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Your chickens have the "classic coccidia stance." If these were my chickens, I would stop the Sulmet and start Corid. Are they still drinking? Drinking is very important when medicine is in the water.
The hen in the photo passed away in my arms last night; two total gone. 2 more in quarantine this morning. New symptom, my Wyandotte had lime green foam seeping from her vent and very labored breathing and lethargy.
I felt to see if she was egg bound and felt nothing.
Going out again now to pipette more medicated fluids in her and try and keep her comfortable.
Is it a coincidence that 3/4 affected birds are French Marans? Are they more successive to illnesses?
Not necessarily a coincidence. Not to disparage any one breed but some lines of many breeds can be more susceptible than others.The hen in the photo passed away in my arms last night; two total gone. 2 more in quarantine this morning. New symptom, my Wyandotte had lime green foam seeping from her vent and very labored breathing and lethargy.
I felt to see if she was egg bound and felt nothing.
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Is it a coincidence that 3/4 affected birds are French Marans? Are they more successive to illnesses?
The hen in the photo passed away in my arms last night; two total gone. 2 more in quarantine this morning. New symptom, my Wyandotte had lime green foam seeping from her vent and very labored breathing and lethargy.
I felt to see if she was egg bound and felt nothing.
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Is it a coincidence that 3/4 affected birds are French Marans? Are they more successive to illnesses?
Not necessarily a coincidence. Not to disparage any one breed but some lines of many breeds can be more susceptible than others.
IMO your best bet is to send the sickest bird with the same symptoms to the lab for euthanasia and necropsy. That will give the most definitive results but at the very least send one.