I'm another member from Pottstown area.
Post in thread 'Looking to have chickens back on property.'
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ickens-back-on-property.1308517/post-27080781
It's been a long two months since we've had chickens. The six chicks are now 9 weeks old all are doing well.
We lost one of the four adult hens a couple days after adopting them. A second one developed what I believe was coccidiosis. She has had a rough five weeks.
Halfway through the amprolium treatment she developed sour crop. I purged her crop and hand fed her yogurt fortified with probiotic powder. She was recovering well and just begining to eat on her own and peck in the yard. Then she took a turn for the worse.
On the last morning of treatment I found her laying sprawled out on the poop tray siezing and stargazing. Drops of Liquid B vitamin given orally helped with that very quickly.
After the seizing incident she could not eat, drink or walk, on her own. Over-all since she first became ill I hand fed and watered her several times a day for five weeks. It was touch and go for a while. To be honest I almost culled her when I found her siezing.
It's been a week since I found her siezing. Now she eats and drinks on her own. She is walking slowly around the yard, balance is still a little off but improving. She pecks in the grass for seeds and bugs. She is now holding her tail up once again.
She wasn't handling Mondays heat very well so I moved her to a dog cage in the living room. She was outside several times since and seems to be gradually handling the heat better.
I finally think she is going to make it. I wasn't going to name any of the birds but while caring for her I kept saying "come on honey eat a little bit" or 'come on honey stand up". Honey stuck so now she is Honey our only named chicken.
