Vomiting hen

[girlthecat]

I have a one year old true blue whiting that has been sick for 3 weeks. She witnessed her favorite flock mate get taken by a predator and it was at that time when the symptoms started. She was lethargic, not food motivated like she was, having loose clear liquid stool, drinking a lot of water, and stopped laying. I thought she was depressed but then today she vomited a good amount of clear liquid.
I called around to vets in the area but the only avian vet available won’t be able to see her until Sunday.
Does anyone have any ideas of what her diagnosis could be? I have been google searching but there is just an overload of information.
She has supervised free range time for about 2-3hrs per day. No other birds in the flock are sick. She is top of the pecking order. She is still having all the same symptoms from 3 weeks ago plus vomiting now.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Hi! Chickens generally don't vomit. Does she have liquid coming out of her beak? It sounds like sour crop, perhaps she got stressed after losing her friend and her immune system crashed and allowed an overgrowth of worms which led to sour crop. Treat the sour crop first, then after that's cleared you can worm her.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[girlthecat]

Hi! Chickens generally don't vomit. Does she have liquid coming out of her beak? It sounds like sour crop, perhaps she got stressed after losing her friend and her immune system crashed and allowed an overgrowth of worms which led to sour crop. Treat the sour crop first, then after that's cleared you can worm her.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

Hi and thanks for the response! Yes she had this clear liquid projectile out from her mouth. I will inspect her crop in the morning and follow up with this thread. I just checked on her through the security camera in the coop and she was adjusting it.
She is a completely different bird since losing her sister, they were a bonded pair. Her personality took a complete 360. So it would make sense if her immune system crashed like you said.

 

[SmiYa0126]

I'm so sorry for you and your girl post back on questions and progress!

 

[girlthecat]

I'm so sorry for you and your girl post back on questions and progress!

Hello! In the morning after posting this, I picked her up and she felt completely emaciated. All bones. I started treating her for worms and began feeding her a high protein diet. Day one and two I had to force the deworming medications in her because she refused to eat and drink. She is now eating and drinking again on her own. She just finished her first treatment round of dewormer (5days of SafeGaurd). Her stool is still loose but more mucous-like. She seems a little bit better but not back to her normal self.

 

[SmiYa0126]

That's wonderful news! Yes, force feeding is sometimes necessary to save their lives. Keep up the good work. It took my sick hen a week in the hospital ward before her poops returned to normal.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

She just finished her first treatment round of dewormer (5days of SafeGaurd). Her stool is still loose but more mucous-like. She seems a little bit better but not back to her normal self.

Please post some photos of your hen and her poop.

It's unclear from your posts - Is her crop emptying overnight or not?
How old is she and when was her last egg?

She just finished her first treatment of Safeguard, do you mean, first dose?
What dose of Safeguard are you using?