One of my chickens hadn't been feeling good (spending a lot of time in the coop and in the nest box) for about a week and now she has these weird yellow poops that look like Blackhead Disease (from the other weird yellow poop thread):
I fed her an egg, some grower kibble, BOSS and dry meal worms and they are less loose now (she spilled the grower kibble, so that is down there, too)
She isn't really eating on her own but will eat and drink when I offer it to her. She is all puffed up and will preen but doesn't move around much.
I've been trying to find the API General Cleanse or fishzole but my Petco doesn't have it & the fish store had a different brand with inactive ingredients I didn't recognize.
If she has had these yellow poops for going on 3 days, do I have time to order the metronidazole online?
I know I will need to worm everyone, too - that is the Safeguard goat wormer, right?
This all started after I adopted 2 new hens that had dry feathers and were a little scraggly. Those 2 are looking a lot better but mine seem to be suffering from the change. The yellow poop just started but I'm also seeing dark black poops with no white at all in them. I can get a pic tomorrow. At this point I'm *hoping* that is just the worms I will be treating.
The other question I have about blackhead disease is how communicative it is. I have new chicks in a brooder also inside - will washing my hands be enough? What cleaner will kill it enough to use a perch that got pooed on for other chickens?
Thanks in advance - I learn so much from the forums that I usually don't even have to ask.
I fed her an egg, some grower kibble, BOSS and dry meal worms and they are less loose now (she spilled the grower kibble, so that is down there, too)
She isn't really eating on her own but will eat and drink when I offer it to her. She is all puffed up and will preen but doesn't move around much.
I've been trying to find the API General Cleanse or fishzole but my Petco doesn't have it & the fish store had a different brand with inactive ingredients I didn't recognize.
If she has had these yellow poops for going on 3 days, do I have time to order the metronidazole online?
I know I will need to worm everyone, too - that is the Safeguard goat wormer, right?
This all started after I adopted 2 new hens that had dry feathers and were a little scraggly. Those 2 are looking a lot better but mine seem to be suffering from the change. The yellow poop just started but I'm also seeing dark black poops with no white at all in them. I can get a pic tomorrow. At this point I'm *hoping* that is just the worms I will be treating.
The other question I have about blackhead disease is how communicative it is. I have new chicks in a brooder also inside - will washing my hands be enough? What cleaner will kill it enough to use a perch that got pooed on for other chickens?
Thanks in advance - I learn so much from the forums that I usually don't even have to ask.