What is this in my chickens poop?! Sick pullet

[triciayoung]

@triciayoung
I'll call the vet on Monday. But even if they do give me some, they're going to overcharge me lol. So I'm looking into getting some of my own.

Would either of these two be what you're talking about:

1) https://jedds.com/products/trimetho...96285&pr_ref_pid=6832815407293&pr_seq=uniform

2) https://jedds.com/products/sul-med-100-powder?variant=40215737401533

The first one.

 

[Eggcessive]

The amoxicillin should not be mixed in water. It is given orally. The best way to do that is to mix it in something, such as 5 ml of yogurt, thin cream cheese, or similar. Then give 1ml which is 100mg twice a day. I would use the Corid, but the first sulfa link is preferred if switching to a sulfa drug.

 

[Yellow321]

The amoxicillin should not be mixed in water. It is given orally. The best way to do that is to mix it in something, such as 5 ml of yogurt, thin cream cheese, or similar. Then give 1ml which is 100mg twice a day. I would use the Corid, but the first sulfa link is preferred if switching to a sulfa drug.

I give it orally. It doesnt mix well in water anyway. I put my powdered dose into a little kids cough medicine measuring cup along with 0.3ml of water. Mix it up and syringe it and give to the chicken. It seems to work well since 0.3ml is such a small amount so they arent held and forced for very long, and I know they're getting their full dose.

I've ordered that other corid med.

I haven't seen any more of that weird fleshy stuff in her poops today. Her poop is still green though. We'll see what tomorrow brings me!

I'll keep this post updated.

 

[triciayoung]

@Eggcessive and @Wyorp Rock, can Corid and Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim be given together?

 

[Eggcessive]

@Eggcessive and @Wyorp Rock, can Corid and Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim be given together?

I would give one or the other. Sulfa antibiotics have about a month egg withdrawal, while Corid (amprollium) is not an antibiotic and has not egg withdrawal time. Sulfa may treat some strains of coccidiosis that are resistant to Corid. Sulfa also could help treat other infections, while Corid is only for coccidiosis.

 

[Yellow321]

I would give one or the other. Sulfa antibiotics have about a month egg withdrawal, while Corid (amprollium) is not an antibiotic and has not egg withdrawal time. Sulfa may treat some strains of coccidiosis that are resistant to Corid. Sulfa also could help treat other infections, while Corid is only for coccidiosis.

@Eggcessive
I ordered both Baytril and the Sulfa. When they come in, which one do you suggest I try with her first? Assuming I shouldn't do both at the same time?

Currently she's on the last day of her direct oral dose of corid and the last day of her Amoxicillin. Expected delivery on those other meds is this Saturday.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would not throw everything at her. First you must decide whether she has coccidiosis or a reproductive disorder (salpingitis/inflammation of the oviduct.) If she has not symptoms of coccidiosis (lethargy, standing puffed up or hunched with her neck drawn in, not eating, and runny poops, then treat for salpingitis. The sulfa actually can be used for that, although enrofloxacin is one of the best antibiotics for serious infections. You have used amoxicllin, so I would use one of the others, but stick with one antibiotic. They destroy the good and bad gut bacteria, and probiotics may help with that. Do you have a vet who could run a fecal float on her poop to look for coccidiosis and worms? Mine would as a favor since we have a good history. But many won’t or would require seeing the chicken as a patient.

 

[Yellow321]

I would not throw everything at her. First you must decide whether she has coccidiosis or a reproductive disorder (salpingitis/inflammation of the oviduct.) If she has not symptoms of coccidiosis (lethargy, standing puffed up or hunched with her neck drawn in, not eating, and runny poops, then treat for salpingitis. The sulfa actually can be used for that, although enrofloxacin is one of the best antibiotics for serious infections. You have used amoxicllin, so I would use one of the others, but stick with one antibiotic. They destroy the good and bad gut bacteria, and probiotics may help with that. Do you have a vet who could run a fecal float on her poop to look for coccidiosis and worms? Mine would as a favor since we have a good history. But many won’t or would require seeing the chicken as a patient.

@Eggcessive
Good to know. Thank you.

I used to work as a vet tech and did fecal floats all day long. I know what I'm looking for doing my own. I just need a better microscope! From what I've seen on my microscope she doesn't have any parasites.

I went in for a fecal float for my other sick chicken 2 weeks ago and they wouldn't do the float. They said they had to send it off to some lab somewhere which was super expensive plus I had to wait 4 days to get the results. I won't fall for that again. I thought they were going to do a simple in-house float with a reading in 10-15 minutes! It might be worth mentioning that my other mysteriously sick chicken that died last week was a negative for everything on her lab-read fecal tests.

I honestly don't think it's coccidiosis. But of course I could be wrong!

She is showing all signs of what you just listed for weeks now. We'll see if she makes it until I get these new meds delivered. I'm starting to doubt it. She looks and feels terrible. I just don't know what else to do for her. And my mind keeps fear jumping to Mereks because it's always talked about on these forums!

I appreciate your help

 

[Yellow321]

UPDATE: I don't see much change with her. Today was her last direct dose of corid. She eats but only if I put her out with her crew. She is in a big XL dog cage inside the run with everyone else (I don't free range). She just lays there. When I let her out, she eats and drinks a bit and then lays back down. Dragging her wings and walking like a decrepit. Panting mouth breathing all day long for 3 days now. I'm out there before they jump off the roost in the mornings and she goes straight for the water upon wake up (they all do) and then she doesn't eat really at all during the entire morning time, even watered down crumble and boiled egg yolk. She will finally start eating about afternoon. (I tested this to see if she wasn't eating because the meds made her tummy ache or if it was just her not eating. Today I gave the meds quite late in the morning on purpose and she still hadn't eaten before I gave them. So it's not necessarily the meds making her not eat - although I'm sure they don't feel great. She ate some watered down crumble right after I gave the meds because I put her and it out with her crew so monkey see monkey do and I needed her to have some food in her stomach for that amoxicillin.) I've been giving her a few meal worms a couple times a day for some extra protein. She drinks a lot of water (corid-laced). But they're all drinking a lot of water because crumble is dry and it's hot outside! I'd say she's not drinking more or less than anyone else. All her poops are green. Some pure green liquid, some less watery but still not normal texture.

 

[triciayoung]

UPDATE: I don't see much change with her. Today was her last direct dose of corid. She eats but only if I put her out with her crew. She is in a big XL dog cage inside the run with everyone else (I don't free range). She just lays there. When I let her out, she eats and drinks a bit and then lays back down. Dragging her wings and walking like a decrepit. Panting mouth breathing all day long for 3 days now. I'm out there before they jump off the roost in the mornings and she goes straight for the water upon wake up (they all do) and then she doesn't eat really at all during the entire morning time, even watered down crumble and boiled egg yolk. She will finally start eating about afternoon. (I tested this to see if she wasn't eating because the meds made her tummy ache or if it was just her not eating. Today I gave the meds quite late in the morning on purpose and she still hadn't eaten before I gave them. So it's not necessarily the meds making her not eat - although I'm sure they don't feel great. She ate some watered down crumble right after I gave the meds because I put her and it out with her crew so monkey see monkey do and I needed her to have some food in her stomach for that amoxicillin.) I've been giving her a few meal worms a couple times a day for some extra protein. She drinks a lot of water (corid-laced). But they're all drinking a lot of water because crumble is dry and it's hot outside! I'd say she's not drinking more or less than anyone else. All her poops are green. Some pure green liquid, some less watery but still not normal texture.

The green poop is bile - she is not eating enough.