Well, she died a little bit later that day. I couldn't bring myself to cut her open to try and figure out what the issue was. Everyone else is fine still.
Hey all.
I have a hen who is not acting normal. I can not figure out what's wrong with her.
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
Welsummer hen. 16 months old. She is much skinnier than my other birds. She's always been...
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Thanks so much Happy Chooks! This is my first chicken year. Out of the 40 chicks I've had this spring, as far as I know, there hasn't been a roo. Of course I bought them sexed, but out of that many you'd think I'd end up with at least one roo. I have two australorps I'm wondering about, I...
Here are two 6 week old Australorps. I bought them sexed as two day olds. These two have much bigger combs than the other 4 Australorps that I have and one is slightly pinker than the rest. They all feathered out the same, nothing really screams roo at me, but I'll be selling them this week...
Thanks guys! Here are my four Welsummers.
The one I was thinking was a roo because of it's shorter tail feathers and how slow it feathered out. But thinking pullet based on coloring?
Pullet?
The one with speckles on it's chest
The lightest one. Definitely a pullet?
Thanks again!
I was wondering if you can tell a Welsummer's gender by six weeks? Do the pullets and cockerels feather out differently enough to tell by that time? This is my first time with wellies (hatchery quality) and I have one that feathered out much slower than the others and has much shorter tail...
http://ultimatefowl.atwiki.com/page/Coccidiosis That is a link to the symptoms of Coccidiosis. What you describe sounds like cocci to me. I would start all of your pullets on Corid as soon as possible. Pictures would probably help somebody else give a positive diagnosis. I think there's a...
What I do know about sulmet is that it's harsher on their system than Corid is. Hopefully somebody who knows more about sulmet will come along and help out.
My gut feeling is that you should go ahead and get the sulmet and start them on it.
From typing Sulmet into the search here on BYC I...
My understanding is that wazine only kills one type of worm. To make sure you kill the kind of worm she has you have to use a different wormer. Do a search on this forum for worms and there should be lots of info out there. Including the different wormers you can use, dosage, how long you...
I don't think you're over reacting. Here are the symptoms of Cocci along with a description of what it is http://ultimatefowl.atwiki.com/page/Coccidiosis. It definitely sounds like the early symptoms to me. Have you told your parents that if it is cocci all your chicks will die? Like I...