- Apr 21, 2019
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Hello all,
My (approximately 3 year old) hen, Olive, has been not quite herself for going on 6 days now. Not eating much of anything, not drinking much, hasn’t laid an egg in almost 2 weeks, and very lethargic. She is very slow moving and not her usual talkative self. She stands with her tail bent down and her wings sort of hunched. Also forgot to add she and others have had some poopy butts (that have since been cleaned).* Barely pecks at anything when she’s out free ranging with the other girls. I actually thought she was going to die a couple days back because she was so thin. I sat and fed her/watered her by syringe and it seemed to bring her energy back only slightly.
She is the SECOND chicken in our group to show signs of illness in the past 2 weeks. Our first chicken Henrietta acted ill (same symptoms) for 3 days then was back to herself. When Henrietta started acting ill, we gave the entire flock the recommended doses of safeguard dewormer and all were treated with permethrin for mites.
[A little back story: We had a broody hen “adopt” a group of 8 chicks about 5 weeks back. They have been fully integrated with our flock for about 3 weeks. The only exception being they’re still sleeping in a separate coop.]
A few days after our first chicken got better, this chicken (olive) got ill. I then decided maybe it was Coccidia bc of the chicks (although none of our chicks are exhibiting any signs of illness). So we dosed all hens/chicks with corid 9.6% 1tsp per 1 gallon of water. I also gave olive a couple drops of corid straight into her beak along with some water. We’re on day 4 and our poor girl still isn’t doing well. Although she’s eaten a bit here and there. I read that if it’s Coccidia, that she’d be back to herself within 24 hours. I’m concerned it’s something different all together and I’m hoping someone can shine some light on this. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Ashley
My (approximately 3 year old) hen, Olive, has been not quite herself for going on 6 days now. Not eating much of anything, not drinking much, hasn’t laid an egg in almost 2 weeks, and very lethargic. She is very slow moving and not her usual talkative self. She stands with her tail bent down and her wings sort of hunched. Also forgot to add she and others have had some poopy butts (that have since been cleaned).* Barely pecks at anything when she’s out free ranging with the other girls. I actually thought she was going to die a couple days back because she was so thin. I sat and fed her/watered her by syringe and it seemed to bring her energy back only slightly.
She is the SECOND chicken in our group to show signs of illness in the past 2 weeks. Our first chicken Henrietta acted ill (same symptoms) for 3 days then was back to herself. When Henrietta started acting ill, we gave the entire flock the recommended doses of safeguard dewormer and all were treated with permethrin for mites.
[A little back story: We had a broody hen “adopt” a group of 8 chicks about 5 weeks back. They have been fully integrated with our flock for about 3 weeks. The only exception being they’re still sleeping in a separate coop.]
A few days after our first chicken got better, this chicken (olive) got ill. I then decided maybe it was Coccidia bc of the chicks (although none of our chicks are exhibiting any signs of illness). So we dosed all hens/chicks with corid 9.6% 1tsp per 1 gallon of water. I also gave olive a couple drops of corid straight into her beak along with some water. We’re on day 4 and our poor girl still isn’t doing well. Although she’s eaten a bit here and there. I read that if it’s Coccidia, that she’d be back to herself within 24 hours. I’m concerned it’s something different all together and I’m hoping someone can shine some light on this. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Ashley
