Hen with bright green poop

[Eggcessive]

I would use the maximum dose of Corid which is 2 tsp of the liquid or 1.5 tsp of the powder per gallon of water for 5-7 days. Poop looks fairly normal but a little green. Ivermectin pour on dosage is 0.1 ml for every 2 pounds of weight applied to the back of the neck over the spine, and repeated in 14 days.

I forgot to add that I always wash out waterers daily with dish soap and water and put out fresh water twice a day. I offer scrambled egg, feed wet with water, and canned cat food or tuna to chickens who are refusing to eat. I put it right in front and hold it up to their beaks. Tube feeding twice a day is also something that you could learn as well.

 

[Theck1722]

I would use the maximum dose of Corid which is 2 tsp of the liquid or 1.5 tsp of the powder per gallon of water for 5-7 days. Poop looks fairly normal but a little green. Ivermectin pour on dosage is 0.1 ml for every 2 pounds of weight applied to the back of the neck over the spine, and repeated in 14 days.

I forgot to add that I always wash out waterers daily with dish soap and water and put out fresh water twice a day. I offer scrambled egg, feed wet with water, and canned cat food or tuna to chickens who are refusing to eat. I put it right in front and hold it up to their beaks. Tube feeding twice a day is also something that you could learn as well.

 

[Theck1722]

I would use the maximum dose of Corid which is 2 tsp of the liquid or 1.5 tsp of the powder per gallon of water for 5-7 days. Poop looks fairly normal but a little green. Ivermectin pour on dosage is 0.1 ml for every 2 pounds of weight applied to the back of the neck over the spine, and repeated in 14 days.

I forgot to add that I always wash out waterers daily with dish soap and water and put out fresh water twice a day. I offer scrambled egg, feed wet with water, and canned cat food or tuna to chickens who are refusing to eat. I put it right in front and hold it up to their beaks. Tube feeding twice a day is also something that you could learn as well.

Question. Could red ants be hurting them? Suddenly there is ton in their run. All but 1 chicken is doing that head flick. I recorded them. 4 chickens shaking their heads now.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sure, ants can bite them and be a nuisance. Permethrin garden dust or spray from your feed store would probably help.

 

[Theck1722]

Sure, ants can bite them and be a nuisance. Permethrin garden dust or spray from your feed store would probably help.

Sorry to keep bothering you! I’m truly trying to figure out what’s wrong. It’s 8pm here and I’ve watched her eat multiple times and her crop is squishy. Does a squishy crop mean it’s just not full or could it be a problem?

 

[Theck1722]

Sorry to keep bothering you! I’m truly trying to figure out what’s wrong. It’s 8pm here and I’ve watched her eat multiple times and her crop is squishy. Does a squishy crop mean it’s just not full or could it be a problem?

It’s now 4AM (haven’t slept much from the stress) I got up to check her crop. It still feels the same. Small but very squishy in my fingers. I can feel little pieces of her chick crumble in there as well. Even though it’s not large could I be dealing with sour crop?

 

[Eggcessive]

When a chicken eats during the day until evening, the crop should feel empty and flat by morning/daylight. If it is full and firm or puffy then it may be slow or not working well. If her crop is still puffy this am before she eats or drinks, smell her breath, since she could have sour crop. If it is sour or has a bad odor, I would get some Monistat or miconazole cream, and treat for sour crop. Here is a good article on crop disorders:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[Theck1722]

When a chicken eats during the day until evening, the crop should feel empty and flat by morning/daylight. If it is full and firm or puffy then it may be slow or not working well. If her crop is still puffy this am before she eats or drinks, smell her breath, since she could have sour crop. If it is sour or has a bad odor, I would get some Monistat or miconazole cream, and treat for sour crop. Here is a good article on crop disorders:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

I appreciate you.
It is very squish but very small. I feel food still in there. Not much but definitely some. I tried to smell but she apparently had stepped on her nasty poop and that’s all I could smell.

 

[Theck1722]

I appreciate you.
It is very squish but very small. I feel food still in there. Not much but definitely some. I tried to smell but she apparently had stepped on her nasty poop and that’s all I could smell.

I’d say maybe the size of a quarter

 

[Theck1722]

I’d say maybe the size of a quarter

I have been thinking about the next steps. If she does get better do I put her back in her pen with the flock? If it is something infectious that entire run and her flock mates have it too? I ask because I have two separate coops and tins but they are right next to each other. So I do have a group of birds that haven’t directly been exposed to her. Would it be best to cull or would I have to cull that entire pen since she was in with that group. I can’t afford to lose all my big egg laying girls.