Watery Droppings & generally unwell HELP?!

mavis4

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Dec 24, 2015
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so one of my three hens has been having an ongoing battle with some sort of illness since February. We took her to the vets and they were useless and I've tried everything i can and she is so much better now. so you can understand whats happened i will explain now:

4th February 2017- she passed an 'alien like' undeveloped egg
19th February - got worse. wouldn't move just laid down
21st February - Gave first dose of coxoid ( experimental and had nothing to loose ) and got so much better
- seemed fine, usual self however still no egg -
1st April - Passed two broken eggs
6th April- Laid a tiny egg
- all of the time she has had watery diarrhoea -

now she seems fine, usual self however she lays down in random places regularly. Not laying, watery liquid diarrhoea and occasionally being picked on by the others

So my question is how can i cure her ? what was wrong with her? how do i stop the diarrhoea ? and what shall i do ?

she is a 1 ( 2 in august ) year old blue bell hen. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
 
When you get off here, Google "lash egg" and see if that looks anything like what you saw. They look like pieces of flesh, and is a sign of salpingitis an inflammation of the oviduct indication infection. It sounds like she may be an internal layer, and that or salpingitis can lead to egg yolk peritonitis. In the early stages, antibiotics like Baytril, which is banned in laying chickens, may help. Long term though, egg yolk peritonitis is fatal, and not much helps. You can do a search at the top of this page for "Baytril sources" for where to find it. I would not eat the eggs if she lays again after treating. You could also use something like injectable penicillin from a feed store instead, but either one may not even help.
 
mavis do you supply them with oyster shell? I guess she could have a calcium deficiency perhaps. Is her abdomen bloated?

also @Eggcessive Suprelorin is a reliable cure for EYP, although very expensive, and I think Delvosteron does rougly the same thing, however it depends on whether the EYP is septic yet or not.
 
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When you get off here, Google "lash egg" and see if that looks anything like what you saw. They look like pieces of flesh, and is a sign of salpingitis an inflammation of the oviduct indication infection. It sounds like she may be an internal layer, and that or salpingitis can lead to egg yolk peritonitis. In the early stages, antibiotics like Baytril, which is banned in laying chickens, may help. Long term though, egg yolk peritonitis is fatal, and not much helps. You can do a search at the top of this page for "Baytril sources" for where to find it. I would not eat the eggs if she lays again after treating. You could also use something like injectable penicillin from a feed store instead, but either one may not even help.


It dosnt look like lash egg to me ? Ill attach a picture

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mavis do you supply them with oyster shell? I guess she could have a calcium deficiency perhaps. Is her abdomen bloated?

also @Eggcessive
 Suprelorin is a reliable cure for EYP, although very expensive, and I think Delvosteron does rougly the same thing, however it depends on whether the EYP is septic yet or not.


Yes they do have a constant supply of oyster shell and she has actually had a calcium shot at the vets as that's the only thing they said they can do
 

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