This thread is a follow-up from a previous thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/908299/chickens-with-bad-appetite-lost-3-last-night#post_13816385
All my juvenile hens are improving since I expanded my run, and I have two birds remaining in the chicken infirmary, Lucille (White), and Edna (red). Lucille is weak and doesn't try to feed herself. Yesterday we forced her to eat blackberries, and today I'm force-feeding pancake batter that includes wheat, corn, and rye meals.
The problem seemed to start about a week ago when I covered the ground with horse bedding and they couldn't scratch the ground for food.
I've cleaned all the shavings out of the netted area which was the run where they got sick, and I'll be spraying with a mild solution of chlorox as recommended by MSU: http://msucares.com/poultry/diseases/solutions.html
The worm treatment will be coming very soon.
Here are the pictures:
Pen on left before chickens got sick.
Lucille and Edna in the Infirmary.
Lucille's Poop is like gelatin (shown above). I didn't see any parasites with the naked eye.
Edna's poop is kind of loose and somewhat clear.
Run expansion.
Roost Additions.
All my juvenile hens are improving since I expanded my run, and I have two birds remaining in the chicken infirmary, Lucille (White), and Edna (red). Lucille is weak and doesn't try to feed herself. Yesterday we forced her to eat blackberries, and today I'm force-feeding pancake batter that includes wheat, corn, and rye meals.
The problem seemed to start about a week ago when I covered the ground with horse bedding and they couldn't scratch the ground for food.
I've cleaned all the shavings out of the netted area which was the run where they got sick, and I'll be spraying with a mild solution of chlorox as recommended by MSU: http://msucares.com/poultry/diseases/solutions.html
The worm treatment will be coming very soon.
Here are the pictures:
Pen on left before chickens got sick.
Lucille and Edna in the Infirmary.
Lucille's Poop is like gelatin (shown above). I didn't see any parasites with the naked eye.
Edna's poop is kind of loose and somewhat clear.
Run expansion.
Roost Additions.
