Dominique hen might be sick!!!!

[CCsGarden]

I gave it to you in the post.

I'll make some

 

[CCsGarden]

I was able to syringe almost all

 

[CCsGarden]

Heres more of her poo before I gave her the stuff right now.

Spoiler: Poo

 

[notabitail]

What dosage of corid should we give her?

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm CC's brother. I have been watching this bird for a few hours. Here's what I observed:

She is "eating". She will open her eyes, take a peck or two of yogurt, swallow, then wipe her beak. I tried other foods and she will not take them. She picked up a small piece of bread and dropped it.

Her head keeps drooping. She can keep it up when her eyes are open but otherwise it droops very far down.

She is reacting to the other chickens. She did walk with them back to the tree. I promptly brought her back inside as I do not want her to get hurt. She did say something back to Agathae, her best hen when Agathae tried talking to her.

I noticed her eyes look quite watery as well.

She sat and slept for a good chunk of time (maybe a hour or so) and then stood up and slept some more.

If anyone has any ideas as to what could be going on and how to fix it, please let us know.

Doesn’t sound like the eye is the issue. This sound like some sort of systemic infection.

My suggestion is to keep her quarantined in a quiet warm dark place to keep her quiet and safe, and the others safe if she does have something infectious.

Make sure she is drinking, if not then drench (force feed) her ‘sugar’ water. I use honey in water (honey is a better energy source than sugar and more easily digested).

If this was my hen I would give her a course of antibiotics to be on the safe side. Not sure if you can get any or not, a good broad spectrum antibiotic such as Amoxicillin or Tetracycline.

Always give the proper dose and the proper time frame for all antibiotics. Never stop an antibiotic before the full course is completed.

Heres more of her poo before I gave her the stuff right now.

Spoiler: Poo

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That is not coccidia poop, you would see blood (remember my babies? I posted on bobs thread a while back?). That poop looks like some sort of infection.

Have you ever wormed your flock? I don’t ‘see’ any worms per say but they pick them up all the time eating bugs and such.

I am glad to read you were able to give some sugar water. Try the honey next time, it’s easier to digest and gives more calories (energy). And glad to see she has a quiet place to be.

Lastly if she is feeling poorly some pain meds won’t go amiss. I give 1/2 low dose aspirin to help them feel better and helps with any inflammation.

I’ll pop back later and see how you’re getting on, right now I need to do chores (and give my mare a good talking to - she is kicking the walls in her stall - I can hear it up here at the house).

 

[Ponypoor]

What dosage of corid should we give her?

I don’t think it’s coccidiosis. Here is the site with doses, don’t worry about it saying calves, it’s same for horses, goats, chickens, etc.

https://www.corid.com/WaterTankAdminTreatment.html

Powder is 3/4 tsp to 1 gallon of water

Liquid is 1 tsp to 1 gallon of water

Do the whole flock and make it fresh every day. Also the only source of water the drink.

 

[notabitail]

CC gave her the energy solution that was recommended. However, she's drooling when she puts her head down.

 

[Ponypoor]

CC gave her the energy solution that was recommended. However, she's drooling when she puts her head down.

Likely her crop is too full. Just make sure her airway is clear.

 

[azygous]

When you syringe or tube fluids, you need to judge how full the crop already is. Usually, an adult crop will hold about half a cup of liquid. But if the crop is already half full, a fourth of a cup of liquid will be all you can get in.

You can sometimes assist a chicken in speeding up emptying the crop by gently supporting the lower crop so the contents flow into the proventriculus.

 

[CCsGarden]

When you syringe or tube fluids, you need to judge how full the crop already is. Usually, an adult crop will hold about half a cup of liquid. But if the crop is already half full, a fourth of a cup of liquid will be all you can get in.

You can sometimes assist a chicken in speeding up emptying the crop by gently supporting the lower crop so the contents flow into the proventriculus. View attachment 3914717

So helpful! She has not had a full crop. I will do as you say