"rescued' yet another one... (graphic pictures)

[Quailsong]

Mites/chiggers probably won't do that much in a day (esp since they go more for skin than blood), but a tick could. They can daze up a small/weak chicken & make them look sickly in a day, easily. A bigger hen, maybe two days.

Not saying it is ticks though, could be bedbugs or whatnot. But definitely run a thin knife in all the wood grooves. Even check their roost (under where the boards overlap) and see if something's in there as well. Spread your search to about 4 feet out, as bedbugs are known to travel quite a distance for a good meal. They can also go up to a year without eating. The buggers.

Along with inspecting the coop, I'd pick up your weak one & check her over. Every single inch of her. Look for any bite wounds, blood, or whatnot. If you really want, you could dust her over afterwards. Should help a bit.

Either way, it's good to rule bloodsuckers out. So you can focus on whatever else it might be, if it comes to that.

As for Hope...

Hope's life, and your journeys with her was not 'all for naught'. You and her learned a lot together - and by sharing your stories with us, you've touched so many folks in ways you'll never know. Please don't doubt that, ever.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

She wasnt in the same nest box as Hope at all. Would mites hit them that hard that quick?

On a totally different note, i just had to add that I got a phone call from Hope's origianl owner today. I was really NOT happy about having to talk to him,but I gotta do my job. So in talking with him, he asked how Hope was. He actually remembered her. I told him the story of her and he said he was sorry that I had lost her. Then I asked about his 'girls'. He started eagerly telling me about how he installed 2 industrial size fans in their 'shed' and windows. how he started using straw on the floor and used a heated waterer this winter. He was surprised at what a difference it was all making on the hens. He asked me back out to the farm to look at some stuff for advise on his piglets that he had gotten a few weeks ago.

SO, maybe this wasn't all in vain? Maybe Hope was really given to me to give his flock hope?

This story, although, has ended sadly with the loss of Hope has this sweet silver lining...a new beginning for her original flockmates. Hope's life, too short as it was, definitely was not in vain....

 

[drumstick diva]

so very sorry to hear Hope is gone.

 

[Suzierd]

How is she doing?

 

[fishnet1971]

Well, Angel seems to be about 75%. She is just a little sluggish, not eating as well as she should and not as active. I went to a poultry fest today and had a chance to talk to one of our local APIP testers and a couple of breeders that have been in the business for over 60 years. They let me pick their ears for awhile and their consensus is that I should treat for Cocci. They said that it can definintly take that long to knock them out and that it does just that - acts like a wasting or almost like they starve to death. I put them all on Corrid today.

 

[fishnet1971]

Well, I just unloaded my camera tonight, and thought I would share her last photos. This was the night before she died.

In memory - My Hope a Dope!

 

[Suzierd]

Thanks for the update. Very glad to hear Angel is doing better. Hope was such a sweet girl sitting there so good. I puld have never thought cocci.

 

[fishnet1971]

me either. I dunno.. It can't hurt to treat them I guess anyway. Here is Angel tonight. She is at least interested in grass still.



And she was picking at a log with "Bird a little.

 

[Suzierd]

She's a pretty girl, is she a BO? Good to see her out pecking around.

 

[fishnet1971]

She's a red sex link. She is definitely better today. Hr eyes look good. The sparkle is back. How quick can corrid work? 24 hours?