Whats this??

[Guest anthony]

I have noticed a hen that looks not so good and as usual I check for canker,on doing this when I tried to take a swab with the cottonbud it came out  green in colour from the crop!!!

This is the first time that this happened,any suggestions

[timbarra]

if she appears ok in herself in general, just keep her on plain water and light feed for a week, has she been on eggs and they not hatched, does she have access to pond water ? or gutters where dirty water can congregate.

 

there is a cause just think what she has done over the last week.

[Guest anthony]

Unfurtunatly this evening she looks very bad facing the corner,she has been seperated all the season and no access to dirty water,as far as i know!!I put her in a place on her own

[Tony C]

Have you opened her mouth and smelt her breath? If there’s a rancid smell to it she may have sour crop.

[REDCHEQHEN]

I took this off pigeonchat site

 

,,,ASPERGILLOSIS,,,green deposits on tongue , check feed for mould , loft vetilation , 1 or 2 drop's of iodine on tongue , also 4 or 5 drop's in the drinker , untill it clear's up , if not caught early enough can become a lung infection , then your into doxy & tylan , if your on deep litter get it out , spray the loft with vikron's or a strong mix of iodine , also check nesting material tobac stalk's / straw , this is a fungas / mould it will go through the loft like wild fire .

 

I don't know if it would be the same as this refers to a green tongue in a young bird

[Guest anthony]

Thanks for your interest,hope she will still be alive tomorrow if so I try the iodine

[Guest anthony]

Found the hen dead this morning in a green pool of water coming out of the mouth,never had anything like this,not even a clue of what had happened!

[Guest anthony]

This morning found another hen with the same condition,the two hens comes from the same cock dead one is a year old this one is 4 months old! Its a pitty cause the cock is one of my very best,last year took 5 youngsters and they realy did well 6  firsts

[REDCHEQHEN]

Found the hen dead this morning in a green pool of water coming out of the mouth,never had anything like this,not even a clue of what had happened!

 

sorry to hear that Anthony

and sorry we couldn't have been of more help  

 

I hope you can save the other hen - is there nobody you can take her to - to have a look at her?

[Guest anthony]

Very difficult here seems like all vets are more interested in dogs, cats and horses

[ch pied]

Very difficult here seems like all vets are more interested in dogs, cats and horses

mate , is there any way vermin can enter the loft , ie , mice & rats , iam just flying a kite on this

 

 

[Guest IB]

Do you still have a sample of fluid from the dead bird, or have you preserved the cotton bud, or can you take a sample from the latest victim - and send it off for analysis?

[Guest anthony]

Thats interesting where can I send it

[Guest IB]

Another member on another thread recommended Lizzie Rigby. She advertises a full laboratory postal test kit @ £34.75. I'd email her on : allanimalsvetclinic@hotmail.co.uk, tell her what you have and ask for a price for a lab analysis of any specimens you have. Or maybe consider sending off the second pigeon for euthenising & autopsy?