Recent content by DarrenS2

  1. D

    Does this look like gapeworm symptoms?

    Hi all, I thought I should post an update about this hen. We’d been massaging her crop, and had syringed some coke into her. She’d been living indoors in the warm on her own for a couple of weeks, but the tips of her comb darkened and her body language looked worse. We ended up leaving her in...
  2. D

    Does this look like gapeworm symptoms?

    Thanks all, the tips of her comb are starting to darken so it looks like the lack of food is starting to have an impact.
  3. D

    Does this look like gapeworm symptoms?

    We couldn’t see any lesions and I don’t think she has sour crop yet. We had one whose crop went sour when she was very ill. This hen doesn’t look particularly ill if you know what I mean, her comb still looks good. She’s quiet and not feeling well, but it’s not really showing in her body...
  4. D

    Does this look like gapeworm symptoms?

    Her abdomen is soft. She hasn’t laid for a few weeks, but I don’t think that’s the issue this time. We’ve got some coke into her which made a nice gurgling noise! The coke and some crop massage seems to have helped some solids pass through as today there has been some cecal poo in with the...
  5. D

    Does this look like gapeworm symptoms?

    I think there is a blockage somewhere as her crop isn’t emptying overnight. I can’t feel anything solid in her crop. We’re massaging her crop to try to help get things moving. Her poos are either liquid or liquid with grass and I’m wondering if long grass has blocked her up somewhere. She’s not...
  6. D

    Does this look like gapeworm symptoms?

    Hi, we have a hen who keeps stretching her neck, gaping and shaking her head. I’ve attached a still from a video that shows it. She’s been doing it for about a month without seeming ill, but today she’s off her food. We did do a flubenvet treatment for a week that made no difference, she’s...
See more
Back
Top Bottom