Chickens keep dying 😭

[LizzzyJo]

I don’t think that works or fatty liver disease would kill two at the same time.

 

[Kiki]

I don’t think that works or fatty liver disease would kill two at the same time.

Your right... probably not as likely as a predator.

 

[MaeM]

How would you treat worms?? Please and thank you. Will it hurt them if they don’t have it?

Not the person you asked to, but I have a worm issue in my backyard and I regularly take my chickens to the vet, and here's what he said to me about this:

Most chickens have worms, especially if they free range as they can easily eat the worm's eggs; this is usually not a big problem as worms are parasites and, as such, they do not intend to kill their host. Many chickens worms actually live in their intestines and feed themselves from what the chickens eats.

The problem is that sometimes chickens can have a very high amount of worms, and they develop symptoms that some chicken owners can easily overlook, such as weight loss or mild diarrheas. By the time that we notice severe weight loss, frequent or severe diarrheas, or blood in the poop, etc., the chicken has a high infestation of worms, which may have produced damage in their intestines and poor absorption of nutrients - and sometimes this is chronic.

So, will it hurt if you don't deworm them? It really depends. If your chickens have worms but in a moderate amount, and the worm population never increases, perhaps no, it won't hurt them. But as the vet says, you don't want to wait for the symptoms to appear, you want to prevent the worms from settling on your chickens' intestines, or at least control their population. The vet prescribes meds in different dosages to prevent worms or to eliminate them if the chickens already have them.

What meds? It depends on the type of worm. Sometimes, you can identify the worm in the chicken's feces; sometimes, you can guess another type of parasites due to the symptoms (for example, if you see blood in the feces, you can suspect coccidiosis). Sometimes, you need to send a poop sample to a lab to be 100% certain.

Now, there are "OTC" medications that you can try on your own, and they're mostly safe and more effective than natural remedies, but as far as I know, none of them can cover all kinds of worms. Anyway, I never tried those so I can't recommend anything in particular, wait for other people's responses.

 

[KRack]

How would you treat worms?? Please and thank you. Will it hurt them if they don’t have it?

I cannot see why it would hurt them if they don’t have any. I use fenbendazole in a liquid form (called SafeGuard Goat Wormer). Some people use fenbendazole to treat cancers and other ailments as well, in humans and animals alike.

SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer is 1/4 ml per pound given orally 5 consecutive days. That will treat most chicken worms except tapeworms.

 

[Look at all them chickens]

I cannot see why it would hurt them if they don’t have any. I use fenbendazole in a liquid form (called SafeGuard Goat Wormer). Some people use fenbendazole to treat cancers and other ailments as well, in humans and animals alike.

SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer is 1/4 ml per pound given orally 5 consecutive days. That will treat most chicken worms except tapeworms.

Thank you will order it now. !!!

Not the person you asked to, but I have a worm issue in my backyard and I regularly take my chickens to the vet, and here's what he said to me about this:

Most chickens have worms, especially if they free range as they can easily eat the worm's eggs; this is usually not a big problem as worms are parasites and, as such, they do not intend to kill their host. Many chickens worms actually live in their intestines and feed themselves from what the chickens eats.

The problem is that sometimes chickens can have a very high amount of worms, and they develop symptoms that some chicken owners can easily overlook, such as weight loss or mild diarrheas. By the time that we notice severe weight loss, frequent or severe diarrheas, or blood in the poop, etc., the chicken has a high infestation of worms, which may have produced damage in their intestines and poor absorption of nutrients - and sometimes this is chronic.

So, will it hurt if you don't deworm them? It really depends. If your chickens have worms but in a moderate amount, and the worm population never increases, perhaps no, it won't hurt them. But as the vet says, you don't want to wait for the symptoms to appear, you want to prevent the worms from settling on your chickens' intestines, or at least control their population. The vet prescribes meds in different dosages to prevent worms or to eliminate them if the chickens already have them.

What meds? It depends on the type of worm. Sometimes, you can identify the worm in the chicken's feces; sometimes, you can guess another type of parasites due to the symptoms (for example, if you see blood in the feces, you can suspect coccidiosis). Sometimes, you need to send a poop sample to a lab to be 100% certain.

Now, there are "OTC" medications that you can try on your own, and they're mostly safe and more effective than natural remedies, but as far as I know, none of them can cover all kinds of worms. Anyway, I never tried those so I can't recommend anything in particular, wait for other people's responses.

thank you for sharing your information!! Definitely going to get some dewormer of some kind, someone recommended what they use.. so going to try it. Thanks again!!

 

[NatJ]

Your right... probably not as likely as a predator.

I was also wondering about a predator, until I read this:

we are just at a loss of what is killing them. My husband watched the camera from the one we found yesterday . She was on the roost at 3:30 pm and dead at 4:30 when I went out to let them out for a bit. He said she never got off the roost all day but was not acting strange or anything. Just fell off the roost and flapped her wings as she was falling and never moved after that.
And yes!! It is from the video! Lol

I don't know what it is, but probably not any kind of predator in that case, with an actual video of the death.

 

[Kiki]

I use the apple cider in their water every now and then. And they were not thin. My girls are fatheads. Like some thick girls.

 

[LizzzyJo]

Guys, I’m still stuck on the timing. All the suggested illnesses are accurate, sure. But two at a time in one hour? Worms, disease, none of that accounts for the timing.

Something like an electric shock, breathing bleach, something external to kill two at once who were on the perch together. ?

 

[NatJ]

Guys, I’m still stuck on the timing. All the suggested illnesses are accurate, sure. But two at a time in one hour? Worms, disease, none of that accounts for the timing.

Something like an electric shock, breathing bleach, something external to kill two at once who were on the perch together. ?

Did I miss that somewhere?

I thought they were all at different times:

And the are so spaced out. One today and one last week. Then the other one was 3 weeks prior. The first one two months ago.

I did see that a specific hen was alive at one point, and dead an hour later, with the death recorded on a camera, but I thought that was the only mention of a one-hour time.

 

[Look at all them chickens]

Guys, I’m still stuck on the timing. All the suggested illnesses are accurate, sure. But two at a time in one hour? Worms, disease, none of that accounts for the timing.

Something like an electric shock, breathing bleach, something external to kill two at once who were on the perch together. ?

They have not died two at a time. They were spaced a week apart on the last two. The other two were also spaced weeks apart.