What is going on with my girl?

[Magsy]

3 year old isa brown has not been her healthiest the past 6ish months. Have had ongoing issues seemingly getting better then worse then better then worse. About a month or so ago she had really bad sour crop (and I think associated vent gleet) which I treated her for and she seemed completely back to her old self.

However, she has gone back to pooping creamy, white/yellow liquid droppings (no normal poops at all, it’s all just this watery discharge looking stuff), pastey butt, sad looking comb, and generally lethargic/quiet/weak. She hasn’t laid an egg in about 5 months.

Being the breed and age that she is, I am suspecting there is an underlying reproductive issue and that the sour crop and vent gleet are secondary to that. I am assuming she has vent gleet now, given her poops and pastey butt..? What do y’all think? And what would you do to treat or help her?

Some more information: her crop is fine and emptying overnight.
She feels a little firm in the underbelly (below vent region), but so does my other healthy hen, so it doesn’t seem abnormal to me.
She has been wormed recently.

Please help I’m feeling so burnt out.

Will try get photos of her poops.

 

[azygous]

I am in agreement with you that she's likely got a reproductive issue since it tends to go with the territory with production breeds. They tend to get either infections or tumors after they reach this age.

You can try treating for infection with an antibiotic, if you can obtain one, and see if there's any improvement. But since she's been having problems with yeast infections, it points to an obstruction, and that can mean tumors.

The internet has no way of X-raying your hen. We can only guess what might be going on. A vet could do this imaging to find out if there's a blockage. If the blockage is due to infection, a vet might be able to clean it out. But all that is pretty expensive, and might not do any real good.

All you can do is treat the symptoms and see if anything helps. An antibiotic for possible infection. An Epsom salt flush to treat vent gleet. Be aware that an antibiotic can make yeast worse.