two of four hens lethargic one of these with bloody diarhea

[DeeAnn5]

I am getting a full fecal report on Punkin from the Vet today...that was my thinking also... last Fall when I treated for coccidia, I don't remember if I did the second treatment 10 days later...My solution has been to keep an immaculate chicken yard. I actually scoop their poop into a compost pile...someone please till my chickens - scooping their poop is not a thing!!!!

 

[DeeAnn5]

I bathed Punkin and examined her yesterday. Other than being way too skinny, nothing out of sorts... None of my hens have laid eggs since last Summer. Hubs is not happy, he really likes the fresh eggs and feels that, for all the work to maintain the coop, that we should be getting some eggs... I asked the Vet Clinic today to check for

Clostridium perfringens plus all the other stuff they check for. The Vet returned my call before he had the fecal, he thought maybe coccidia also...

 

[DeeAnn5]

Ok they did not find anything on the fecal...Vet said it wouldn't hurt to do another round of coccidiostat...So, I will. I talked to the state Poultry expert. He said they can get kidney damage and also ulcers in the intestine. So it could be something like that, since we've ruled out coccidia and worms...

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Ok they did not find anything on the fecal...Vet said it wouldn't hurt to do another round of coccidiostat...So, I will. I talked to the state Poultry expert. He said they can get kidney damage and also ulcers in the intestine. So it could be something like that, since we've ruled out coccidia and worms...

Did the vet recommend any course of treatment?

 

[DeeAnn5]

Did the vet recommend any course of treatment?

As above, he said it would not harm to administer the Coccidiostat, so I am starting it today. Listen, Punkin is now egg bound and I can't get it out. I followed the instructions given on YouTube videos - soaking in Epsom S., also used a tiny dull spatula and inserted it between the prolapsed oviduct, and the egg. The egg has no shell it really looks like a boiled egg. I have her now warming in the basement, can try surgery again later. After I soaked and massaged, and gently used the tiny scapula, she retracted the egg thing/oviduct on her own and I left her to have breakfast and rest under the warming light. Pretty sure this is a secondary effect of the starvation. She actually is still eating and I started her on the Coccidiastat today.

 

[Jodi Keilman]

You’re being such a great Mother Hen! I am rooting for Punkin & the others in your brood. Let us know how it plays out.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

As above, he said it would not harm to administer the Coccidiostat, so I am starting it today. Listen, Punkin is now egg bound and I can't get it out. I followed the instructions given on YouTube videos - soaking in Epsom S., also used a tiny dull spatula and inserted it between the prolapsed oviduct, and the egg. The egg has no shell it really looks like a boiled egg. I have her now warming in the basement, can try surgery again later. After I soaked and massaged, and gently used the tiny scapula, she retracted the egg thing/oviduct on her own and I left her to have breakfast and rest under the warming light. Pretty sure this is a secondary effect of the starvation. She actually is still eating and I started her on the Coccidiastat today.

You mention the egg looks like a boiled egg - Look at this link - does the egg look similar to this? https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/impacted-crop-and-maybe-much-more.1290807/#post-20952581

Once you get the "egg" out, please take some photos of it. From your description it sounds like she has Salpingitis (Lash Egg) which is an inflammation of the oviduct. I hope I am wrong.
https://the-chicken-chick.com/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard/
https://the-chicken-chick.com/causes-of-lash-eggs-salpingitis-by/

 

[DeeAnn5]

OK yes I have read these links and it appears definite that she has Salpingitis. There was a yolk that kind of looked like a cooked yolk on the poop tray just the other day...Hmmm... okay now two questions - 1. so I'm going to suspend the coccidiostat and start her on antibiotic, I think I have some avian antibiotics on hand... 2. Does this mean all of my flock is infected?

 

[DeeAnn5]

OK yes I have read these links and it appears definite that she has Salpingitis. There was a yolk that kind of looked like a cooked yolk on the poop tray just the other day...Hmmm... okay now two questions - 1. so I'm going to suspend the coccidiostat and start her on antibiotic, I think I have some avian antibiotics on hand... 2. Does this mean all of my flock is infected?

I am going to work on the oviduct again, poor baby. I gave her some calcium today and she voluntarily took it, what a good patient.

 

[DeeAnn5]

No luck, very sad. We are going to humanely euthanize Punkin, so sorry it wasn't a better outcome.