Initially improving hen now dying

[Red Horse]

She was found with coccidiosis on Sat the 31st and started improving with corid drenches after a few days. She never really got her appetite back completely, and now she won't eat anything. I started giving her some old Sulfatrim oral suspension that I filled and never used yesterday evening and she's eating even less now that she's 2 doses in. She's been very weak since yesterday afternoon and was so cold and stiff this morning I'm shocked she's alive right now at around 6pm. She was doing so well a few days ago that I had started reintroducing her one by one to some of her flockmates in the hopes that she'd be back with them before the end of the week, I'm so upset and not sure what happened. I don't know what else I can do for her, I feel like I'm just trying to keep her from starving to death long enough to see if the antibiotic will actually work.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Sometimes there's nothing you can do unfortunately. Chickens seem to be fine up until they aren't. I haven't had much luck saving any. So sorry.

 

[Bsmac]

She was found with coccidiosis on Sat the 31st and started improving with corid drenches after a few days. She never really got her appetite back completely, and now she won't eat anything. I started giving her some old Sulfatrim oral suspension that I filled and never used yesterday evening and she's eating even less now that she's 2 doses in. She's been very weak since yesterday afternoon and was so cold and stiff this morning I'm shocked she's alive right now at around 6pm. She was doing so well a few days ago that I had started reintroducing her one by one to some of her flockmates in the hopes that she'd be back with them before the end of the week, I'm so upset and not sure what happened. I don't know what else I can do for her, I feel like I'm just trying to keep her from starving to death long enough to see if the antibiotic will actually work.

Very sorry it is tough to deal with sick birds. I hope she gets better.

 

[Bsmac]

Sometimes there's nothing you can do unfortunately. Chickens seem to be fine up until they aren't. I haven't had much luck saving any. So sorry.

Very true, unfortunately...