Droopy Sick Buff (pics)

[MamaJoJo]

Mites can cause anemia, then death. Visually inspect your hens for mites, especially around the vent area.
Since you've wormed them with fenbendazole, and now their feces is green and runny...there's a possibility of an ecoli infection. The only way to find out for sure is to have a feces sample submitted to a vet or a laboratory for analysis.
Check for mites first.

I totally agree with a fecal sample. It doesn't usually cost that much and can really help you get a handle on things before your new arrivals

 

[Speckled Eggs]

Thank you guys! How can I tell if they have mites (what do they look like)? I will check them for that first and then go from there. We keep sevin dust on hand so I may go ahead and put it where they like to dust at. Will they work. It's hard to catch my roo so I thought that might be easier.

 

[Speckled Eggs]

The chance of anemia sounds more in line with the symptoms she had. She had been acting a little offbeat for a little over a week. I thought she might have been getting picked on. Then she started with her puffed up feathers this morning.

 

[froggiesheins]

Speckled eggs, There is a WEALTH of information on BYC on SO many subjects.
Like Dawg53 said:
Mites are teeny tiny bugs that you can see around the vent. Like smaller than the size of a dot you make on paper with a pencil.

You need to inspect everyone in your flock for bugs. You need to treat them all and clean out the coop and replace ALL bedding and sprinkle Sevin or Poultry dust on the bedding and on the birds.

The best PREVENTATIVE for bugs is to use FRONTLINE PLUS every 2-3 months [as you live in a warm climate and never have a die off of bugs] . One drop under each wing on Large fowl.

I hope that helps..

 

[Speckled Eggs]

Will I need to get frontline plus or cas or dogs (or will it matter)? I am going after sevin dust today and will go ahead and start dusting stuff down.

 

[froggiesheins]

OOOPSIE, my bad it will be FRONTLINE PLUS for medium size dogs.
You can put the frontline in a small dropper bottle [like a visine bottle] to make it easier to use...

 

[Speckled Eggs]

I forgot that a couple of days before both my hens died, their combs were lighter than normal. I have dusted the shavings in their coop and their pen in sevin dust. And also them. Is there anywhere else that I should dust for mites?

 

[froggiesheins]

I forgot that a couple of days before both my hens died, their combs were lighter than normal. I have dusted the shavings in their coop and their pen in sevin dust. And also them. Is there anywhere else that I should dust for mites?

Sprinkle in their enclosed rrun [if they have one].

 

[Donna4200]

I forgot that a couple of days before both my hens died, their combs were lighter than normal. I have dusted the shavings in their coop and their pen in sevin dust. And also them. Is there anywhere else that I should dust for mites?

I was told by a lady at the feed store that takes care of the chickens to put 2 cups of vinegar in 5 gallons of water for mites mine don't have them but she said if there are wild birds around that they are going to get them sooner or later. So as a preventative measure to just put the vinegar in there water the mites don't like it and they drop off.

 

[Speckled Eggs]

Thanks Donna. I have been putting apple cider vinegar in their water so keep build up off the waterer and to help against worms. I didn't know vinegar could help against mites also.