4 rescue hens 1 month no eggs, any advice please.

[georgeandmildredgoose]

UPDATE -
thanks again to you all but sadly the hen that was lame died overnight, found her in the coop this morning. its always hard when you have been nursing something for weeks, but thats life i guess. her poor little body was just too tired from all the intensive farming i guess.....
on the plus side the other 3 are looking quite good though

 

[Ksane]

The most obvious question (that no one has asked) is "What did you worm them WITH?" They need to be wormed with Valbazen (or fenbendazole-easier to get but doesn't get tapes like Valbazen does) and then rewormed 10 days later and probably 10 days after that. A couple pea-sized drops would be great. It's super safe stuff. But if you were just worming with Wazine then you didn't officially 'worm' them because Wazine only takes care of roundworms and it's all the other worms that are so dangerous.

 

[georgeandmildredgoose]

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hi there im in the uk. i used a product called verm x. treated for 3 days can be used as often as once a month. thanks for pointing that out. will look into alternatives.

 

[Ksane]

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hi there im in the uk. i used a product called verm x. treated for 3 days can be used as often as once a month. thanks for pointing that out. will look into alternatives.

I just looked that up because someone else in the UK had used it. it's one of those "natural" wormers. Something I wouldn't trust, especially if one of my birds was showing the signs of internal parasites like yours are. However Flubenvet should be available to you over there and that's very good. I'd get some ASAP. Your birds do sound like they've got worms and (as you found out) it can certainly kill them.

 

[georgeandmildredgoose]

ok, so the flubenvet has arrived starting a 7 day course tomorrow.
also going to give them some tylan (antibiotic - tylosin) as now all 3 hens seems to be sneezing sometimes........
gosh these girls are proving hard work!
lets hope it makes them feel better.

 

[georgeandmildredgoose]

UPDATE -
we lost another hen, so down to 2 now

she was the one with the bad wing, she lost weight, went downhill really quick. samples sent to the lab, still waiting to hear.
BUT..............we got an egg today woohooo

the 2 remaining hens look great, they are very vocal and adventurous, its great to see.
thanks for all the help given on this thread.