My chickens, Black Australorps, are one year old. Last November I wormed them all with Wazine, followed up 2 weeks later with Safeguard.
However for the last month I have a girl who's comb is turning more and more pale by the week. She is not quite as lively as the others, however she is the lowest ranking bird so I can not tell if she is hanging back because of illness or just her position in the group. She has no other symptoms of anything. Poop is completely normal. She is a good layer and lays nearly everyday.
She eats like a horse and in the morning, there is VERY little poop under her end of the roost bar.
We had a VERY dry winter although it was a cold winter, getting below zero a few times. Very little to if any moisture. I run a clean operation and keep the poop picked up and the coop clean as possible. I checked her for mites and did not see anything at her vent, behind the neck or anywhere else on her body.
Could this bird need to be wormed again?? None of the others are showing any signs of pale combs. And none of them, including the pale comb girl have any diarrhea. Could she have some other internal issue?? She did have a spell last winter with yellow urates and stopped eating and I had her on antibiotics, which got her back on her feet.
Should I worm her?? Thanks!!
Of all the things I have ever lost, I miss my mind the most.
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Of all the things I have ever lost, I miss my mind the most.
Keep one eye on the past, one eye on the future and both eyes on the present. ~ a Raven ~









