Need advice

[anlicia]

I had a Silver lacewing that became sick and we had to put her down.
Now it's looking like my other lacewing has contracted whatever killed my first one.
I have no idea what the disease is. I've checked for everything I can think of.
I'm concerned this could take out my flock.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Ais]

What are the symptoms?

 

[anlicia]

Lod

What are the symptoms?

Losing weight, unstableness, pecking at air, losing feathers.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I had a Silver lacewing that became sick and we had to put her down.
Now it's looking like my other lacewing has contracted whatever killed my first one.
I have no idea what the disease is. I've checked for everything I can think of.
I'm concerned this could take out my flock.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

Lod

Losing weight, unstableness, pecking at air, losing feathers.

How old is she?
What do you feed including treats?
Was she vaccinated for Marek's?
What's the housing like?
Can you post photos of the bird, housing and poop?

I would take her aside or bring her in. Make sure she's eating/drinking, look her over for lice/mites, that her crop is emptying, getting a fecal float to check for worms and/or coccidiosis would be a good idea.

Work on hydration first, then eating. Pecking at the air sounds neurological, try vitamin therapy by giving 400IU Vitamin E and 1/4 tablet B-Complex daily to see if that makes a difference.

If you lose her, then sending the body for diagnostics will give you the best answers.
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry-labs.html

 

[anlicia]

How old is she?
What do you feed including treats?
Was she vaccinated for Marek's?
What's the housing like?
Can you post photos of the bird, housing and poop?

I would take her aside or bring her in. Make sure she's eating/drinking, look her over for lice/mites, that her crop is emptying, getting a fecal float to check for worms and/or coccidiosis would be a good idea.

Work on hydration first, then eating. Pecking at the air sounds neurological, try vitamin therapy by giving 400IU Vitamin E and 1/4 tablet B-Complex daily to see if that makes a difference.

If you lose her, then sending the body for diagnostics will give you the best answers.
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry-labs.html

 

[anlicia]

She's about 2 yrs old.
Typical bought chicken treats...bagged seed mixes and the like. Nothing homemade.
Yes, all my girls are vaccinated
Housing is a decent sized coop with run.
I checked over the one that died and didn't see anything. I will check for worms tomorrow.
My chicken coop is the yellow one in the photo. It's the best picture I have right now

 

[Wyorp Rock]

At 2 years of age, is she molting?
Sometimes that's very stressful on a hen. I'd still check her over carefully, look for bugs, do take note if she's got a lot of pin feathers coming in (molt) and get a good look at her poop. Make sure he crop is emptying too.

Work on getting her to drink, if she's unsteady and pecking at the air, then she may not be drinking well. Vitamins may help with her appetite and give her a much needed boost. Focus on trying to get her to eat her normal balanced poultry feed, a little treat of egg, fish or meat can be given to enhance protein.

 

[anlicia]

Will do.
I appreciate the advice.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Typical bought chicken treats...bagged seed mixes and the like.

Excuse me, but do you provide a commercially prepared food designed for chickens? Either for chicks or for layers? What kinds of treats do you get, and what sorts of seeds?