So she seemed fine up until I let her out to free range for the first time since last week. She went and had a dirt bath in our garden soil and seemed to be enjoying herself. I went inside and came back out a few minutes later and she was in a dust bath pile with two other hens and she was upside down in deep dust bath hole. I turned her over and she started shaking her head and scratching the right side of her face, maybe right ear. She was a bit unstable after that ????? What is going on? She has been fine for almost a week! I I'd not deworm or treat for coccidiosis. I just gave vit water, yogurt, vinegar in water and DE in coop, dust bath and food and she got well pretty quick. Now what? Does she have something in her ear that is bothering her and throwing off her balance? I checked and they are open and round, I can actually see pretty far in and it looks normal. There did seen to be a chunk on gunk along the edge which I removed. None of my other chicken have this gunk (small grain of rice size, dark brownish and pretty hard but still able to mold, earwax?)
I know I was given advice to treat for coccidiosis and then deworm but the pro at the feed store said to use DE and watch her, then if she continues to decline or not get better then deworm. She did get better :-/ but now she is acting unstable all of a sudden.... Everything else is normal
