Hen sleeping a lot!

YasmineH

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Jul 1, 2015
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Hello,
My 13 months hen is suddenly sleeping all the time. She used to be very talk active, but only makes one little sound now and then. Her comb is pale and I have checked for lice and mites without finding any signs of either. It has been going on for 2 days now. She eats and drinks fine. She sometimes even eat half asleep. She usually lays eggs every second day, and today is the 4th day without her lying. She is not producing any new eggs (I felt for them). Her energy and strength is gone, but does wake up shortly before nightfall and walk around. During the day she wakes up and walks around for a few minutes before going to sleep again at random spots. I don't know about her dropings though. I saw one, and it looked normal.
What is this?
I love her very much and hope that there is some way she can recover. Have anyone experienced something like this before?
 
Where I live worming meds are sold on prescription and only when confirmed worms. I regularly give them garlic water and I haven't seen a worm yet. And if she has lost weight it's not much, because she is still heavy.
 
In the morning it was greenish. Yesterday it was brown. It is very confusing. The recent one was also greenish and really watery (2 hours after she was fed cucumber). The weather is also hot today
 
Apparently all medication here is only on prescription, so I took her to the vet. He said it was worms and gave me a mixture for which works both on the worms and coccidiose. Thank you so very much for your help!
now I have to isolate her, but the thing is,that they walk free in the garden. Would it be a bad idea to lock hr in the run?and let them sleep together? She hates being locked in. Or should I put up some fence in the garden isolating her?
 
I am also treating the others. The medication is, well, the recept says Baytrilt mixture and Ivomec.
 

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