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[Tiffany Wikk]

@LaFleche mentioned her poop. I seem to have missed the photo if it's posted. If you see any dead worms in her poop, she is probably suffering shock from heavy worm load.

This is so good to know. I would have had no idea.

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Yes, unfortunately on the carpet
Poo'd 15minutes before this was posted.
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Looks as though she poo'd twice over the night.
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Here are the photos^ they are in the spoilers.

What the worming med does is to sedate the worms in the intestines, then they die and are usually absorbed into the intestines, but they may be clogging her now. You did the right thing by giving her sugar water and electrolytes in the beginning. Keep that up. It's keeping her from dying of shock.

Her crop not emptying points to possible obstruction of dead worms in the intestinal tract rather than a stuck egg. I would give her a molasses flush. This is gentle and should help.

Mix one teaspoon molasses in one-cup warm water. Give it as her sole water until she drinks it all or better, tube it into her crop. Are you prepared to tube a chicken? The solution could also be syringed into her isf she can't drink on her own. This is how to do it without aspirating her. View attachment 3858877

Thankfully this past week I have been practicing properly syringe feeding the hens! I believe I am able to do it without getting anything in their lungs by feeding it on their right side of the hole. My mom is mixing up the molasses right now. Thank you so so much. You helped my sister and I so much with our last hen and I am so grateful to you.

 

[LaFleche]

Can you explain to me exactly what about those poops tells you she had an infestation please?

Zooming in on the poop pic you will see quite a lot of worms still which hints to the assumption that an even bigger amount must have been present when the deworming started 6 days earlier.

 

[RememberTheWay]

Zooming in on the poop pic you will see quite a lot of worms still which hints to the assumption that an even bigger amount must have been present when the deworming started 6 days earlier.

I did zoom in. I don't see what you're talking about.....

 

[RememberTheWay]

Zooming in on the poop pic you will see quite a lot of worms still which hints to the assumption that an even bigger amount must have been present when the deworming started 6 days earlier.

Yeah, even went back and zoomed again. I see normal poops. Maybe some heat stress? Or watery from lots of liquids. I don't see Worms. Which is why I'm asking. What is that tells you worms?

 

[Tiffany Wikk]

Zooming in on the poop pic you will see quite a lot of worms still which hints to the assumption that an even bigger amount must have been present when the deworming started 6 days earlier.

I am attempting to examine the poo, as it is still in the crate. I'm not seeing anything that is a worm, but I have no clue what exactly I'm looking for. How do I tell? The other night, I believe the second or third day of treating, one of our hens (lavender Orpington??) did poo a worm. That's the only time I have seen one myself that I was positive was a worm.

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Here's the same poos after I mushed them around to see what it was made of.

 

[Tiffany Wikk]

Maybe some heat stress?

Yesterday was perfect weather. It was a bit cool and breezy, cloudy too. Didn't get above 80°, which is better than some other days. I think it would be strange to have heat stress yesterday, since it was such a nice day

 

[Tiffany Wikk]

What a super smart idea! I'm going to steal it.

I actually got the idea from you. I'd seen somewhere you said you fed your chickens chilled coconut oil when they had a crop issue. Maisie had once a very full crop so I gave her the coconut oil back then and it worked so well immediately that I had to have some on hand. We have gummy molds that I used and slathered the oil all in them and froze them, then put them in the jar in the freezer

 

[Sammster]

I did zoom in. I don't see what you're talking about.....

 

[Tiffany Wikk]

I just syringe fed her about 1½ml of the molasses solution. I'll feed her more in a bit but she's pretty tired out so I'll give her a break and try again soon.

 

[Tiffany Wikk]

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Here's all the angles of that poo I have. Unfortunately it was cleaned up and thrown away yesterday so I can't examine it more. It looks stringy, worm like, but I don't believe it was a worm? The worm I saw before was thinner and white-ish. This one simply looks like a strand of poo?? Is there a worm that looks like this too?

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Edit:
I suppose this thing could be a worm??

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I didn't get a good look at the poo in person, so perhaps it did have worms. I'll have to ask my sister when she wakes up. She saw it better than I did.