Pale comb, no interest in food, and diarrhea. Please help.

[Ederle]

I would recommend you gather a stool sample from your sickest chicken and take it to your vet and ask for a fecal float test for worms and coccidia. This way you will know for sure this is te source of the problem.

Ten of my girls have already gotten coccidia once, about a year ago, and I treated them with Corid. So I do have Corid on hand, but if it's coccidia, why is it just two members of the flock that got sick? I remember when they got coccidia, they were all acting very ill and lethargic at the same time.

 

[Kiki]

Valbazen, each dosed individually, then followed up again after ten days. Before Esmeralda died I dosed her with Valbazen and then Wazine, thinking that the problem was worms, and those doses made no difference at all. Do you think I should worm Vivi too?

Looking back, I think it's possible that Esmeralda had internal laying, because her abdomen felt spongy when I pressed down on it, but her symptoms didn't match up completely.

I'm skimming some of your other threads.
I see you had tapeworms before.

Did you use this same medicine to try to rid the tapes?

 

[Ederle]

How many blue eggs have you been getting each day?

I got two blue eggs today, and that is usually the norm. I can't remember if I ever got four in one day within the past few months, it never occurred to me to keep track of that....

I also haven't seen Alice, Vivienne's sister, in a nesting box lately, now that I think of it.

 

[Ederle]

Kalliope, the rooster from the other thread, is still alive and is doing well. I think he had an injury from a bad fight, but he recovered nicely and looks/acts completely normal now. His brothers that I keep him with are doing well too.

He got in a fight with another rooster and lost, and then he started to get depressed and lethargic, and he also stumbled a bit when walking. He recovered in a few days, though, and I put him back with the other roosters after about a month without any trouble.

 

[casportpony]

Hi there, sorry your hen is sick. Is a vet an option? How old is she?

Do you have a scale to weigh her one? I suggest doing this to get a baseline weight.

The green poop can be caused by her not eating, a bacterial infection, or disease.

 

[casportpony]

I would recommend you gather a stool sample from your sickest chicken and take it to your vet and ask for a fecal float test for worms and coccidia. This way you will know for sure this is te source of the problem.

Have the vet check for bacteria and yeast too.

 

[Ederle]

Hi there, sorry your hen is sick. Is a vet an option? How old is she?

Do you have a scale to weigh her one? I suggest doing this to get a baseline weight.

The green poop can be caused by her not eating, a bacterial infection, or disease.

Thanks for replying.
She is two years old, I don't know her weight but I do have a scale and can weigh her tomorrow (she is in bed right now).
I don't know if the vet is an option. I have looked in the area and can't find any vets nearby that take chickens, but I'll keep searching.

 

[casportpony]

Have you checked her for mites and lice? When I check I check their vents, legs, thighs, belly, back, neck, and head, basically their entire body.

 

[hispoptart]

I have no advice, just wanted to say how sorry I am that your girl is sick and I am really hoping you will find out whats wrong and she will recover.

 

[Ederle]

Have you checked her for mites and lice? When I check I check their vents, legs, thighs, belly, back, neck, and head, basically their entire body.
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I know that some of my chickens have mites, but no serious infestations. When I checked Vivienne I checked her back, under her wings, her vent, and her head, but I didn't see any on her.

The roosters are the ones who seem to have more mites, which would make sense because they don't bathe nearly as often as the girls. I do have some mite spray, should I put some on Vivienne just in case?