Yellowish urates

[Jahuzyak]

Blackhead would not be something I'd worry about. It's not the Zucchini unless her crop is not emptying.

You have CLUES in your posts.

Saturday she was off, pale, lethargic. She laid an egg and was back to normal....

Sunday, she was o.k., then went pale, was off...she finally laid a FAIRY EGG on Monday + a normal egg. She's back to being o.k.

This is reproductive. Get some Extra Calcium into her.

Yellow urates can often point toward liver function and/or reproductive problems.

If she's acting find, is active, eating/drinking, then put her with her flock. Take her aside once daily to get the Calcium Citrate into her for 7 days.

Check to make sure her crop is emptying, look her over for lice and mites.

If you can, get that fecal float to rule out worms which can be a common problem in laying hens.

She was active yesterday, today is just laying around and won’t eat, gave her poultry cell by mouth, 2cc. Can I crush the calcium tablets and give it to her in liquid form ?

She sees the vet tomorrow at 1:30 for fecal test and exam

Her crop was empty this morning. Have checked over her feathers for lice and mites. The whole flock was treated for mites in July. I haven’t seen any since then .

 

[Wyorp Rock]

She was active yesterday, today is just laying around and won’t eat, gave her poultry cell by mouth, 2cc. Can I crush the calcium tablets and give it to her in liquid form ?

She sees the vet tomorrow at 1:30 for fecal test and exam

Her crop was empty this morning. Have checked over her feathers for lice and mites. The whole flock was treated for mites in July. I haven’t seen any since then .

Pull down on her wattles, pop the tablet into the beak an let her swallow. This way you know she's got the Calcium in her.

If she's not feeling well today, likely she's struggling with an egg, hopefully the Calcium will help her push it on out.

 

[Debbie292d]

I'd take all the advice above, but just wanted to mention it's not the zucchini as ours aged old to 8 weeks have been eating it all summer off and on and not a thing was odd with them or their poop.

 

[Jahuzyak]

I'd take all the advice above, but just wanted to mention it's not the zucchini as ours aged old to 8 weeks have been eating it all summer off and on and not a thing was odd with them or their poop.

I’m not saying the ongoing issue is the zucchini- just saying the zucchini gave them all diarrhea, she’s the only one who didn’t bounce back

 

[Jahuzyak]

Pull down on her wattles, pop the tablet into the beak an let her swallow. This way you know she's got the Calcium in her.

If she's not feeling well today, likely she's struggling with an egg, hopefully the Calcium will help her push it on out.

I will do that. Should I break it apart or just put the whole tablet in?

This is her last bowel movement

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I will do that. Should I break it apart or just put the whole tablet in?

This is her last bowel movement

I’m having an issue with an EE that sounds so similar!!! She’s pooping clear liquid or very wet poops with yellow urates. Her crop felt full yesterday and empty upon checking this morning . When I checked this afternoon it feels like it’s full of air!!! She’s slow and laying down a lot she laid Saturday and Monday but skipped Sunday and today … she’s usually my most dependable layer- fist thing in the am , there’s here egg every day! I’m so worried about her . Did your chick improve or did you find out what it was?! Mine sees the vet tomorrow and it seems like a year away

Have you given the Calcium?
If you have to, you can break the tablet in 1/2 and give her a piece at a time. A full grown hen is fully capable of swallowing the tablet whole, just pull down on the wattles, pop the tablet in and let her swallow.

Checking the crop during the day when she's been eating/drinking is not telling you anything except that she's been eating/drinking. You checked in the morning and the crop was empty, re-check again first thing in the morning to see if it's emptied again.

She may be slow and laying down a lot because she's having a hard time expelling an egg. She's almost at Crisis, so getting Calcium into her ASAP is important to help her push out material/egg.

Pull down on her wattles, pop the tablet into the beak an let her swallow. This way you know she's got the Calcium in her.

 

[Jahuzyak]

Pull down on her wattles, pop the tablet into the beak an let her swallow. This way you know she's got the Calcium in her.

If she's not feeling well today, likely she's struggling with an egg, hopefully the Calcium will help her push it on out.

The vet saw her yesterday! She has a bacterial infection in her intestines. She’s on an antibiotic for two weeks. She already much happier after a couple doses! Thank you for all your help

 

[Wyorp Rock]

The vet saw her yesterday! She has a bacterial infection in her intestines. She’s on an antibiotic for two weeks. She already much happier after a couple doses! Thank you for all your help

Oh good, I'm glad you were able to see the vet and get medication.

I hope she starts to improve.

 

[bmaw]

So I recently gave my flock of 9 some zucchini as a treat, Thursday evening. The garden here is finished and we weren’t going to eat them, but they were perfect and fresh .

They don’t get a lot of treats, if they do it’s scratch and peck seeds and fruit mix.
They eat kalmbach 17% layer crumbles daily
Fresh clean water daily.

I noticed after they had the zucchini- they all had watery poops! Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.
Most resolved after a day and a half to two days.
One hen, 7/8 month old EE BLANCHE, was lethargic by Saturday morning and super pale comb sleeping in the run not eating. I gave her poultry cell by mouth and some scrambled egg. Also gave the whole flock electrolytes.
Saturday afternoon she laid her egg and was herself again.
Sunday she got up like nothing was ever wrong . Sunday midday she went pale again and was standing in the cooling pond all afternoon. She was drinking plenty but stopped eating completely.
Her last poop Sunday night was clear . The coop under her roost this morning ( Monday) was clear/yellow/ and little green solids.
But she looked fine- red comb and came down to eat/drink.
I isolated her and gave her more poultry cell by mouth and scrambled eggs .
Her poops are attached . She laid Friday, Saturday, no egg Sunday , fairy egg this morning and normal egg this afternoon. She looks perfectly healthy- except her poops. Her last poop at bedtime tonight was solid with some yellowish urates . I’m just so worried

Vet cant see her until Wednesday this week for exam and fecal test

hi, i have one with yellow urates like your middle photo. laid good egg, soft shell, then nothing when she was laying almost daily. loss of appetite and activity level. what did you do?