Hello everyone,
I am new here as I’ve only had my precious hens for 6 weeks but have found all forums extremely helpful so thanks in advance for any replies!
Unfortunately one of my babies (ex battery Rhodey) has impacted/sour crop and worms. After feeling a hard lump that didn’t disappear overnight, I moved her into the house in a large dog create and gave her olive oil mixed with warm water and massaged her crop 3 x a day for the last day. Today I aim to go to the chemist and buy some miconazole for the yeast infection too.
However, this morning before I left for the chemist, I noticed she had pooped in the crate and I saw one long roundworm in her poo as I went to clean it up.
The other hens outside are currently being treated for worms with Flubendazole, but this hen is currently not eating as I’m trying to get her to pass the impacted crop first. When she does pass it and begin eating more again, it’ll be yogurt, diced fruit, scrambled egg etc according to forums. So my question is how can I treat her for worms in the mean time? I don’t want to leave it in case the worms are the cause of the impacted/sour crop but I don’t know how to treat for both when she shouldn’t be eating her pellets? I don’t have enough time to money to buy a second wormer in liquid version either. I’m very confused! Can I mix the Flubendazole with water to form a paste? If so how do I work out the dosage?
Thank you in advance, any help is much appreciated!
I am new here as I’ve only had my precious hens for 6 weeks but have found all forums extremely helpful so thanks in advance for any replies!
Unfortunately one of my babies (ex battery Rhodey) has impacted/sour crop and worms. After feeling a hard lump that didn’t disappear overnight, I moved her into the house in a large dog create and gave her olive oil mixed with warm water and massaged her crop 3 x a day for the last day. Today I aim to go to the chemist and buy some miconazole for the yeast infection too.
However, this morning before I left for the chemist, I noticed she had pooped in the crate and I saw one long roundworm in her poo as I went to clean it up.
The other hens outside are currently being treated for worms with Flubendazole, but this hen is currently not eating as I’m trying to get her to pass the impacted crop first. When she does pass it and begin eating more again, it’ll be yogurt, diced fruit, scrambled egg etc according to forums. So my question is how can I treat her for worms in the mean time? I don’t want to leave it in case the worms are the cause of the impacted/sour crop but I don’t know how to treat for both when she shouldn’t be eating her pellets? I don’t have enough time to money to buy a second wormer in liquid version either. I’m very confused! Can I mix the Flubendazole with water to form a paste? If so how do I work out the dosage?
Thank you in advance, any help is much appreciated!
