So... It is not a chicken. it's a A&M quail. I only have one. She is my pet. she lives in a large bird cage in my home. Tame.
She typically lays one egg a day. Last egg was off color: just a basic brown shade and not speckled like normal. She has not laid any eggs at all for the last week. She is about 1/2 a year old (or just a little older).
With her feed I give her either crushed (and clean) chicken egg shells or her own crushed and clean shells. A couple time she has been given oyter shells. We stopped doing that about two weeks ago, per my judgment, because I just "felt" some of the pieces were to big for her.
She occasionally gets snacks, rarely. Such as bits of wheat bread or a very very small tid-bit of cheese. No junk food.
Began having weird poos. poo section looks brown and more moist than normal, but not completely runny. however, ALOT of water seems to be excreted with this. The bedding becomes damp fast. This has been going on for ONE week.
Ruffled feathers. A little less activity than normal. Still eats and drinks like mad.
Two days ago I put organic apple cider vinegar in water in the morning. She loved this. On day two I started the antibiotics.
From what I read on a google search, it sounds like watery diarrhea is bacterial in nature? Is this correct? If not, I also have sumet and electrolytes handy (a friend gave it to me but I did not want to stop giving the antibiotics until I received some advice from here.)
She typically lays one egg a day. Last egg was off color: just a basic brown shade and not speckled like normal. She has not laid any eggs at all for the last week. She is about 1/2 a year old (or just a little older).
With her feed I give her either crushed (and clean) chicken egg shells or her own crushed and clean shells. A couple time she has been given oyter shells. We stopped doing that about two weeks ago, per my judgment, because I just "felt" some of the pieces were to big for her.
She occasionally gets snacks, rarely. Such as bits of wheat bread or a very very small tid-bit of cheese. No junk food.
Began having weird poos. poo section looks brown and more moist than normal, but not completely runny. however, ALOT of water seems to be excreted with this. The bedding becomes damp fast. This has been going on for ONE week.
Ruffled feathers. A little less activity than normal. Still eats and drinks like mad.
Two days ago I put organic apple cider vinegar in water in the morning. She loved this. On day two I started the antibiotics.
From what I read on a google search, it sounds like watery diarrhea is bacterial in nature? Is this correct? If not, I also have sumet and electrolytes handy (a friend gave it to me but I did not want to stop giving the antibiotics until I received some advice from here.)
