Yellow "Slime-like" Poops, Lethargic, Pale Pullet

[Lalachickens]

I couldn't feel a hard egg in her abdomen last night.. but I have wondered.

 

[azygous]

The coincidence with beginning to lay and this suspicious poop points to an egg problem. She needs one of these each day until this resolves in normal eggs again.

Offer plain water and, simple layer feed and grit. It would be best to crate her so you can monitor her carefully as to appetite and water consumption, as well as poop.

She may have an infection. It would be a good idea to try to find an antibiotic. An old people prescription would work. Call pet stores and feed stores and ask what they have.

 

[Lalachickens]

Thanks @azygous

She is currently crated with regular food, and water with electrolytes. Should I get rid of the electrolytes? She sure is drinking them.

Follow up question on the meds: for the calcium, how do you suggest we give her this? Crush up with water then into the mouth with a syringe?

Regarding the antibiotics, we have ordered some corid, which I know doesn’t qualify as an antibiotic. We are in Canada, and it’s really hard to get our hands on anything useful. The govt has really limited what we can get to help our flocks.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thanks @azygous

She is currently crated with regular food, and water with electrolytes. Should I get rid of the electrolytes? She sure is drinking them.

Follow up question on the meds: for the calcium, how do you suggest we give her this? Crush up with water then into the mouth with a syringe?

Regarding the antibiotics, we have ordered some corid, which I know doesn’t qualify as an antibiotic. We are in Canada, and it’s really hard to get our hands on anything useful. The govt has really limited what we can get to help our flocks.

You can give the electrolytes, but if possible, make fresh plain water available too.

The Calcium tablet, just pop it into her beak and let her swallow.

Corid (Amprolium) is not an antibiotic at all, but it's something good to have on hand.
You can try ordering abx online to see if that might work. We are heading for the same situation here later this year on what meds we'll be able to get.

 

[Lalachickens]

You can give the electrolytes, but if possible, make fresh plain water available too.

The Calcium tablet, just pop it into her beak and let her swallow.

Corid (Amprolium) is not an antibiotic at all, but it's something good to have on hand.
You can try ordering abx online to see if that might work. We are heading for the same situation here later this year on what meds we'll be able to get.

Thanks @Wyorp Rock, I just ordered some amoxicillin- they will take some time to get here, but in the mean time, we will try to keep her eating/drinking. Will offer electrolytes AND clean water. Off to get calcium tablets now.

 

[Lalachickens]

Thanks @Wyorp Rock, I just ordered some amoxicillin- they will take some time to get here, but in the mean time, we will try to keep her eating/drinking. Will offer electrolytes AND clean water. Off to get calcium tablets now.

Was able to get her to take 1 x Calcium + D3 tablet (calcium at 500mg, D3 at 1,000iu). Hot tip: Turns out two raisins make the almost perfect pill-pocket!

 

[Lalachickens]

For anyone still reading… she has declined quickly and we are sure she’s going to die.

She is so pale, panting heavily. She drinks a ton of water in the mornings and is only pooping clear liquid with minimal green bits.

We started her on Corid this morning, since we can’t get antibiotics. We have ordered antibiotics but it will be a week or two before they arrive. We decided to start Corid because it was our last shot at trying to save her.

We tube fed her today, mid day, and her crop isn’t emptying.

She looks like she is in total distress. Very weak.

Any help/advice is appreciated… this is hard. She went for bouncy healthy 6 month old pullet, to this shell in a week.

 

[Hillbillenigma]

I’m following and I am very sorry she is not recovering.

 

[Lalachickens]

I’m following and I am very sorry she is not recovering.

Thank you @Hillbillenigma

 

[Wyorp Rock]

For anyone still reading… she has declined quickly and we are sure she’s going to die.

She is so pale, panting heavily. She drinks a ton of water in the mornings and is only pooping clear liquid with minimal green bits.

We started her on Corid this morning, since we can’t get antibiotics. We have ordered antibiotics but it will be a week or two before they arrive. We decided to start Corid because it was our last shot at trying to save her.

We tube fed her today, mid day, and her crop isn’t emptying.

She looks like she is in total distress. Very weak.

Any help/advice is appreciated… this is hard. She went for bouncy healthy 6 month old pullet, to this shell in a week

Let's see I'm not finding from previous posts whether or no crop emptying overnight this whole time or not.
So maybe it's a no, it wasn't emptying?

She may have a blockage or possibly some inflammation somewhere else in the body that is causing the crop to become slow.

Hopefully Carol (@azygous ) will be on and chime back in. With her being so weak, this can be distressing and you may lose her, but I'd keep working on her.