Is this a tumor or some type of disease?

[Maah]

There are a few different wormers you can use in chickens. Wazine, Ivermectin, Valbazen, and Safeguard liquid goat dewormer are some of them.

The Wazine is only good on roundworms. Most people like to go with Valbazen or the Safeguard liquid goat wormer.

I have goats, so I already have the Safeguard here. I don't know the dosage on the other brands, but here is the info for the Safeguard:

Dosage for the safeguard liquid goat wormer is orally undiluted; 1cc for giants, 3/4cc for large fowl, 1/2cc for standards, 1/4cc for smaller birds. Repeat dosing in 10 days. Dont give it to birds in molt. There's a 14 day withdrawal after the last dosing (so that would be 24 days total). Don't eat the eggs or feed them back to your chickens but you can give them to your dogs.

 

[CedarCluck]

so she is being culled as soon as possible, i called my neighbor this morning and warned her to make sure she scrubs her hands really well after she is done so she doesn't carry it back to her flock Also make sure that your neighbor washes her shoes before she walks in her yard with them if she walked around your flock and the area that they are in. Just like you would do if you came in from a farm. . i am going to use the Durmycin for the rest of the flock, dosages anyone? I know there is dosage information on the package but i want to make sure, i guess you can't OD on antibiotic necessarily but don't want to cause further problems. I was going to start it right away and then i guess this weekend i will be cleaning and sanitizing my hen house, roosts, feeders, nest boxes, etc. but not sure what to do about the hen yard, the soil will still carry contaminants/bacteria from what i read, at least until it gets dried out and the sun heats it up i guess. anyone have any ideas on any powders i can spread? also, is it adviseable to eat eggs from nmy hens while on the antibiotics, and/or can their eggs be affected by bacterial infections prior to treatment?

Also for both you and your neighbor I would recommend just keeping an eye on yourselves for a few days as it can cause upper respiratory infections in us as well. Though I haven't known anyone who has had that its just one of the warnings that came up in the research.

ok, my vet doesn't see birds alive or dead, the ag Extension directed me to the Dept of Agriculture, the Dept of Ag doesn't/hasn't had a state vet for many years in my area, they directed me to call all the local vets to see if anyone will do it. if i call two more vets and get nowehere, i guess i will just treat as if she has fowl cholera and get my other girls on the antibiotic (which i was going to do anyway) and sanitize the coop and call it good.

You can always try the local department of health, and they may be able to direct you to the appropriate person.

i certainly hope so, i just cannot imagine how in the heck MY flock or she got it. i havent seen rodents around in this cold.

While the most common way its brought into a flock is rodents i.e. mice and rats, it can also be carried in by other wildlife like the wild bird population in your area as well as smaller animals like chipmunks and squirrels.

 

[SCchickens2011]

Also for both you and your neighbor I would recommend just keeping an eye on yourselves for a few days as it can cause upper respiratory infections in us as well. Though I haven't known anyone who has had that its just one of the warnings that came up in the research.


You can always try the local department of health, and they may be able to direct you to the appropriate person.


While the most common way its brought into a flock is rodents i.e. mice and rats, it can also be carried in by other wildlife like the wild bird population in your area as well as smaller animals like chipmunks and squirrels.

we both washed up well with antibactierial soap and betadine afterwards, she didn't walk around in my coop area at all so i think her shoes will be fine. I don;t free range either so that should not be an issue, i take my shoes off outside before i come in my house from their area. i tried the state dept. of Agriculte, my vet, and the Agricultural Cooperative Extension with my area college, none of them will do a necropsy, so i will just move forward assuming that is what it is. My coop is completely fenced top to bottom (and under the bottom) including across the top of the yard with chicken wire, i have not seen any obvious signs of mice or rodents, none in my feed storage, all my feed is in metal garbage cans. That doesn't mean they aren;t around, but just saying i keep a very clean hen house and coop, i have not seen anything, plus up until about a week ago their yard was under 2 feet of snow and they had stayed inside the coop due to the wind and snow blowing around all day. So hopefully i don't truly have a rodent issue.

 

[SCchickens2011]

that said and done, do any of you have advice on if i should get new chicks? they won't be outside for about 6 weeks, and i usually put them in a seperate juvenile pen outside but near the big pen until the big girls and the little girls get accustomed to each others sounds, and until the little girls start making big girl sounds and don't "peep" anymore. I would think it would be okay, but would like advice from you long timers out there.

 

[SCchickens2011]

that said and done, do any of you have advice on if i should get new chicks? they won't be outside for about 6 weeks, and i usually put them in a seperate juvenile pen outside but near the big pen until the big girls and the little girls get accustomed to each others sounds, and until the little girls start making big girl sounds and don't "peep" anymore. I would think it would be okay, but would like advice from you long timers out there.

Cal Ranch is supposed to get a new shipment of EE's today! And I was really egg-cited to get new girlies!

 

[CedarCluck]

Cal Ranch is supposed to get a new shipment of EE's today! And I was really egg-cited to get new girlies!

As long as the area that you keep them in has been sanitized, then I don't see an issue with getting new ones. Have any of your other chickens been experiencing any of the symptoms? Just be careful. lol that's really the best advice that I can give you.

 

[SCchickens2011]

As long as the area that you keep them in has been sanitized, then I don't see an issue with getting new ones. Have any of your other chickens been experiencing any of the symptoms? Just be careful. lol that's really the best advice that I can give you.

yes they will be indoors for the first 6 - 8 weeks (not sure how old the chicks are when they get to the feed stores, I assume a few days maybe a week old?) and then in the juvenile pen i have for another month or so after that, so at least two + months before the get put in the big pen. The other girls have not had a wink of a symptom, I checked each of them yesterday for lumps, discharge, posture, gait, they are all perfectly normal, and that's the thing, the one with the lump only had #1 the lump, #2 not eating because of the lump - discomfot I would assume (but she drank lots of water), and #3 no eggs (becasue of not eating), she had none of the other "typical" and most prominent symptoms of fowl cholera like nasal discharge, and swelling around the eyes, cheeks and ears, no coughing or sneezing either, she was still very alert, wanted to be checking things out, got mad when I tried to perform the "surgery", got mad when I put her by herself and was trying to figure out an escape route, still drank lots of water and still pooping, showed no signs of stress even after all that. So I am not really even sure that fowl cholera was her issue, I am going to continue to treat the rest as if it were, but I think what she had was simply a cyst or tumor, but still it would not have corrected itself so putting her out of her misery was the best choice.

 

[CedarCluck]

I agree with that and I am sorry for your loss. I have lost several chickens over the last year for a number of different reasons and while they are just chickens they are my babies so its always sad. But as long as you keep an eye on things and if you see anything out of the ordinary then you know its time to bring out the big guns. Good luck with your new chicks and I hope that you don't have any further health problems ^^

 

[SCchickens2011]

i now have the cleanest coop in the west! I will post pics tonight, but it is SUPER clean! And CAL Ranch didn't have EE's just yet, i was sad, but i was told they should get them in this week.

 

[SCchickens2011]

I'ts been 7 days on antibiotics for my flock, they show no signs of any sickness, should I stop the Durmycin or go for 14 days?