4 year old Americauna with a messy rear end

[Gypsi]

she is eating and drinking very well but now has watery yellow diarrhea. What I removed from her feathers was solid green poo. Not sure whether to give a probiotic or try to get an antibiotic but there is no vet visit this weekend, I have to work all weekend. Looks like Tractor Supply has Liquamycin. not sure if it's good. I've moved her water bottle over by her food. the area that drains no critters can get to and I can clean up later with bleach

 

[Gypsi]

I picked up Liquamycin but she died while I was at work today. Glad I quarantined her anyway. Cleanup to do.

 

[Gypsi]

on the bright side I only see solid poops under the perched birds tonight.

 

[Gypsi]

Safeguard liquid for goats, or if they don't have that you can use the horse paste, dose is the same. Valbazen is labeled for cattle, I order mine on line. Biggest difference is that you will need to dose the Safeguard 5 days in a row, the Valbazen you can do two doses 10 days apart. They both work well. Safeguard dose is .23 ml per pound of bird weight 5 days in a row (if you knew it was only roundworm you could do 2 doses 10 days apart, the 5 days in a row will get all), the Valbazen dose is .5 ml for a 6 lb bird, 2 doses 10 days apart will treat all (actual math if you want it is bird weight in lbs / 2.2 X 20 /113.6).

Valbazen is here. I have never opened a chicken mouth to dose. Recommended technique?

 

[Gypsi]

And I am dosing them all tonight. No one is actually sick, but my old birds haven't been wormed in years, the 2018 birds have never been wormed, might as well worm the young hens of 2022 too. Using Valbazen.

 

[Crazy Maizie]

Sorry for your loss. Did you find the technique used to dose birds?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

 

[Gypsi]

I did find the technique and I dosed them all with wormer, Walbazen. And no worms on the coop floor, under the perches, anywhere. And I know my older hens got extra because I put the rooster's in raw egg since he escaped me and he shared it with the hens.