Don't know if this will help, but try adding a teaspoon or two of Cider vinegar to a gallon of water. The place I buy my chicks from suggested this and I always add it to their water for the first several days. I know yours is an older bird but I dont think it will hurt.
Ace,
I completely understand... I once paid over $300.00 to have an emergency C-section AND hysterectomy on a (free,like any animal is ever truly free) goat that was crippled! She's a great pet and hangs out with my chickens, keeping various predators away. Well worth the money, and it just...
Please help! I was deworming my horses with Ivermectin paste (1.87%) mixed with sweet grain. My chickens got in it, all Barrred Rock. I'm not sure how much they ate vs. how much the horse ate. I'm afraid the chickens ate the most. So far (several hours later) I haven''t lost any hens and...