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Sad update. My Wynonna is still alive but while unsupervised in the outdoor run with the flock for 30 minutes yesterday, someone or something nearly ripped her comb off completely. She was lifeless when I found her but quickly perked up and was eating well at bedtime. I cleaned the wound and...

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Sunday update: Still eating and drinking normally and laying down/sleeping in between. I wasn’t able to get molasses today but will tomorrow. Today’s poop seems to have some cecal mixed in…perhaps a good sign of slight improvement?

I’ll pick up some molasses in the morning and switch her to that water tomorrow!

Today’s update: Early AM. Crop was empty but was slightly expanded/filled with air perhaps. It went flat as soon as I put a little pressure on it to feel if empty or not. No liquid or squishiness. She’s been kept in a cage with only sugar water and feed w/ a little chick grit mixed in. Still...

Thanks so much! I’ve moved her inside with me and after much protest she finally took a nap and is now going to town on her food. I’ve been checking her crop every morning but tomorrow I’ll try to do it early enough that she hasn’t had time to eat yet. I assume I should stop the antibiotic...

She’s got access to crushed oyster shells. She lays in a sad ball all day, but the second I separate and put her in the “chicken hospital” cage in my office, she comes to life and pitches a fit.

She’s 3 or 4. I can’t recall off the top of my head. Free range during the day with layer feed in the coop morning and night and meal worms as treats.

Speak of the devil…She just pooped and it’s pretty similar today but not green. Still seems to be filled with undigested grass or something. Is that little speck in the second photo a worm egg? Would they be visible?

Nothing I can think of. She’s been lethargic for weeks now and doesn’t do much other than sleep under the bush in front of the house. Before I saw the worm, I had just chalked it up to a fall molt coming on. That wild poop was 3 days ago. They’ve become few and far between since then.

I have a 3 year old hen who has been unwell for a while and not improving. I noticed a roundworm in her poop one morning a while back and she’s since been through 2 rounds of SafeGuard (I finished the second round 2 days ago). I haven’t seen anymore worms but she hasn’t gone back to normal...