What's wrong with my hen??

[Anaf]

Hi all! Two days ago my 3 year old brown shaver hen stopped eating (kept drinking) and became lethargic. She has had runny greenish poop for a few months now and has just finished growing back new feathers. She hasn't laid in about a year. Yesterday she was regurgitating yellow fluid. In the night she laid the lump (about 3 inches long) and laid a similar one with a white layer in the morning. She was talking and back to normal in the morning. She still has runny green poop. I have attached photos of the first one. It looks to have maggots on it (since I left it for a several hours) although they could be parasites. I wormed her a couple of weeks ago. Anyone know what's wrong with her??

 

[tacothechicken]

Looks like salpingitis, aka lash egg. It's basically meat and pus so I'm not surprised it may attract maggots Blegh. I've never had a bird whith this issue though so not sure how much help I am but that's what it looks like to me!

 

[ChickNanny13]

It does look like "lash egg", you can search the forums for more in-depth info. You're needing to get some antibiotics for her, from my collection of notes ....

Egg Salpingitis/Lash Egg - Baytril, Fish Mox, Enrofloxacin, Amoxicillin
Not sure about the dose but I know @casportpony knows Thank you in advance

 

[Anaf]

It does look like "lash egg", you can search the forums for more in-depth info. You're needing to get some antibiotics for her, from my collection of notes ....

Egg Salpingitis/Lash Egg - Baytril, Fish Mox, Enrofloxacin, Amoxicillin
Not sure about the dose but I know @casportpony knows Thank you in advance

Thank you! I will get her on antibiotics and hopefully she will recover!

 

[Cragg Klefor]

Hi @Anaf and welcome
Agreed, antibiotics as soon as possible. It's essential you get them in to her as early as you can. Salpingitis can be fatal unless you catch the infection in the early stages.

It can be hugely relieving for the chicken to pass this lash material so I am sure she was a lot happier afterwards, poor girl. The fluid from her beak means her digestive system was backed up, but he lash material could have been causing the blockage by pressing on her internal organs etc so it may be cleared now. To be sure I would check her crop.
To check her crop: Keep food and water away from her tonight, then first thing in the morning before she eats or drinks anything, feel her crop (on right side of her breast below her neckline) It should be completely empty. During the day and until roosting time the crop should have food and water in it and can feel soft, hard, squishy and all kinds of ways. But first thing in the morning it should be empty. If it is not empty there is a problem.

If it is not completely empty in the morning - before she eats or drinks anything, this article will really help you, but feel free to post back and let us know what you find: https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...d-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments.67194/

Best of luck with her, and let us know how she is doing

 

[Anaf]

Hi @Anaf and welcome
Agreed, antibiotics as soon as possible. It's essential you get them in to her as early as you can. Salpingitis can be fatal unless you catch the infection in the early stages.

It can be hugely relieving for the chicken to pass this lash material so I am sure she was a lot happier afterwards, poor girl. The fluid from her beak means her digestive system was backed up, but he lash material could have been causing the blockage by pressing on her internal organs etc so it may be cleared now. To be sure I would check her crop.
To check her crop: Keep food and water away from her tonight, then first thing in the morning before she eats or drinks anything, feel her crop (on right side of her breast below her neckline) It should be completely empty. During the day and until roosting time the crop should have food and water in it and can feel soft, hard, squishy and all kinds of ways. But first thing in the morning it should be empty. If it is not empty there is a problem.

If it is not completely empty in the morning - before she eats or drinks anything, this article will really help you, but feel free to post back and let us know what you find: https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...d-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments.67194/

Best of luck with her, and let us know how she is doing

Thank you so much! I will check her crop in the morning!

 

[Eggcessive]

Those look like most pictures of lash eggs, actually products of infection, from salpingitis. I would check her vent closely, just to make sure there are no maggots around the vent on a,wound or prolapsed vent. Maggots can cause flystrike, which can be deadly. Hopefully it is just from the lash egg setting out for a bit.

Antibiotics may not help at this time if the disease (salpingitis) has been going on for awhile, but worth a try. Baytril is usually one of the better antibiotics, though banned in chickens, to treat it. Here is a link where to find Baytril also called enrofloxacin:
https://www.jedds.com/shop/misc/

https://allbirdproducts.com/products/baytril-10#how-to-use

Dosage is 5 mg per pound given orally twice a day.

 

[ChickNanny13]

 

[Anaf]

Update! Her crop seems to be fine and she is on antibiotics. Haven't had any more lash eggs from her, and am hoping she's on the road to recovery.

 

[Cragg Klefor]

Thank you for the update Anaf, fingers crossed for you and your girl!!

Is she eating and drinking again? Is she still lethargic?