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hi
i saw the thread by marigold about green poo, i too have a hen who is producing lime green coloured poo, actually i dont think its the poo part but more the urine part thats lime green
has anyone else has this problem at all :(
i took her to the vets and they prescribed Baytril, for 7 days, its now day 6 and she is still not herself. my vet is not specifically poultry expert and she didn't really know what it could be.
she has a healthy appetite as i make sure she gets plenty to eat separated from the others, i am giving her poultry tonic to boost her system also, but she still does not seem right.
does anyone have any other ideas, :( or has anyone else ever had this happen to a hen
she is about 22 weeks old and still a pullet, she is a blue barred Wyandotte.
any other suggestion would be gratefully received :)
 
Hi Belleisa and a big welcome to the Forum, nice to see you on here.
My Marigold, that you know about, had an antibiotic injection yesterday and was also prescribed a course of Claviseptin 500mg twice a day, for a possible liver infection. This seemed a lot to me when I looked it up on the internet and found that, like Baytril and Tylan, its not licensed for use on chickens (This doesn't mean its unsuitable, just that it hasnt been tested on poultry and is prescribed at the vets discretion.) I was, however, concerned that the dose she was getting was what is usual for dogs 40+kg! So I rang the vet just to check he hadn't accidentally added an extra zero, and he said that birds have such a different metabolism to mammals that a much larger dose is required to get the desired result. My vet is very experienced with birds, for over 20 years he has been consultant vet to the nationally-known Hawk Conservancy in Andover, also to a farm park near here that has a lot of rare-breed poultry, so I do trust his decisions. He said that, if the antibiotic didnt work, there were more tests available, if i wanted to pay for them, (which sounded ominous....) I was concerned that she seemed to be losing weight over the past 3 weeks or so, but he said, though her keel bone was easily felt, this was normal and about right and she might even have been too fat before losing weight, if indeed she had done so. (Marigold was visibly insulted by this opinion, as you can imagine, good thing none of the other girls could hear.) He said that hens can get fat on layers pellets, even if not given any unsuitable extras, if they are not in lay, and she has missed a few weeks this summer with going broody 4 times, at about 2-3 weeks off lay per go.
I don't suppose this helps you at all, Belleisa, but so long as yours seems bright in herself and is eating, at least she's not getting worse. Has she ever laid yet? Probably not, at this time of the year, as she's a Wyandotte.
 
Wyandotte Belleisa. Normal poultry rules seem not to apply that well to Wyandottes as I have found out. Infection would be my first assumption, not discounting diet though if she is free ranging. Being a bit off may be moulting or weather. I will add that when on antibiotics ours continue to do green poos until a day or so after the course has finished. So infection and antibiotics give them green poos. So I wouldn't be concerned at this stage Belleisa. Continue the course, extending it to 10 days if necessary (confirm with vet), then see how she is. We has a cockerel with a chronic respiratory infection due to mould spores on a plywood roof. He had a double dose for 10 days after a single dose for 7 days failed to arrest it.
 
I am not so sure that it's the poo that's lime green but more what would be the urine, as there is no white part to any of her poos, unles it's being dyed by the green.
It's not so wet today, I have just given her the second dose for today , she eats quite well and is not so shy about getting in close enough to eat.
I need to see tomorrow to make sure she drinking though .
The vet said 5-7 days on the meds and today was day 6
 
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This is a picture of what she is producing
 
Looks like normal poo for being on antibiotics to me Belleisa. You will find that the downside to antibiotics is the effect on the gut flora. Digestion will be inefficient until it is restored which can be achieved by a small amount of probiotic yoghurt, or by ground scatter feeding so that she eats the others poo and picks up the organisms or by giving her some Beryl's tonic. That is the best treatment is delivered chilled so be in for the postman. Great stuff and made a big difference to ours. We treated the dodgy birds individually then gave one hen in each coop the remainder.
 
Welcome to the forum btw Belleisa! :-)99
Just a few questions, is your hen a normal weight. Have you noticed any unusual odour from her droppings I think you are right in the fact it is the urates which look to be affected. When you say she isn't quite herself it what way?
I note she is 22 weeks old, this can be a stressful time, when hormonal changes can bring about latent illness.
 
I have just caught up with a previous thread of yours, with regard to the loss of a couple of your hens to Mareks I would think that there is a strong likelihood that this pullet also has contracted Mareks.
 
Hi it was because her poo was green that I took her to the vets, it's not been caused by the antibiotics.

I think it's the urates that are green and from another forum discovered this could be either liver or anorexia

I have been weighing her daily on Monday she was 482g tuesday 469g and today down to 442g
So thinking that's a lot to lose even for a bantam Wyandotte

I have been trying to make sure she always had some food away from the others.
But this appears to not be enough.
What should I try to feed her to try build her up
I have just given her some probiotic yogurt by syringe to see if it helps
 
Hi
Sadly even though she tried very hard and ate every day when I gave her some food, sadly today she lost her fight, as had lost so much weight, she couldn't fight it any more
 
Because it was dark when I got home I think so , but will give them all a health check tomorrow
She did her best to eat for me but once she started to lose weight there was no stopping it
I think it was her liver in the end that was causing The problem
Had sent you a pm x
 
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