Open yawning, neck stretching and breathing heavy

[Iditarod]

I would go ahead and treat with the fenbandzole for 5 days, although gapeworm is rare. A respiratory disease such as infectious bronchitis, MG, or ILT might be the problem. MG is treated with Tylan, tetracycline, or Denagard. You can get Tylan 50 injectable at a feed store and give it orally 0.25 ml per pound 3 times a day for 5 days. If she has IB or ILT, those are viruses, and will have to run their course over several weeks. ILT may cause arching of the neck and bloody mucus may be coughed out from the beak. Here is a good link to read about those and other diseases:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

Great and thank you !!

 

[flock011]

It sounds like gapeworm to me as well, and I treated my young pullet successfully last year with fenbendazole. Your description of your pullet sounds identical to what mine was doing. I also gave it to one other pullet preventatively. She wasn't showing symptoms but was staying in the crate with her. She didn't show any adverse affects of the unnecessary dosing.

I live in the Denver metro area and found a product at Murdoch's called Safe-guard. It's actually an equine dewormer in cream form. They also have Safe-guard for goats but I think that was a powder, which I thought would be harder to administer. I just gave her the cream with a syringe and it worked like a charm. Same dosage as the other poster suggested. Her gaping will gradually stop after a day or two, but continue the treatment for a full 5-7 days. I did 7 just to be safe.

They say gapeworm is rare...makes me wonder if we got our pullets from the same farm.

 

[Iditarod]

It sounds like gapeworm to me as well, and I treated my young pullet successfully last year with fenbendazole. Your description of your pullet sounds identical to what mine was doing. I also gave it to one other pullet preventatively. She wasn't showing symptoms but was staying in the crate with her. She didn't show any adverse affects of the unnecessary dosing.

I live in the Denver metro area and found a product at Murdoch's called Safe-guard. It's actually an equine dewormer in cream form. They also have Safe-guard for goats but I think that was a powder, which I thought would be harder to administer. I just gave her the cream with a syringe and it worked like a charm. Same dosage as the other poster suggested. Her gaping will gradually stop after a day or two, but continue the treatment for a full 5-7 days. I did 7 just to be safe.

They say gapeworm is rare...makes me wonder if we got our pullets from the same farm.

Awesome and thanks I will keep you updated on her progress. I wonder, hmmmmm