Advice for hen's nare

[Sqhomestead]

Well, she wasn't any better today so I brought her in the house. I took some pics of this dropping that extremely worries me. My first 2 thoughts are parasites or cocci? She has been on meds for several days, metronidizole and denegard but would either of those cause this ?

 

[Sqhomestead]

Took the sample to the vet and she has a heavy load of pinworms so started her and every other animal here on fendbendazole

 

[Eggcessive]

Glad you got the droppings checked by a vet, since they sure didn’t look normal. How many days are you supposed to give the fenbendazole? Powder probiotics can be given in food with a little water or oil to make them stick to the feed, but the yogurt is good as well.

 

[Sqhomestead]

Glad you got the droppings checked by a vet, since they sure didn’t look normal. How many days are you supposed to give the fenbendazole? Powder probiotics can be given in food with a little water or oil to make them stick to the feed, but the yogurt is good as well.

3 days in a row now and repeat in 14 days on the fenbendazole

 

[Sqhomestead]

On a positive note since I brought her in I've been flushing the nare with saline and it does look a little better.

 

[Sqhomestead]

I've read at least 12 different sites and articles about cecal worms in chickens, and they all seem to say cecal worms in chickens isn't necessarily a "big deal". None of them say it would cause the diarrhea or abnormal stool this hen has. While I'm going to finish the de worming of course, I feel like I'm back to square one in a sense. There is something else that's happened that I first thought was unrelated, but after doing a great deal of reading on poultry illnesses I'm not so sure now. In the past month or month and a half, I've gotten at least 3 or 4 soft shell eggs. The girls get plenty of calcium and they had never had this happen before. I noticed the shells of my GLWs becoming very thin, when theirs is normally quite hard. I wasn't sure which hen or hens had layed soft shells as I was finding them in their coop on the floor in the mornings. Well the 1st 2 I found like that. This morning I found one that for sure was layed by one of if my GLWs as I basically seen it happen. I also have gotten 3 fairy eggs in the past month but I'm still not sure which hen or hens. After ready as much as I can I'm leaning towards infectious bronchitis? But I'm praying it's not Newcastle Disease. I'm going to take steps today to get testing done and find out one way or another I hope.

 

[Eggcessive]

The nostril is looking much better with the flushing. Infectious bronchitis is common, the most common respiratory disease in chickens. Chickens will remain carriers for up to a year after recovery, so good not to add any new birds until then. There are 3 types of Newcastles, and the exotic NCD is not found in the US. That normally will wipe out a flock, and is only a problem in a few countries.

IB is indeed responsible for many egg shell problems. Have you ever seen a wrinkled egg shell? Thin shell or odd shells can be due to IB. Are your chickens getting layer feed plus some oyster shell on the side for extra calcium?
As my hens got older, I would see more odd shells, soft eggs, calcium deposits, soft ends with a hard shell, malformed shells, etc. Here is a good article about egg shells: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

 

[Sqhomestead]

The nostril is looking much better with the flushing. Infectious bronchitis is common, the most common respiratory disease in chickens. Chickens will remain carriers for up to a year after recovery, so good not to add any new birds until then. There are 3 types of Newcastles, and the exotic NCD is not found in the US. That normally will wipe out a flock, and is only a problem in a few countries.

IB is indeed responsible for many egg shell problems. Have you ever seen a wrinkled egg shell? Thin shell or odd shells can be due to IB. Are your chickens getting layer feed plus some oyster shell on the side for extra calcium?
As my hens got older, I would see more odd shells, soft eggs, calcium deposits, soft ends with a hard shell, malformed shells, etc. Here is a good article about egg shells: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

First I want to say thank you again, for all the support and help. I used to get very slightly wrinkled eggs only from the GLWs, and it wasn't too noticeable. Then I saw their shells were getting quite thin, some even busted in my hand just from gently cleansing tgem. We feed with layer pellets and offer free choice oyster shell and grit. I also give them scrambled eggs with shells as a treat once or twice a week. I have 11 hens total so it's relatively easy for me to keep up with which is doing what health wise. Quick question, may be a silly one, but does oyster shell lose any of its calcium after sitting a while? We bought a huge bag last October and they don't go through it very quick. They also free range quite a bit, but I've kept them in the run the past few days while using the denegard. I am using a treatment dose in their water now but have been looking into using it as a preventative later.

 

[Sqhomestead]

2 of these pictures are that right side nare that's been such an issue for her and taken just now, and the last is the left side that's never given her any problems. Edit*** the yellow stuff on her beak is scrambled egg

 

[Sqhomestead]

I just talked to someone from my states agriculture dept and they're going to call me back to set up a day and time to come take some swabs and test my little flock for some things like MG and avian influenza .