I BEG you! Please help me!

[casportpony]

Can you take her to a vet? If it's not gapeworms, then it's most likely a fungal or bacterial infection.

 

[dawg53]

Gapeworm are rare in chickens, most likely you're dealing with a respiratory disease. Covey Rise Plantation is the expert when it comes to gapeworms, here's a link. Read posts #13 & #14:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/602699/worming-chickens/10#post_7931055

 

[casportpony]

Gapeworm are rare in chickens, most likely you're dealing with a respiratory disease. Covey Rise Plantation is the expert when it comes to gapeworms, here's a link. Read posts #13 & #14:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/602699/worming-chickens/10#post_7931055

You make a good point... I've had hundreds of chickens and I have never suspected gapeworms, but I have had issues bacterial, fungal and respiratory diseases.

I have to call the pathologist today, so I'm going to ask him about gapeworms, just for grins.

 

[TherryChicken]

If it was a respitory issue wouldn't it have more symptoms then it's having? Like sneezing, mucus from the nose, runny eyes? Something?

 

[nipper75]

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Gapeworm are rare in chickens, most likely you're dealing with a respiratory disease. Covey Rise Plantation is the expert when it comes to gapeworms, here's a link. Read posts #13 & #14:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/602699/worming-chickens/10#post_7931055

thank you, dawg53, it think you might be right

If you want to give the maximum recommended dose, you need to know exactly how much she weighs. If she does weigh 5 pounds, she should get 1.1cc's of Safeguard. Can you take a picture of the inside of her mouth and post it?

I gave her 1/2 cc, so I will again today another 1/2 cc TY.... i will try to get a picture when I get home..probably should have done it sooner

Can you take her to a vet? If it's not gapeworms, then it's most likely a fungal or bacterial infection.

none of the vets around me care for fowl.....but I will try again

You make a good point... I've had hundreds of chickens and I have never suspected gapeworms, but I have had issues bacterial, fungal and respiratory diseases.

I have to call the pathologist today, so I'm going to ask him about gapeworms, just for grins.

let me know what he says... ty

If it was a respitory issue wouldn't it have more symptoms then it's having? Like sneezing, mucus from the nose, runny eyes? Something?

No sneezing, no mucous except for a small amount in her mouth yesterday, no runny eyes


This all started Saturday when I picked her up b/c she was shivering and shaking her head... she had mites and lice which I treated with poultry dust... She also had a "scabby" ear.... I cleaned it and looked at it and it seemed to be just that... a scab. Now her symptoms, I think, have to deal with something in relation to the ear because her throat is more swollen/enlarged on that same side....

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

http://msucares.com/poultry/diseases/disviral.htm
could the scab be dry pox and the mouth be wet pox


I have never dealt with it- so sorry I cannot advise.

 

[nipper75]

http://msucares.com/poultry/diseases/disviral.htm
could the scab be dry pox and the mouth be wet pox


I have never dealt with it- so sorry I cannot advise.

now I'm really afraid... the day I noticed the ear things I saw an esr mite crawling from it.... i just dont know

 

[casportpony]

[COLOR=0000FF]now I'm really afraid... the day I noticed the ear things I saw an esr mite crawling from it....  i just dont know[/COLOR]

Get some poultry dust from TSC and dust her.

 

[casportpony]

Sorry, I didn't see that you had already dusted her.

 

[casportpony]

Can you take some pictures and post them?