Help older chicks

[Mom of 9]

Yes if you would please get me the doses. Did I hold the eggs long enough on the wazine. I do sell some of the eggs. We leave in the country closes vet, feed store or anything is 20 to 30 miles away so I can only get certain things and wazine was all they had. Will try to go the other way and see what they. I'll have their poop tested first

 

[Eggcessive]

I am pretty sure that Wazine egg withdrawal is 17 days. Valbazen dosage is 1/2 ml for a 5 pound hen, or 3-4 ml for a very large chicken, given one and then repeated in 10-14 days. SafeGuard is 1/4 ml per pound given for 3 to 5 consecutive days. 5 days for capillary worms, which are hard to treat. Egg withdrawal for either of those is 14 days from the last treatment. Both are given orally to each chicken, which is more labor intensive. There is another one called Wormout Gel which can be given in the water for two days. It is found online mostly, and treats most worms.

 

[Mom of 9]

I will check online to see where i ??can purchase them. I would rather have the wormout gel that you put in the water but will get what I can. I think I'll wait until after seeing vet. Thank you for all of the information. They are my babies so I do the best I can for them. I keep reading that some put apple cider vinegar in the water. What does that do?

 

[Mom of 9]

Are there any worms or parisites that about an inch long and green. The one just pooped about 4 of them out with a bunch of whitish fluid

 

[Eggcessive]

I will check online to see where i ??can purchase them. I would rather have the wormout gel that you put in the water but will get what I can. I think I'll wait until after seeing vet. Thank you for all of the information. They are my babies so I do the best I can for them. I keep reading that some put apple cider vinegar in the water. What does that do?

Can you post any pictures of the worms? I am not a worm expert, but there are 4-5 types of worms that affect chickens. Most are white, roundworms being up to 3 inches in length, capillary or thread worms, and cecal worms, bit about 1/2 inch in length. Then there are tapeworms, a segmented worm seen as little specks in the droppings, but can be very long before segments break off. Tapes as well as red Y-shaped short worms, are rarer in most chickens.
ACV lowers the pH in the crop and gut, but there is not a lot of solid evidence that it has any real benefits for it's use in chickens. There are a lot of opinions about it's use, however, and many of us once thought that you had to use it. More important is fresh clean water, and cleaning waterers out daily with soap and water.

 

[Mom of 9]

I'm sorry picked up and threw it away. It looked like thin 1 inch green beans.Will see if she does it again. Should have saved it to take to vets but right in middle of supper.

 

[Eggcessive]

It could have been thin droppings I suppose.

 

[Mom of 9]

Have been to vet.Took both samples of poop in both tested no worms no coccidiois. He said he didnt believe it was EYP because the one has been this way for approx 4 months off and on. He examined her belly felt nothing out of the ordinary thinks it is just an infection she cant get rid off. Gave the one that has been sicker longer a shot of Baytril.Hoping i caught the other one soon enough that the tylan will help if not and the Baytril works bring the other one in for a shot too.Both are eating and drinking and were outside for a little while this mornng

 

[Mom of 9]

They have both been outside since yesterday.They were both pecking at grass and flapping their wings.Off the tylan and seemed to be doing good.Today back to being hunched up and not moving much. Still eating ,drinking and having yogurt. Dont know what to think or do.Vet said bellys soft no tightness or swelling. Poops look better not runny and no pasty butts so far.Are they just spoiled and like to be in house to get pampered?

 

[Eggcessive]

It's good that you have gotten them seen by your vet. Internal laying, EYP, and reproductive disorders are not easily diagnosed. Most people don't know their hen has it until after death with a necropsy at home or by a vet. Hopefully they will perk up, but it is good that you ruled out both worms and cocci.