Help! Lethargic hen, not eating!

[Betsy57]

I am not sure what is wrong with my gal. I'm trying to get stuff down her and having a hard time. She shows little interest in food. She'll come over and check it out and then walk away. She is so thin. I don't think she is going to make it and I'm tired of putting birds down. The rest of the flock looks fine. Just hate to lose another one.

Not sure how much longer she'll last.

 

[casportpony]

IMHO, she need to be tube fed.

Two great threads on how to tube feed:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-for-visuals-very-detailed-post#post_11652991

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...cken-and-give-subcutaneous-fluid#post_9910754

-Kathy

 

[shadow rabbit10]

I have a question, what do we do with the bedding we clean out? I have it in large plastic bags right now, as I really didn't want to put it in the compost...or just throw it in the woods...seems like that would add to the problem???? What do you all do with the contaminated bedding? thanks so much!

I give mine to the garbage men. I live in the suburbs, so I can't just throw my animals waste (contaminated or not) in the woods.

 

[shadow rabbit10]

There are 9 chicken coccidia and 7 turkey coccidia. All birds and mammals get different types. This is a great resource! http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/agrs52.pdf It has info like this: -Kathy

Interesting site!

 

[mithious]

I give mine to the garbage men. I live in the suburbs, so I can't just throw my animals waste (contaminated or not) in the woods.

Thanks for the reply, here we don't have garbage men, we have to pay to throw away ANY trash and have to take it to the transfer station ourselves. I only have a car...this would cost a lot, too much...as I will have to do a deep cleaning, once the birds can get outside, in their run...I already have 5 large garbage bags full...regular ones, not the ones we have to buy!!!

Thanks though, appreciate the suggestion!

 

[YourEggs]

Thanks casportpony for the link. Very valuable information!

 

[Betsy57]

I have liquid Corid, but most stores only have powder, so I think your best bet would be to put the powder in their drinking water, but give the wormer orally. When I give it to my hen I use two separate syringes, one with Corid, one with wormer.

-Kathy

Thanks. I'm going to the store tomorrow, so I'll get wormer and corrid. Can I mix both the liquid wormer and the liquid corrid together? Or do they need to be given separate?

What's the difference between Corrid and Amprol?

 

[YourEggs]

Corid is the name brand for Amprolium, I found this FDA sheet to be helpful:

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/animaldrugsatfda/details.cfm?dn=013-149

And when you compare it with this link:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/2919391/

It proves that your eggs are still edible while and after treating.

The link from casportpony also says to compost your litter. Coccidiosis is not transferred from chicken to chicken they actually have to eat it through the feces they get off the the ground. Makes sense as wild birds can bring it in as well as humans on their shoes and pets on their paws. This has been a great learning experience, thanks everyone!

 

[shadow rabbit10]

Thanks for the reply, here we don't have garbage men, we have to pay to throw away ANY trash and have to take it to the transfer station ourselves. I only have a car...this would cost a lot, too much...as I will have to do a deep cleaning, once the birds can get outside, in their run...I already have 5 large garbage bags full...regular ones, not the ones we have to buy!!!

Thanks though, appreciate the suggestion!

Wow, you don't get trash service? I didn't know that some people don't!

 

[shadow rabbit10]

What's the difference between Corrid and Amprol?

Corrid and Amprol are two different brands of cocci medicine (Amprolium).