Can you look at this necropsy report and tell me what you think?

[JCE123]

Is this the hen that died?
-Kathy

No, not her. That silkie is ok though. I do think it was a peck too many to the head for her, she walks and runs now, but does still wobble and tip over occasionally.

 

[JCE123]

@JCE123
 , sorry for your loss... The puzzling part is the injection site reaction comment. Had you ever given her a shot before?

-Kathy

I never gave her an injection, but I got her at 12 weeks old. The girl that gave her to me is a vet and never said anything about any injection, and I did ask about vaccinations, she said she got her birds from hatcheries that did day old vaccines.

 

[JCE123]

I'm going to contact my vet and see if there was any addendum sent to this report yet.
Ugh, Marek's or Lymphoid Leukosis, both sound like doom for my flock. And I have two more laying hens paid for and being delivered in a month. I wonder if I need to try for a refund.
It's just so weird because she never acted ill at all, I would have called her the happiest hen I had!

 

[JCE123]

A new fecal exam of my birds comes back with hetarakis or ascariasis and very few to no coccidia. My vet recommends piperazine. I have safeguard and rooster booster on hand, and will order wazine. Opinions on which to use, how much to use, withdrawal, etc?

 

[Eggcessive]

Here are some places to order the above dewormers:

http://www.kvsupply.com/valbazen-su...ds7GVNqywoJo23Zzm_MkxzS7a6dZkcB5A0aAt_28P8HAQ

http://www.jefferspet.com/products/safeguard-dewormer-goats-125ml

 

[JCE123]

Ok, well I have the equine paste. I gave each a roughly pea sized amount on bread yesterday.
Just curious, what is the different reasons for doing five days in a row vs once then repeat 10 days later?
Since I gave it to them yesterday afternoon, do this mornings eggs need to be tossed?
Would the residue in the eggs have any deworming effect on my dogs if fed to them?
I think I will deep clean the coop in a few days. I wish I could pick up the run and move it too, but I will certainly be raking that out and replacing the hay.

 

[JCE123]

Bump

 

[Eggcessive]

The reason for the 5 day dosage is to make sure to kill the cecal worms (also will kill capillaria worms) which are difficult to kill with one dose. Eggs should be tossed for 14 days from the last dose. Eggs shouldn't be given to any animals because of the possible residual medicine, on the reasoning that it could cause a resistance to worm medications in the future.

 

[JCE123]

So, to continue the saga, I now have one hen dropping soft shelled eggs from the roosting bar overnight. I offer both oyster shell and crushed egg shell free choice. The other hens' eggs are fine. They are all roughly a year old. The one laying soft eggs, Speckles (Speckled Sussex, of course), has laid fine normal eggs before this. She is also producing very wet poops. She seems to be behaving normally. The soft eggs started a few days before I gave the safeguard for worming and the wet poop has gotten more often since. I have given her her own separate treat of oatmeal with buttermilk and egg shell and oyster shell a few times to try and help. And when I try to get her interested in the the free oyster shell she will not have any, even if I get another hen to gobble some up as demonstration / inspiration for her. They eat a good healthy layer feed and do a bit of backyard free range.
Why is this happening? What more can I do? Of course, I am also going on vacation for the next week and will have my aunt pet sitting. I feel like the more I care and worry about these birds, the more trouble crops up. My friends who have backyard chickens seem to be trouble free. Maybe I am just not meant to be a chicken keeper, even though I am Sao fond of them

 

[ChicKat]

So, to continue the saga, I now have one hen dropping soft shelled eggs from the roosting bar overnight. I offer both oyster shell and crushed egg shell free choice. The other hens' eggs are fine. They are all roughly a year old. The one laying soft eggs, Speckles (Speckled Sussex, of course), has laid fine normal eggs before this. She is also producing very wet poops. She seems to be behaving normally. The soft eggs started a few days before I gave the safeguard for worming and the wet poop has gotten more often since. I have given her her own separate treat of oatmeal with buttermilk and egg shell and oyster shell a few times to try and help. And when I try to get her interested in the the free oyster shell she will not have any, even if I get another hen to gobble some up as demonstration / inspiration for her. They eat a good healthy layer feed and do a bit of backyard free range.
Why is this happening? What more can I do? Of course, I am also going on vacation for the next week and will have my aunt pet sitting. I feel like the more I care and worry about these birds, the more trouble crops up. My friends who have backyard chickens seem to be trouble free. Maybe I am just not meant to be a chicken keeper, even though I am Sao fond of them

Sometimes Vitamin D3 will help the chicken produce egg shells. - if you have had a long period of rain - they may need some of the 'sunshine' vitamin.