Weird looking poop

[OversaltedEgg]

What does the type of poop mean? It comes from a one year old barred rock hen.
She’s currently inside due to an injury but she’s been eating and drinking and she’s been acting normal. It’s been like this for a while now.

 

[azygous]

Is she laying? If not, that poop may indicate a reproductive infection starting up. Continue to keep and eye on the poop, and if it gets more watery and the mucous turns unmistakably yellow, and if she has swelling between her legs and just under her vent, you may need to get her on an antibiotic.

 

[OversaltedEgg]

Is she laying? If not, that poop may indicate a reproductive infection starting up. Continue to keep and eye on the poop, and if it gets more watery and the mucous turns unmistakably yellow, and if she has swelling between her legs and just under her vent, you may need to get her on an antibiotic.

She hasn’t laid for almost a week know. She just got of a set of Tylan 500 I believe not too long ago. Her poops have occasionally been like this for some months now. I wonder if it’s been an ongoing issue?

 

[azygous]

Sounds like she is developing a chronic reproductive infection. Can you find a vet to prescribe a strong antibiotic to treat e.coli? Or do you have any antibiotic on hand? It may be early enough in the infection to successfully treat.

 

[OversaltedEgg]

Sounds like she is developing a chronic reproductive infection. Can you find a vet to prescribe a strong antibiotic to treat e.coli? Or do you have any antibiotic on hand? It may be early enough in the infection to successfully treat.

I’ve taken her to vet before because of concerns about this type of poop. The most she is prescribed is Tylan 500. She has been inside for a wound that she has on her side. It was infected before, which is why she was on antibiotics. Could that have something to do with it?

 

[azygous]

Tylan is a good drug to treat respiratory illness but not much else. That vet may be useless when it comes to chickens. But it would be worth trying to get the vet to simply write you a script for Ciprofloxacin. That's a heavy-hitter drug to treat E.coli.

We can't really know why a hen gets these reproductive infections. But somehow, E.coli can make its way from the cloaca up into the oviduct. If left untreated, it will become chronic and then it becomes nearly impossible to treat. Since the hen is young, there is a good chance treatment will be successful using the proper drug.