Margo is in Trouble

[micstrachan]

Also, the calcium citrate was 400 mg with 500 IU of vitamin D. She ate most of the egg (with the crushed calcium) this morning. Leave the calcium alone for the rest of the day? I saw her pick at the oyster shell. I’m getting another bath ready. There is zero improvement and no poop. She doesn’t necessarily seem worse, but is clearly in bad shape. Also, she won’t sit or lay down. She’s standing only. Is that a clue? Seems slightly stumbley, too. My poor Margo. She’s my best cuddler.

 

[micstrachan]

Sorry that most of my posts are about my own flock today. Margo still feels lousy. Saw her attempt to drink, I think (her beak tip was a little wet, but waterer sitting on stump wasn’t perfectly level and it was low on her side.) I’m feeling that she is not egg bound, as I just watched her squirt this out. I will probably keep her in overnight so I can check poop in the morning. I wirk all day, but can run up the hill at lunch to check on her and swap out batteries in the fans.

 

[micstrachan]

Oh, crap (literally). On closer inspection, do I see worms? My flock has never been wormed and the one time I had a fecal float done it came back negative for parasite overload.

Edited to add:
I checked back and it does NOT look wormy in person.

 

[Kiki]

Oh, crap (literally). On closer inspection, do I see worms? My flock has never been wormed and the one time I had a fecal float done it came back negative for parasite overload.

Edited to add:
I checked back and it does NOT look wormy in person.

I was just about to ask you if you have even wormed your flock.
Is the poop still out there?
Can you go look at it better?

 

[Kiki]

Have you seen this:
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=17568.0

 

[dawg53]

Continue to withhold feed? I don’t even know if she’d eat if given the opportunity. She is not drinking. I did manage to get a few drops of nutridrench in her, but she started getting agitated, so I stopped. She has a fan blowing in her area. It actually feels quite pleasant.

Dont give her too much Nutri Drench, one or 2 drops orally once a day for no more than 5 days. It will cause diarrhea if too much is given.

 

[redranger209]

@casportpony inspect this poop!

 

[Kiki]

Go back outside and see what these white things are.

 

[dawg53]

I agree with KikisGirls. You've just about tried everything else. Worm all your birds and make Margo a priority. I recommend Valbazen, it slowly kills worms over several days preventing toxic dead worm overload.

 

[micstrachan]

Ok. My local feed store (which is half an hour away) closes in five minutes. I’ll see if I can pay over the phone and have them leave it outside (they offered before).