Hello,
I have a black Austrolorp, 1 year old, that has suddenly taken a turn for the worst. A month ago she was very healthy, she was large, laying eggs, active, with a big and bright red comb. Suddenly I noticed she was starting to lose weight and becoming more lethargic. Her comb had begun to decrease in size and become paler. Before she had gotten sick I had treated my flock with Corid liquid for 14 days, doing both the high dosage then the preventative because I had found blood in their poop (The Corid did not make a difference and I was still getting blood). About a week after she got sick I wormed the flock with Safeguard and found roundworms in their poop. I wormed them for 5 days straight. I have had 2 other sick birds these last few months but they never got as bad as the austrolorp. I have a 1 year old Barred Rock that hasn't laid in months and has been decently lethargic, but she got mostly better after worming. The other sick bird is a Sex Link and over 4 years old, so I'm sure her lethargy is due to her old age as a production layer. The worming didn't seem to help the austrolorp and she only continued to get worse. She eats a lot (a normal amount) but she is just feather and bones at this point. Her poop is very runny and odd looking, sometimes quite green with feed in it. Just yesterday I noticed she started to walk funny. She is having trouble standing upright and stumbles a lot. Her feet look kind of swollen though I might be mistaken, it is kind of hard to tell. I didn't see any injuries on her legs and feet so I am not sure if it's just weakness or something else. She does not have any lice/mites, discharge from eyes/nose, and she is still very interested in food. I am completely stumped on this. I have not separated her from the flock because I think she would be too cold in the garage and her water would freeze. She also does not get picked on by the other birds and gets plenty to eat, so I kept her with the others. Any help would be much appreciated, I like this bird very much and would hate to see her die, but I can't imagine how she will come back from this.
I have a black Austrolorp, 1 year old, that has suddenly taken a turn for the worst. A month ago she was very healthy, she was large, laying eggs, active, with a big and bright red comb. Suddenly I noticed she was starting to lose weight and becoming more lethargic. Her comb had begun to decrease in size and become paler. Before she had gotten sick I had treated my flock with Corid liquid for 14 days, doing both the high dosage then the preventative because I had found blood in their poop (The Corid did not make a difference and I was still getting blood). About a week after she got sick I wormed the flock with Safeguard and found roundworms in their poop. I wormed them for 5 days straight. I have had 2 other sick birds these last few months but they never got as bad as the austrolorp. I have a 1 year old Barred Rock that hasn't laid in months and has been decently lethargic, but she got mostly better after worming. The other sick bird is a Sex Link and over 4 years old, so I'm sure her lethargy is due to her old age as a production layer. The worming didn't seem to help the austrolorp and she only continued to get worse. She eats a lot (a normal amount) but she is just feather and bones at this point. Her poop is very runny and odd looking, sometimes quite green with feed in it. Just yesterday I noticed she started to walk funny. She is having trouble standing upright and stumbles a lot. Her feet look kind of swollen though I might be mistaken, it is kind of hard to tell. I didn't see any injuries on her legs and feet so I am not sure if it's just weakness or something else. She does not have any lice/mites, discharge from eyes/nose, and she is still very interested in food. I am completely stumped on this. I have not separated her from the flock because I think she would be too cold in the garage and her water would freeze. She also does not get picked on by the other birds and gets plenty to eat, so I kept her with the others. Any help would be much appreciated, I like this bird very much and would hate to see her die, but I can't imagine how she will come back from this.
