You are never going to believe what is going on with my flock.
As I was dealing with the nightmare of putting Houdina down (she had reproductive issues which was found due to a necropsy), I noticed 1 of my buff orps not acting right. Then as I was burying little houdina, I noticed another 2 hens acting lethargic. They would not open their eyes at all. I rushed the worse one of the bunch to my friend and she gave fluids as they probably didn't drink all day. Two of them seemed to get better but I kept the worse one in overnight. Now she seems perkier this morning, still not 100% though.
I go into the coop and I have another 2 on the roost, won't come down and are extremely sleepy. I can't believe this is happening. I did notice there was diarrhea on the roosts. I think I need to get myself some iv fluids and know how to give it to them. I know if the ladies don't eat or drink all day, it can't be good.
Their feed hasn't been changed so I don't think it's that. Now I am wondering what in the world is going on? Maybe it's the panacur wormer I gave to them (since I saw cecal woms in their poop and thought that may have been the cause of Houdina's illness, turns out, it wasn't) but the vet wasn't sure it could be since their last dose was on Saturday and she thought the reaction would have been sooner. But I did feed back their eggs to them since we are not supposed to eat them. I didn't want them going to waste. Maybe it's all the residual wormer that is affecting them. Who knows????????????
I wonder did they eat something poisonous, like a plant or something. Did someone slip them something? That's almost what it seems like. I do have a back property that backs to a road and they are free ranging back there so it's a possibility.
I don't like this part of chicken keeping, I can tell you that. UGH! UGH! UGH! Any advice?
As I was dealing with the nightmare of putting Houdina down (she had reproductive issues which was found due to a necropsy), I noticed 1 of my buff orps not acting right. Then as I was burying little houdina, I noticed another 2 hens acting lethargic. They would not open their eyes at all. I rushed the worse one of the bunch to my friend and she gave fluids as they probably didn't drink all day. Two of them seemed to get better but I kept the worse one in overnight. Now she seems perkier this morning, still not 100% though.
I go into the coop and I have another 2 on the roost, won't come down and are extremely sleepy. I can't believe this is happening. I did notice there was diarrhea on the roosts. I think I need to get myself some iv fluids and know how to give it to them. I know if the ladies don't eat or drink all day, it can't be good.
Their feed hasn't been changed so I don't think it's that. Now I am wondering what in the world is going on? Maybe it's the panacur wormer I gave to them (since I saw cecal woms in their poop and thought that may have been the cause of Houdina's illness, turns out, it wasn't) but the vet wasn't sure it could be since their last dose was on Saturday and she thought the reaction would have been sooner. But I did feed back their eggs to them since we are not supposed to eat them. I didn't want them going to waste. Maybe it's all the residual wormer that is affecting them. Who knows????????????
I wonder did they eat something poisonous, like a plant or something. Did someone slip them something? That's almost what it seems like. I do have a back property that backs to a road and they are free ranging back there so it's a possibility.
I don't like this part of chicken keeping, I can tell you that. UGH! UGH! UGH! Any advice?
