I need some advice for an old hen

[LunaMoriarty]

I have a hen named Mable, she is a tetra brown who is about 4-5 years old. She is one of my head hens. I have hand-raised her since she was a chick, she was one of the original six chickens I got. She is getting a limp, I think its arthritis and I notice she is more often laying in the shade and not as active as the others. I only have 3 of the original 6 chickens I have and the other 3 are younger than them, Mabel is the only one acting strange. She will eat me fine, is still as sassy as ever, and drinks fine as well. However, I noticed that her crop is very empty when she goes into the coup for the night. I try giving her healthy and nutrient-rich foods and supplements for her water to help her out. O have her some water diluted apple chider vinager today and gave her some Gatorade yesterday to help hydrate and flush her system out. Is there anything else I should do to help perk my old girl up?

 

[Percheron chick]

Have you ever dewormed her?

 

[LunaMoriarty]

Have you ever dewormed her?

I have been giving her a half and half mixture of water and ACV. Though I think she might have breathed in .5 ml or half a teaspoon of it. She's been laying under my tree, grooming, sleeping. Her crop seems fill of water today. Should I turn her over to rule out the possibility of sour crop. Her breathing is more ragged and gurgling then before. It's scaring me. She isn't pale though. But not eating as much as before

 

[Percheron chick]

ACV won't do anything for worms..

 

[LunaMoriarty]

ACV won't do anything for worms..

What can I use for the worms?

 

[Percheron chick]

Wazine is a brand name chicken dewormed. Many of us use Ivermectin or fenbendzadol off label (horse, cattle, goat or dog dewormers). Tons of posts on how to calculate doseage. Tubes of horse products are relatively inexpensive and plentiful at my barn so they are my personal choice. I place the product in a small piece of bread, ball it up and feed to hens individually. Simple.

 

[LunaMoriarty]

Wazine is a brand name chicken dewormed. Many of us use Ivermectin or fendenzadol off label (horse, cattle, goat or dog dewormers). Tons of posts on how to calculate doseage. Tubes of horse products are relatively inexpensive and plentiful at my barn so they are my personal choice. I place the product in a small piece of bread, ball it up and feed to hens individually. Simple.

I heard safeguard is a good deworming product. I heard it covers most of the common worms that chickens get.