Leaking chicken

[Robert oc]

I have a chicken that seems to leak a liquid through out the night,
every night.

I'm not sure what is causing it.

They are older chickens, so they don't normally lay everyday anymore.

 

[Robert oc]

It's like a liquidy poop,
without much substance every night

But she eats grains all day

 

[nuthatched]

What's her diet? Exact age? How hot is it?

 

[Robert oc]

What's her diet? Exact age? How hot is it?

Scratch and peck organic mash Grain
+grass from the yard

3 years old

75-80 degrees

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'd just make sure she stays relatively clean in warm weather to avoid flies laying eggs on her bum.

You could treat as Vent Gleet, sometimes a muddy bottom may be the starting of yeast infection. https://www.tillysnest.com/2012/12/vent-gleet-prevention-and-treatment-html/

Could just be she's lost muscle tone/control from laying eggs and will just have a constant drippage.

 

[Robert oc]

So for the last couple weeks, she shoots out liquid instead of poop.

Today she is sleeping while standing.. not a good sign.

She always has an appetite- constantly eating

 

[Robert oc]

Pictures

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So for the last couple weeks, she shoots out liquid instead of poop.

Today she is sleeping while standing.. not a good sign.

She always has an appetite- constantly eating

Pictures

Thanks for the photos.

No, it's not a good sign of her sleeping while standing. It looks like her abdomen is bloated or possibly fluid filled. She may be having a reproductive problem like cancer, EYP, etc. which can be common in laying hens.

Constantly eating is pretty good, has she been dewormed? You can try deworming to see if that helps at all.

Fenbendazole = Safeguard Liquid Goat Dewormer (10%) or Safeguard Equine Paste (10%) can be found online or at stores like TSC. Dose is 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally once daily for 5 days in a row.

Some use Albendazole (Valbazen), dosing is 0.08ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeated in 10 days.

IF her abdomen is filled with fluid, it will feel tight like a drum, sometimes fluid can be drained to help give them some relief for a period of time. Whatever condition that is causing the fluid to build in the abdomen still exists, but some hens have relief for a good while, but may need to be drained periodically. Others don't make it even when drained unfortunately.

 

[Robert oc]

Hello, thank you for your response.
I figured it must be a genetic thing & called it a loss.

But now, I don't think it is a genetic thing.

Yesterday we lost our favorite bird an Americuana.

And it was the same as the others:

The corpse was straightened out,
And yellow goop was coming out of the mouth (kind of looks like yolk, but I know it isn't yolk)

And now I have a fifth chicken that is starting to do the liquidy poop shoot. (All night she excretes watery liquid from the but)


I know we've never vaccinated or dewormed, or given any type of medication to our birds because we were doing it all organic.

But now, that only one of them is making eggs, we don't mind using what we need to