Sneezy seems to be throwing up snails. She is the same bird that had gapeworm, which safeguard cured, but I noticed in the water some snail like creatures, kind of looks like she ate poop, but these appear to be snail like. Anyone have an idea of what it could be?
I have given her two treatments of safe-guard and after the first, all of her symptoms are gone. I will be giving her one more on Christmas.
Thank you faykokoWV
Assuming it is gapeworm, what would be the safest, but most effective method of removal? I have read about Verm-X, Ivomec, and Flubenvet. She is still months away from laying eggs, should I still be concerned about egg production, assuming she makes it that far? I cannot find anything that...
Thank you for the reply. I have contacted the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission and I am awaiting their reply. I really do not want to give antibiotics, because we want the eggs. Other than wheezing and sneezing, she seems fine. Today I feed them oatmeal and she was all over it, but she...
I have traced the chickens back to http://www.ideal-poultry.com/
I spoke with a manager from Atwoods and he said they do not have Ivomec for chickens, but they do carry Wazine.
That is the one I watched, but my chicken is not silent, she makes a noise. I do intend to treat her with the ivomec though, i figure it will not hurt to try that next. Do you think if she does have worms, that it could have stunted her growth like that?
Here is a short video of sneezy, I ran out of space on the memory card. She makes her gasp, but it is not as wheezy.
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http://mytechdirect.net/images/chickens/MVI_1460.AVI
We got ours through Atwoods, they are a multi-state chain, but I know that does not mean a lot. I am wanting to say that they came from Oklahoma.
I am not sure she has CRD, because if it is highly contagious, it would seem that my other birds would have it? They spend a lot of time together and...
They all look the same, but I have wondered if she was crossed with something else?
No discharge that I have seen.
I bought them at Atwoods, it was late in the season, but the guy told me that they had been getting shipments about every week. I really do not know how old they are, but I would...
I think I have a runt. I bought 3 RIR pullets on October 5th. About 7 - 10 days after I got them, one of them, I call her Sneezy, developed a wheezing and sneezing problem. She eats well, plays, and is very inquisitive and tame, compared to the other two, but she is growing at about 1/2 the...