BO gaping - fenbendazole?

[aliris]

Hi - I have a 5yo hen that’s gaping . I think fenbendazole may not be ideal right? But that’s what I have . She’s 7 pounds (wet). Dose please? Other suggestions?

 

[aliris]

I have the goat formulation (liquid).

I have a video can’t seem to upload…

But cool she’s sleeping now….

Gave bath with epsom and the reason I was bathing them all is bc poopy butt but prolly they all have worms… . In SoCal, it’s hot water runs on the soil and prolly worms just come up too.

 

[aliris]

I found my old post and @casportpony recommendation that I had followed: 50mg/kg x5 dosing, and that’s what I started. Even though it’s the middle of the day! Her breathing is a little labored but not gaping now! I think I’ll do this with all of them…

 

[casportpony]

I have a video can’t seem to upload…

How to Upload Videos to the Gallery

 

[casportpony]

I found my old post and @casportpony recommendation that I had followed: 50mg/kg x5 dosing, and that’s what I started. Even though it’s the middle of the day! Her breathing is a little labored but not gaping now! I think I’ll do this with all of them…

Can you upload the video?

 

[aliris]

Yes, thank you for asking. I have to get the phone in the meantime I have done the following: Cleaned up the buff orpington, soaked her in epsoms, gave her 1.5 mg. She really settled down, sort of liked her spa treatment drying regimen (I bought a hair dryer recently to defrost a fridge and it is coming in very hand all over the place), put her back and she is now nesting. She does lay but infrequently, maybe 1-2/wk. She is not gaping, maybe breathing a bit heavily but seems much happier.

Moved on to the rest of the flock. None is gaping. None have visible bugs. 3 have very poopy butts. I washed them but none was gaping or seemed particularly distressed so I just dried em up and didn't does em. I think it's better to dose at night when the crop is empty, no? So since not in distress I figured I'd wait.

None has visible worms in their poop. I have been checking for a week or so and not seen any.

One, a very light-weight, has not laid eggs for years, has a very clean butt so didn't even wash her.

The l last one is who had been in distress a week ago that calcium really helped. She still seems fine and didn't really even have a dirty butt. She obligingly pooped (very small it has to be said) in front of me and still no obvious worms. She seems quite healthy now, standing very tall and straight. One thing that's less good is she vocalizes a bit; I take that as not-great.

In fact, the buff orpington who was gaping has been moaning a lot (that's what I call her vocalizations; she's a moaner) for the past couple days. But I hadn't paid attention until I picked her up and found her gaping. I guess all that moaning really was communication that she felt crummy?

So of 6 birds, only one in acute distress, 4 with poopy butts, 1 formerly distressed but cleared up by calcium.

It's hot here, I did have water dripping on the ground to keep them cool and hydrated and I have no doubt this brings wormies up too.

So.... I'll upload a video, and tonight, certainly carry on treatment for the BO but maybe not for the rest unless @casportpony thinks it's wise prophylactically or even head on if that's the deal. They might all still have worms even though I didn't see any. Is it normal for a chicken's vent to pulse sort of always? I'm not sure if that's even what's going on as I only really look when I'm washing them which has to be stressful for them. But maybe that's a sign there's worms in there too?

OK, created an album of a before bath-during bath where she was not gaping so much but you can hear the wheeze. Then I don't have a picture for much-better-post-rx ... I can get one if useful?

And, not sure how to grab url... I think this is the first? https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/maize-gaping-083025-mov.7973186/ and this the second? https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/maize-after-bath-gaping-mov.7973187/ @casportpony

BTW, I also grabbed a photo of last week's ailing chicken's ears which had seemed to me maybe red-tinged and I promised a photo but then she got better and I got lazy -- I'll put that on the other thread.