Help!! Hens going from totally fine to dead quickly!

[KrystalRose]

I didn't know about the no withdrawl time for Corid, I think I read on another forum that it was 4 days after. The NutriDrench bottle says 1ml per 3 pounds of bird. She is full size so maybe 5-6 pounds I would guess. Its ok about the corid, I found some quart size bottles instead of the gallon size. Then I have it on hand to treat my cattle if I ever need it on a sunday or something. Since emergencies only happen when stores are closed! Its good to know about the vaccine not treating all strains. That makes sense. I always check over the pumpkins and never see any type of bad spots. I think one had mold on the stem so I cut out the stem and didn't give them that part.

She is still hanging in there, still not doing much but still is fighting me when I go to give her water. Is there a way to get food in her if she wont eat on her own?

 

[enola]

Is her body condition fairly good? Is she losing weight? You might want to check each of your hen's body condition to see if they seem normal or if they are losing weight. I would suspect coccidia or worms from your description. The pumpkin should not be causing any problems for your hens.

 

[KrystalRose]

All my other girls are still fat an happy running around. The only reason I don't suspect worms is because they have not been around any other chickens, they are caged 100% of the time and always have fresh clean food and water. Plus I have autopsied the couple that died and found no worms. Although I am sure some are too small to see. I am currently treating all of them for coccidia. So we will see. If this doesn't work I will try de-wormer, but I don't want to wammy them with both at the same time.

 

[Eggcessive]

I didn't know about the no withdrawl time for Corid, I think I read on another forum that it was 4 days after. The NutriDrench bottle says 1ml per 3 pounds of bird. She is full size so maybe 5-6 pounds I would guess. Its ok about the corid, I found some quart size bottles instead of the gallon size. Then I have it on hand to treat my cattle if I ever need it on a sunday or something. Since emergencies only happen when stores are closed! Its good to know about the vaccine not treating all strains. That makes sense. I always check over the pumpkins and never see any type of bad spots. I think one had mold on the stem so I cut out the stem and didn't give them that part.

She is still hanging in there, still not doing much but still is fighting me when I go to give her water. Is there a way to get food in her if she wont eat on her own?

Right you are on the Nutri-Drench; thanks for correcting my information. You can always try tube feeding. A piece of aquarium tubing, burned on one end to round off sharp edges, and a 35 to 60 ml syringe can work as a basic set-up. Here is a link for it: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/805728/go-team-tube-feeding

 

[KrystalRose]

I tried making a wet mash from her regular food so I could get it to stick into her mouth. She is fighting me a lot on getting food in her mouth, which is a good thing to have that much energy. But I got her to eat a tiny bit. Once a piece is in her beak she will eat and swallow it on her own. I am thinking of maybe repeating the couple drops or corid, 1cc of NutriDrench, water, plus food in the morning as her breakfast. Then continuing the water and food every hour or so all day. Assuming of course she is still alive. By the way she is looking around now and fighting me with her head she is showing small improvements in strength over last night when she wouldn't fight me at all or look around. The rest of the flock is still going good, no other signs of weakness.

 

[KrystalRose]

Well today she is eating and drinking on her own. Yay!! Still not walking yet but scooting around to the food and water in her isolation tote. Hopefully walking by tomorrow? She is back to her "get away from me" attitude that I am used to.

 

[Eggcessive]

Good news. I'm glad she is responding to the Nutri-Drench and the Corid. Keep up the good work.