I too seem to have a hen with this problem. She and others her age, about 13 or 14 months, have had dirty bottoms. And it's been hot, and there are other groups of younger who have been integrated into the main coop. The old girls consider them interlopers, so there has been some stress. Kinky has since before Easter laid large eggs with lots of liquid in the white, and the shells are very thin despite extra crushed oyster shell available. The yolks are good color, but seem more flabby than other yolks. Yesterday she was standing quietly looking like she would fall asleep, closing her eyes, then opening them up. She would walk a little, but very low energy...unlike herself. Kinky's comb and wattles were pale, and around her eyes seemed pale too.
I put her in a small hard sided traveling case for dogs or cats, and took her from the pen, placing the case in the area outside the walk out from the basement. It is in the shade at all times. I purchased some eprinex from TSC and dosed the oldest four hens, and the next two who are 14 weeks old. When I was about to dose everyone, I brought kinky into the basement because there was a small young snake hanging out on the hay bale next to her crate. So she is in the basement now.
This morning her color was better, and she did eat a bit of scrambled egg, and perhaps a tiny bit of kefir five pecks of watermelon, next to nothing of her feed, and not much if any water. Her poop is clear with green and white swirls, and there is a small sadly crumpled shell-less egg surrounded by clear liquid. She is just standing in place.
Could this be worms and may get better as the medicine clears them out? None of them have ever been wormed before.
I put her in a small hard sided traveling case for dogs or cats, and took her from the pen, placing the case in the area outside the walk out from the basement. It is in the shade at all times. I purchased some eprinex from TSC and dosed the oldest four hens, and the next two who are 14 weeks old. When I was about to dose everyone, I brought kinky into the basement because there was a small young snake hanging out on the hay bale next to her crate. So she is in the basement now.
This morning her color was better, and she did eat a bit of scrambled egg, and perhaps a tiny bit of kefir five pecks of watermelon, next to nothing of her feed, and not much if any water. Her poop is clear with green and white swirls, and there is a small sadly crumpled shell-less egg surrounded by clear liquid. She is just standing in place.
Could this be worms and may get better as the medicine clears them out? None of them have ever been wormed before.
