Please help. Possible heat stroke, or sick?

[Aunt Angus]

I just thought... you might try Corid or Sulmet. She can still get coccidiosis. In addition to the poop, you'll see chickens of all ages hunched up and sitting with ruffled feathers.

 

[Eggcessive]

How does her crop feel—empty and flat, full, firm, soft, or puffy/boggy? I would keep treating with the Poultry Cell 2 ml daily, and offering water often up to her beak with a small scoop or cup. I place drops of water on any foods I feed to a sick chicken. Mixing water into chicken feed is a good way to get water into them. Where is your general location? Is it a warm humid area where worms might be a problem? Have you wormed recently? Corid is really safe for all chickens, and it is not an antibiotic. It won’t hurt to treat them. It can be hard to know exactly what is going on without testing the droppings for parasites. In the pictures, her crop looks a bit large.

 

[buffy-the-eggpile-layer]

Panting can be stress related. Do you know when she last laid an egg?

I am so sorry. The chickies are susceptible to so many ickies. I'd be more hesitant to use antibiotics than Corid without knowing the problem, tbh. This must be so frustrating, and I wish I had answers.

There are other things you might want to rule out. Does her breath smell bad? Is her crop squishy, hard, empty? Might she have worms? Do you see nasal discharge?

If her poop still looks bad, I'd be tempted to just use the Corid because it won't hurt anything.

No foul breath, but a squishy crop. However she hasn't been eating much. On the hot days the girls tend to have squishier crops, then they gorge themselves in the evening and that's when they start protruding.

She could have worms, but I don't know. It has been hot and humid here. Is there an all-around de-wormer that's safe to use? I'm having trouble finding vets that are willing to test a stool sample.

 

[buffy-the-eggpile-layer]

I just thought... you might try Corid or Sulmet. She can still get coccidiosis. In addition to the poop, you'll see chickens of all ages hunched up and sitting with ruffled feathers.

Thank you, I think we may do this. The vet I talked to said it was unlikely at this age (16 weeks) but if it doesn't hurt maybe we should.

 

[buffy-the-eggpile-layer]

How does her crop feel—empty and flat, full, firm, soft, or puffy/boggy? I would keep treating with the Poultry Cell 2 ml daily, and offering water often up to her beak with a small scoop or cup. I place drops of water on any foods I feed to a sick chicken. Mixing water into chicken feed is a good way to get water into them. Where is your general location? Is it a warm humid area where worms might be a problem? Have you wormed recently? Corid is really safe for all chickens, and it is not an antibiotic. It won’t hurt to treat them. It can be hard to know exactly what is going on without testing the droppings for parasites. In the pictures, her crop looks a bit large.

I'm in SW VA--been pretty hot and humid so I suppose worms are a possibility. How do I go about testing/treating? My pullets have yet to be dewormed. Maybe we need to do a full flock deworming.

Also, she has a pretty smoosh-y crop right now. She was eating earlier today but since I noticed her w/ heat stress (at least that's what I thought) in the afternoon, she hasn't been eating.

I will try giving her a mash in a little. She hasn't shown much interest in any of her favorite things--once in a while she'll pick something up but drop it and give up.

 

[buffy-the-eggpile-layer]

***UPDATE *** She's no longer panting. Showing interest in food but no follow through. She is alert and alternates between lying down and standing. Still not her usual self, though

 

[Eggcessive]

Sometimes when getting a fecal test is not easy to obtain, one can just go ahead and worm and treat with Corid just in case. SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer 0.23 ml per pound, given to each chicken once and again in 10 days is helpful to treat roundworms and cecal worms. But give it for 5 straight days to treat more dangerous worms such as capillary and gapeworm. Corid dosage is 2 tsp of the liquid or 1.5 tsp of the powder per gallon of water for 5-7 days. Some chickens may have a puffy or slow crop with coccidiosis, but keep an eye on it, in case she develops sour crop.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I'd go with what Eggcessive suggests.

 

[buffy-the-eggpile-layer]

Sometimes when getting a fecal test is not easy to obtain, one can just go ahead and worm and treat with Corid just in case. SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer 0.23 ml per pound, given to each chicken once and again in 10 days is helpful to treat roundworms and cecal worms. But give it for 5 straight days to treat more dangerous worms such as capillary and gapeworm. Corid dosage is 2 tsp of the liquid or 1.5 tsp of the powder per gallon of water for 5-7 days. Some chickens may have a puffy or slow crop with coccidiosis, but keep an eye on it, in case she develops sour crop.

Will the de-wormer harm the chickens if they do not have worms? If not, then I think I'll try both.

What's the best way to discern if she has sour crop? Should I wait till morning? It's kind of puffy but pretty soft right now.

Thank you EVERYONE for being so helpful!

 

[buffy-the-eggpile-layer]

Sometimes when getting a fecal test is not easy to obtain, one can just go ahead and worm and treat with Corid just in case. SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer 0.23 ml per pound, given to each chicken once and again in 10 days is helpful to treat roundworms and cecal worms. But give it for 5 straight days to treat more dangerous worms such as capillary and gapeworm. Corid dosage is 2 tsp of the liquid or 1.5 tsp of the powder per gallon of water for 5-7 days. Some chickens may have a puffy or slow crop with coccidiosis, but keep an eye on it, in case she develops sour crop.

Also, should I start my whole flock on Corid, then? They are all acting great--she's quarantined in the house with us (and very sad about it).