I don’t know what else to do for my hen - had mites, dewormed, still sick

[coach723]

I just lost a bird who looked quite similar. She was really healthy appearing up until about 2 weeks before and then suddenly looked off. She was 6 years old and still laying. No abdominal bloat, no ascites, but she was thin (which I only discovered when she looked off, she was not a bird that liked to be handled). She just deteriorated. Necropsy showed she had reproductive cancer and her liver was in really bad shape. She even had a small egg in her system. I'm just sharing because symptoms can vary, and it can be really hard to know what's going on for sure until necropsy. I've lost birds to cancer that were very bloated, and a few that were not, they just got very thin. They are really, really good at hiding symptoms until things are very advanced, and feather fluff can hide a lot. It's actually important to pick them up regularly and check body condition, since you can't always see it easily. I did not handle this one a lot because she was so awful about it.
I agree with all the others that it looks like a reproductive problem with your bird.

 

[H-B-O]

Diatomaceous Earth does nothing for mites.

Try First Saturday Lime it works

 

[MysteryChicken]

Try First Saturday Lime it works

Never heard of it.

I was gonna get the permethrin dust to add to their dust bathing pits.

 

[H-B-O]

Never heard of it.

I was gonna get the permethrin dust to add to their dust bathing pits.

That works too

 

[aart]

This discussion is senseless. It works for me and my chickens and it's what everyone here in Hawaii uses.
Crickets and mealworms don't have spiracles.

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Try First Saturday Lime it works

C'mon you three, take this discussion somewhere else,
instead of clogging up a serious topic.
Have respect for the OP.

 

[MysteryChicken]

C'mon you three, take this discussion somewhere else,
instead of clogging up a serious topic.
Have respect for the OP.

I was just responding, wasn't meaning to do that. Still on the subject of mites, though.

 

[HawaiiCoyote]

I was just responding, wasn't meaning to do that. Still on the subject of mites, though.

Agreed. We didn't mean to clog it up, sorry OP!

 

[H-B-O]

Agreed. We didn't mean to clog it up, sorry OP!

Sorry OP!!!!!

 

[ronott1]

OP has spinosad. Spinosad can be used to treat the coop- out of the sun it works for a month.

Two or three months of treatment will likely get rid of the mites for a long time too.

 

[HippieAtHeart]

Thank you all for your thoughts and help. I went to go check on her this afternoon and she had passed. At least she got to have the sun dappling her todayI buried her and said a prayer. First death on our homestead and although I am sad, it is all a part of life. I learned a lot from her death.

special thank you to @Wyorp Rock for your help on this thread and my last