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Thanks CTKen!

I apologise if this question has already been answered. I have a hen raising two baby chicks. The chicks are 1.5 weeks old. Chicks and mother are fed medicated chick crumbs. Today I noticed thin white worms about 1cm long in the mother hen's poo. I have treated the hen with worming medication...

Ok, I've researched peritonitis and it could well be that (for the sake of my other hen, I would rather it be that than mareks). Particularly given the fact she hasn't laid an egg for so long! I'm going to feel her abdomen to see if it's hot/swollen. Any other home checks I can do for it?

Thanks eggcessive. I am in Australia unfortunately but there may be places here that do it. With the egg peridontis, would I be able to feel an egg? I did try the internal exam but felt nothing. She hasn't laid for at least 6 months, maybe more, but was never a daily layer even in her peak...

Thanks Jemezhens and Egcessive, I've been researching mareks and b vitamin deficiencies, and going to try some b vitamins. I think I have ruled out wry neck and am putting the neck weakness down to wasting and possibly lymphoma. Mareks is such a minefield, it seems so difficult to diagnose...

Have you tried worming her?

I have a light sussex hen who is almost 2 years old. She is very underweight compared with her sibling (but has tended to be on the smaller side when healthy too). She hasn't been the best layer and hasn't laid for about 6 months (but we don't necessarily mind as she's more of a pet). She has...

It's doing much better now - but still very liquid poo, with greeny yellow stuff and I can't work out why. Try worming tablets as a first step if you haven't already, they worked a little for mine.

She is looking much healthier after the worming tablets, and doesn't look sick, eating and scratching around as normal, but her droppings are still a clear-ish liquid with only a little solids with little bits of green-tinge. Do you think there is still something wrong with her or is this normal?

She is 8 months old.

I've never wormed them before today. Do you think it's likely to be worms in that case? The worming tablets I used were Avitrol Plus.

I have an 8 month old Light Sussex Hen. I raised her from a chick. She weighs 2.2kg. She has been laying well, almost every day until last week. For the last 5 days she has had a droopy tail and extremely watery poo, mostly water and hardly any solids (solids mostly brown and white, but a...