"Waterbelly," sour crop, now bloody stool! HELP!

[DirtyHarrysHenHarem]

One of my biggest chickens, she's probably around 4, was fine up until Saturday when I let all the girls out and she didn't move. Upon inspection, I noticed her abdomen was extremely swollen so I checked for egg bound. After epsom salt bath, no egg, still not moving much, just standing there. After some research on abdomen, figured out it could be "water belly" - ended up draining 120 mil of fluid from her and more kept leaking (stoppped at 120 mil so she wouldn't go into shock). leaked out the rest of the night and was down to normal size in the AM. Then I noticed her crop was sour - isolated for 12 hours no food or water and "drained" her crop (I hate doing that). in the morning her crop was empty w/ no gas and began giving her water and some yogurt and egg. Seemed to be doing ok though no real appetite and still not moving much. I just got home from the store and saw multiple spots of bloody stool or just blood.

What in the world?! Is it Coccidiosis or some kind of left over issue from waterbelly and her system backing up? Any ideas what the heck is going on and what to do? Thank you!!

 

[Eggcessive]

It would be hard to know what might be happening. I am not a vet, but cancer is very common, and sometimes ascites can occur at the same time. Liver disease which causes ascites, can also cause bleeding. The only way to know if it is coccidosis, would be to get a fecal test done by a vet, which may be very difficult with the current pandemic. If you have Corid, that will not harm her to give it to her. If you don’t treat with Corid, make sure that she is getting some electrolytes to help replace ones she has lost with draining.

Ascites is not curable, and it will recur. It can happen from heart and liver disease, and is also common in egg yolk peritonitis, internal laying, and cancer. Draining may buy some time, but hard to know how long. The crop issue can be a result of the slowdown of the digestive system due to pressure in the abdomen. I would try to make her comfortable as possible for as long as she has. Here is a good article about treating sour crop:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[Mtnboomer]

I hate to suggest it, but perhaps her time has come. Humane euthanasia is sometimes the most merciful treatment compared to a trial and error approach and prolonging the suffering.