Poorly Hen with yellowish comb

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Poorly Hen with yellowish comb
« on: March 12, 2012, 08:15 »
Can anyone help?  Flo (our 2 and a half year old pekin bantam) is very lethargic, and her comb and wattles have a pale yellowish tinge. She is eating but is very listless and shakes her head a lot and sometimes sneezes a few times. Crop does not always seem completely empty the next morning (impacted crop? but she's had the thing with her crop for a while and has always had a healthy appetite so I don't think it's that).

They were wormed with Flubenvet three weeks ago and I have treated the house for red mite and put louse powder on everyone. She did a poo yesterday that looked very slightly greenish and a bit more watery than usual but other poos since then have looked OK.

Does anyone know what it could be? Should I isolate her from the others?

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Re: Poorly Hen with yellowish comb
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2012, 08:19 »
I would get her to a vets as soon as possible, the green pooh could be through worms (yes I know you have wormed her but perhaps she has a severe infestation which have caused a blockage) or perhaps a sign of poisoning - wrong type of plants or mouldy food.
Diagnosis is needed sooner rather than later I'm afraid.
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Re: Poorly Hen with yellowish comb
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2012, 08:26 »
Husband took her to vet on Monday who confirmed comb is pale but not yellowish as I thought. She said she’s showing respiratory problems, infection and possible impaction in crop. Been given course of antibiotics and advised to separate from others and hand feed very runny mash, not hard grain, and give fluids and to keep eye on crop. Unfortunately she has really deteriorated and not eating at all now, producing brown liquid poo and crop feels very full so back to the vet's today but not looking good. Poor little girl. :(


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Re: Poorly Hen with yellowish comb
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2012, 08:30 »
it sounds like she has a serious case of impacted crop. Take a look at this page:-

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=4345.0

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Re: Poorly Hen with yellowish comb
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2012, 12:03 »
I hope that you have caught it in time and she makes a recovery.  Keep us posted.
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Re: Poorly Hen with yellowish comb
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2012, 13:50 »
Sadly Flo was put to sleep this morning.  :(

The vet carried out a Post Mortem: No sign of worms or liver problems.The contents of her crop was very bad; rotting food that's been there for some time. Stomach was empty so nothing was passing through. However she also said that the crop problem was probably a secondary factor to an underling virus but could not determine what it was.

Just worried that the others may get it now.

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Re: Poorly Hen with yellowish comb
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2012, 14:24 »
So sorry Flo did not make it.  Hope that you other hens keep healthy.

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Re: Poorly Hen with yellowish comb
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2012, 15:51 »
Really sorry to hear about Flo  :(. You did the responsible thing and at least she isn't suffering any more. Will keep fingers crossed for the rest of your hens.
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Re: Poorly Hen with yellowish comb
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2012, 19:28 »
So sorry :(
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