I had 7 hens (18 months) 5 pullets (6 months), 1 rooster (18 months), & 1 cockeral (6 months). Last Thursday, while out in the run, one of my chickens had diarrhea in front of me. I saw a couple of worms, I believe roundworms, moving in the stool. All birds were acting fine. I wormed them with Safegaurd, for 5 days, which ended this past Monday. On Wednesday morning, everyone was acting normal. Wednesday evening, I found my rooster, who never leaves the hens sight, laying in a nest box. I took him out and he just stood there, not moving. His crop was empty, and he's molting, so I force fed poultry cel & Nutridrench, put him in the run, and he went to the coop and roosted at dark. I came out Thursday morning and he was dead below the roost. I took him in for a necropsy, that is being done today. If it matters, he pooped when I was feeding him and it was liquid and bright green.
Now, 3 of my hens are not wanting to leave the coop/roost. They ate yesterday, and crops were empty this morning. I thought it could be a depression from the rooster dying, but today, they haven't left the roost, even when I came out with the morning treats. They are active when I pick them up, so the lethargy is not as bad as my rooster, but I still feel something is wrong. If it's contagious, I'm afraid they'll die before the necropsy results come back. One of the "sick" hens had the same green watery poop, but I thought that could be from the deworming. I've moved them inside, will force feed them if needed, and they have all been given corid dosed in their water. I doubt it's coccidiosis, but it's the only thing I could think of that I could try. 2 of the 3 "sick" hens layed yesterday, so they're not egg bound. Please let me know if there's anything else I could be doing. I'm out of ideas.
Now, 3 of my hens are not wanting to leave the coop/roost. They ate yesterday, and crops were empty this morning. I thought it could be a depression from the rooster dying, but today, they haven't left the roost, even when I came out with the morning treats. They are active when I pick them up, so the lethargy is not as bad as my rooster, but I still feel something is wrong. If it's contagious, I'm afraid they'll die before the necropsy results come back. One of the "sick" hens had the same green watery poop, but I thought that could be from the deworming. I've moved them inside, will force feed them if needed, and they have all been given corid dosed in their water. I doubt it's coccidiosis, but it's the only thing I could think of that I could try. 2 of the 3 "sick" hens layed yesterday, so they're not egg bound. Please let me know if there's anything else I could be doing. I'm out of ideas.
