious and two weeks worth of intensive care, including tube feeding, vitamin supplements and crop care.

Not all can be cured, I know this. I know if I took a hen like this to my vet they would do all of the tests, and if those tests were negative, they would probably prescribe prophylactic treatment for a bacterial infection and worms.

The hen in question in this thread is I assume a hatchery Leghorn. Statistically they are prone to reproductive disorders at a comparatively early age.
I hope I'm wrong.

I know this, but IMO, this is no reason to assume the hen is going to die.

 

[DobieLover]

Exactly how many dying chickens have you got?
I've seen poop like this twice in a decade. Both hens died.
The picture in question was poop from a hen who died from internal laying. She even went to a vet and worms and coccidia were ruled out.
The sensible thing to do is to rule out what one can with a fecal float. Then you won't be administering unnecessary drugs which may interfere with a recovery if it's possible.

The way I see it is if she's got EYP or cancer nothing I do is going to help her.
But if she is overloaded with worms that may have caused an infection, I'm going to try to treat it.
We've had a non-winter this year as I'm sure you remember. I live up on a glacial till mountain covered in non-draining hardpan clay. There are currently areas of standing water that don't drain. They haven't been leaving the run until recently, about 3 or so weeks ago. I suspect that my birds regularly build up worm loads.
I'm going to give the treatment a try.

 

[casportpony]

Source: http://avianmedicine.net/content/uploads/2013/03/8.pdf

 

[DiYMama540]

Amazing chart @casportpony ! Thank you!! Saving that for sure!

Hang in there @DobieLover sick birds are never fun! Beautiful girl though, hope all works out!

 

[DobieLover]

Update on Lucy.
She's had her second dose of Safeguard and Corid drench last night and her fifth dose of Amoxicillin this morning.
She had a little more food in her crop last night. She still won't sit on the roost. You can see her standing in this snapshot from last night.

She's still got a lot of strength as she fought me like a demon when I was giving her this mornings dose of antibiotic.
She was out with the flock instead of isolating herself so she must be feeling a little better.
No improvement in the poop department or abdominal swelling. Still stands too tall.
She's the WLH with the flopped over comb next to my 'never molted' White Rock.

 

[DiYMama540]

Sounds like progress in the right direction! Keep fighting little Lucy!!

 

[DobieLover]

Lucy seems to have recovered. She's no longer doing the penguin stance and is acting her normal self.
I think she laid this wonky egg.

It's either her or the other WLH.

This is her today.

 

[Kellow1]

I treated with piperazine because they had large round worms.

I will give her a dose a safeguard tonight. I'm reading a dosage of 10-50 mg/Kg. I'll give her 35 mg/Kg and repeat in 10 days.

I believe I have fishmox. What dose should she have? She is 4 pounds.

I will also get the fluids in her during tonight's treatment. I also don't see the harm in giving her a daily Corid drench for 5 days.

I hope this helps her.

Thank you both!

Be sure to not give any vitamins while giving Corid.