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    9 year old hen with pale comb, almost no tail feathers, now moving slow and less interested in food/treats

    Not only did I actually worm them, they were all alive and well this morning. Yeah, perhaps Anola is not eating as ravenously as I'd like but all's well. Corid treatment underway- will do at least 5 days, maybe 7 for good measure, at 2t/gallon. Thanks goodness for this forum.
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    9 year old hen with pale comb, almost no tail feathers, now moving slow and less interested in food/treats

    @Wyorp Rock I DID IT! I reverified for the 6th time their dosages. I practiced to see how much bread for the largest dose. Loaded up and snuck out to the coop well after dark. I decided to physically put the medicated bread into each hen, just to be sure everyone got what they needed...
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    9 year old hen with pale comb, almost no tail feathers, now moving slow and less interested in food/treats

    Sanity check. Albendazole is supposed to be thick and white, with some lumps? I assume shake/stir til it's smooth? The lumps freaked me out.
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    9 year old hen with pale comb, almost no tail feathers, now moving slow and less interested in food/treats

    thank you Dawg, good to know. Corid has always worked well in the past and no side effects. I bought Albendazole so I can use it when they are molting-- hopefully no side effects. I'm summoning courage to possibly do it tonight. Or at least before my trip.
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    9 year old hen with pale comb, almost no tail feathers, now moving slow and less interested in food/treats

    I do have a babysitter. I thought Corid had to be mixed fresh each day? Then any remainder discarded? I thought it went bad in <24 hours.... But I can mix it ahead? would it need to be refrigerated or is being in an airconditioned house good enough? @Wyorp Rock --Just for my own knowledge...
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    9 year old hen with pale comb, almost no tail feathers, now moving slow and less interested in food/treats

    Update: I got my fecal flotation results back. I sent two samples, one that was mostly Goldie but also some from other hens. The second sample was just the four others. I did not understand the results, even after googling the terms so I called the lab. The tech said in the first sample...
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    9 year old hen with pale comb, almost no tail feathers, now moving slow and less interested in food/treats

    This is super helpful. Thank you. I already had absolute confidence in the dosing you provided- really just because it came from you. But it's nice to see and wrap my head around the math. I will worm the others. Not today. By the weekend/early next week, highs will be less than 90...
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    9 year old hen with pale comb, almost no tail feathers, now moving slow and less interested in food/treats

    Dear BYC Friends, thank you so much for walking beside me on this journey. Your advice and support were a lifeline for me. I went to check again, try some watermelon. She had put herself in the coop, laying on the floor breathing open mouthed. She had been this way a few days ago when she...
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    9 year old hen with pale comb, almost no tail feathers, now moving slow and less interested in food/treats

    @Wyorp Rock, @Eggcessive ,or @dawg53 Goldie is not doing well today. Ate only 2 bites of egg this morning. Not really eating, not really pooping (2nd day of very minimal and purely liquid poop) I mixed a soft mush this afternoon- feed, yogurt, egg, nutri-drench and a bit of fruit) She was NOT...
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    9 year old hen with pale comb, almost no tail feathers, now moving slow and less interested in food/treats

    Sunday, Sept 14, day 6 of 7 for miconazole. This morning I had left some feed out overnight, it was mostly gone except crumbs but no idea how much she ate. I put a bit more out, to lure her over, and it worked-- so I caught her that way. She's really offended by me opening her mouth but I got...
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    9 year old hen with pale comb, almost no tail feathers, now moving slow and less interested in food/treats

    Sept 13 update. this was day 5 of 7 for miconazole Poop from overnight was scant and totally liquid, dark green in color. Will have to gather samples for fecal floatation another day. Gave her meds, and some egg & coconut oil. She ate the goodies but not much regular feed. She fights...
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    9 year old hen with pale comb, almost no tail feathers, now moving slow and less interested in food/treats

    Thank you Joanie! I got Goldie and her BFF Anola from the feed store- they were shipped as day old chicks so they were just a few days old. I got 8 chicks that day back in April 2016, and from the start Goldie and Nola were BFFs. They have outlived the rest. I knew NOTHING and at first the...
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    Broken leg?

    Oh goodness! I don't have any experience to share, but I did find another thread that might help you? There's quite a bit of good information (using a sling, healing time, etc) https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hen-broken-leg-how-to-tell.1668666/
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    9 year old hen with pale comb, almost no tail feathers, now moving slow and less interested in food/treats

    Day 4 of miconozole shows great improvement in her willingness to eat, her general demeanor. Tonight when I gave the miconozole she fought hard. Then happily ate some scrambled egg and coconut oil. Crop feels bigger than her BFFs but I palpated it pretty thoroughly- no lumps or hard spots...
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    Worm Identification please--poop pictures

    Yes, this sounds so logical. I have a fancy scale that also calculates BMI and other stuff. I carried it out to the hay barn, which adjoins to the coop. Dirt floor, level-- vs coop with shavings on the entire floor. But it would not even register at first, then finally said I weighed 57#...
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    Worm Identification please--poop pictures

    Thank you. I was just calling around to get prices-- and wow are they high! But it turns out Texas A&M has does this for $19 per sample plus 7.50 per group of samples. So my sample will cost 26.50 plus postage. (The local vets were $58-70.) I'm worming with Albendazole as soon as it gets...
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    Worm Identification please--poop pictures

    Thank you BigBlueHen, that sounds like a good idea. I do have good relationships with several equine and one small animal vet locally. Would I be correct to take samples from several hens rather than just one? I'm thinking this might be a stupid question but are the worms the same across...
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    Worm Identification please--poop pictures

    Thank you so much @dawg53. I very much appreciate your taking the time to help me. And I must admit, I'm pretty happy to hear no worms! If you have another minute, would you mind checking these two pictures? These were from the sick hen previous day and what got us started thinking we saw a...
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    Worm Identification please--poop pictures

    I never imagined that I'd be examining poop so closely-- but on another thread for my hen that seems to be molting and have sour crop, she's also got worms. I never noticed because I only wear my glasses at my desk.... So I'm attaching several poop pictures where I thought I might have seen...
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    9 year old hen with pale comb, almost no tail feathers, now moving slow and less interested in food/treats

    Fri am. wanted food, ate about 10 bites egg, 3 big chunks coconut oil and some feed. Fought like a tiger for meds, shes much stronger. Broke into a quick trot to escape me, and go to the run. Forgot to check crop before she ate. But it's reasonable firm, still roundish but not up high. Poop...
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