Food issues.. Beware

[hugz4all4]

Skip the wazine, it only kills round worms. And if you don't think your chickens are sick, why would you give them an antibiotic?

I was following the advice from others on here. What are signs of coccidiosis?
My chickens are eating, drinking and pooing fine.

 

[hugz4all4]

Safeguard wormer for goats would be a much better choice to worm your chickens with.

Thanks, how much do I use for how long?
I have a 3 gallon waterer.
Is there directions on the package?
Im assuming dont eat the eggs? For how long?

 

[Mr King]

I was following the advice from others on here. What are signs of coccidiosis?
My chickens are eating, drinking and pooing fine.

Then they don't have coccidiosis.

 

[JJSS89]

Signs of coccidiosis: drooping wings, ruffled feather, sleepy eyes, walking slowly, bleeding stool, not eating...dying.

 

[Mr King]

Signs of coccidiosis:  drooping wings, ruffled feather, sleepy eyes, walking slowly, bleeding stool, not eating...dying.

 

[hugz4all4]

Signs of coccidiosis:  drooping wings, ruffled feather, sleepy eyes, walking slowly, bleeding stool, not eating...dying.

Definitely not my chickens. If you go back to my original post. I had 3 sick chickens, they literally became ill overnight or it seemed that way, i went out to my coop/run to feed them, let them out in the run and had one almost dead chicken (died a few hours later) and 2 hens with bloody butts/vents. Not poop.
The only thing I did different was change food companies. They had eaten less than a weeks worth of the food.
I nursed the two back to health, put them back on their other food they had been eating and added electrolytes/vitamins to thier water because the local feed store owner recommend it.
I posted on here for advice.
Which I appreciate everyones response.
So im not going to use antibiotics but probably should still worm them because Ive never done it
Or just leave them be?

 

[JJSS89]

Yes I read your original posting.
One possibility is that the increase in protein caused them to create larger eggs and they suffered blowouts?

Worms don't cause them to bleed that I've ever experienced.

 

[enola]

If you have never wormed your chickens, it might not be a bad idea. Have you examined all of your hens to check their body condition? No thin breasts, no pale combs & wattles? Not a lot of dead looking or missing feathers? Nice smooth scales on their feet and legs? No poopy butts?

 

[hugz4all4]

Yes I read your original posting.
One possibility is that the increase in protein caused them to create larger eggs and they suffered blowouts? 

Worms don't cause them to bleed that I've ever experienced.

I wondered this also and did read about it.
With the one that died, no blood at all..weird?
Thats why I thought it could of been a food issue.

 

[hugz4all4]

If you have never wormed your chickens, it might not be a bad idea. Have you examined all of your hens to check their body condition? No thin breasts, no pale combs & wattles? Not a lot of dead looking or missing feathers? Nice smooth scales on their feet and legs? No poopy butts?

Missing feathers..sort of? .. But Im pretty sure they are getting ready to molt.
we handle them daily. I do have one that seems a little thinner since the fall but the rest are a good body weight.