Bantam silkie coco

[Silkie5]

Hello, could someone please help me . I have a buff bantam silkie that is 1 year old . I got her when she was 6mths old and kept her in the house until spring. She eats well and food is available to her all the time . My concern is she is now 1 year old and she only weighs
1 pound 3 Oz (that is concerning to me I'm a new chicken momma ) is this weight normal I have checked her for mites and lice and nothing on her . Could someone please offer me some advice. Thank you

 

[nuthatched]

Does she feel boney?
Is her keel prominent?
What's her diet?
That doesn't sound bad for bantam.

 

[Silkie5]

Does she feel boney?
Is her keel prominent?
What's her diet?
That doesn't sound bad for bantam.

Yes very boney it feels like no meat on her bones at all . She gets dry crumbles avaliable at all times and I offer her wet crumbles of the morning the feed is Dumor 24%.

 

[nuthatched]

Yes very boney it feels like no meat on her bones at all . She gets dry crumbles avaliable at all times and I offer her wet crumbles of the morning the feed is Dumor 24%.

Hmm, have you ever wormed her?

 

[Silkie5]

Hmm, have you ever wormed her?

Yes and her poop is normal . and may I add she has never laid eggs. She just stands around alot in one place alot

 

[nuthatched]

Yes and her poop is normal . and may I add she has never laid eggs. She just stands around alot in one place alot

With what did you worm her?
She is likely a runt, which is why she's so small, acts funny and doesn't lay.

 

[Silkie5]

With what did you worm her?
She is likely a runt, which is why she's so small, acts funny and doesn't lay.

I wormed her naturally with pumpkin seeds and carrot shavings

 

[nuthatched]

I wormed her naturally with pumpkin seeds and carrot shavings

Those don't work. The pumpkin seeds do have a minor anthelmintic properties but you'd have feed only seeds for two or more weeks for them to slightly work, in which case, your bird would suffer from the unhealthy properties in the seeds. And carrots have no anthelmintic properties to my knowledge.
I'd worm her properly and see if she perks up.

 

[Silkie5]

Those don't work. The pumpkin seeds do have a minor anthelmintic properties but you'd have feed only seeds for two or more weeks for them to slightly work, in which case, your bird would suffer from the unhealthy properties in the seeds. And carrots have no anthelmintic properties to my knowledge.
I'd worm her properly and see if she perks up.

Thank you so much what do you suggest I worm her with ?

 

[nuthatched]

Thank you so much what do you suggest I worm her with ?

Valbazen is a good wormer. You cam get it at the feed store.
Give it orally to the bird using a syringe without a needle. Dosage is 0.08ml per pound of weight of the bird, repeat dosing in 10 days. :]