[ʀᴇꜱᴏʟᴠᴇᴅ] Hen suddenly falling asleep while standing, droopy tail! | 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵: 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘦

[Tiffany Wikk]

Sometimes it happens a sick chicken will appear to be on the brink of death one minute, and then rally suddenly the next. Usually, it's a trend toward recovery rather than a false turn. We have every reason to believe the patient has turned the corner and is on her way back to normal.

Continue the sugar water for the rest of today to keep her stabilized.

She hopped out of my lap and is now walking around on the floor. She even pecked at the ground a couple times I'm so happy

 

[azygous]

 

[Elspeth Dinsmore]

Happiness was short-lived. One of my other hens, Sadie, has started to get really sleepy as well. All of them aren't as energetic as normal and laying around. Oh, man, this is gonna be a lot of work.

 

[Elspeth Dinsmore]

Here is the de-worming protocol I typed up after doing lots of research. I had tried so hard to be careful. Did I mess up the dosage on accident? We started on June 4th and finished June 8th.

The only other thing I changed was adding this Durvet Layer Boost to their water. I thought it would help them after the de-worming.

They got a bit of PoultryCell too and a tiny bit of probiotics.

We had also run out of their regular oyster shells for calcium about a week or so back. They were using these instead during that time:

We noticed that their shells were much thinner on the eggs and reordered the same oyster shells we had been using before which was this:

Sadie was broody but has been out an about the last two days. Should I still giver her calcium and D3 even though she is not laying currently?

 

[azygous]

You did nothing wrong, although double checking things is always a wise course.

And you used the gentlest worming med which we recommend when we suspect a heavy worm load. The fact is, heavy worm loads often result in the chicken going into shock as a large worm population dies all at once and clogs the works.

It's possible Hobbitland has a lot of worms in the soil and worming on a regular six-month schedule would be something you would want to institute for management of your flock.

 

[RememberTheWay]

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That's what the problem was. Lol. I never saw this picture. Okay. Now I understand. I saw two other pictures not this one.

 

[Elspeth Dinsmore]

You did nothing wrong, although double checking things is always a wise course.

And you used the gentlest worming med which we recommend when we suspect a heavy worm load. The fact is, heavy worm loads often result in the chicken going into shock as a large worm population dies all at once and clogs the works.

It's possible Hobbitland has a lot of worms in the soil and worming on a regular six-month schedule would be something you would want to institute for management of your flock.

Thank you so much! You are so sweet!
We are about to start the molasses flush with any others that are having trouble.
Sadie is my personal favorite so this just got even tougher.

 

[Elspeth Dinsmore]

That's what the problem was. Lol. I never saw this picture. Okay. Now I understand. I saw two other pictures not this one.

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 had no idea this was worms! I am new to keeping chickens so I have so much trouble knowing what to look for. Thank you all!
Now I know what to look for in the future.

 

[tlcmurphy]

I think starting the flush at the first signs of the same issue will help immensely!
I’m glad your first girl is feeling better, sorry that bunny blanket too one for the team

 

[Elspeth Dinsmore]

I think starting the flush at the first signs of the same issue will help immensely!
I’m glad your first girl is feeling better, sorry that bunny blanket too one for the team

We were able to get the whole flush into Sadie. We are now doing exactly what we did with Maisie for my little girl. I sure hope she does better soon.

Thankfully, bunny blanket is doing okay.