Should I use antibiotics on the whole flock?

[Emrosenagel]

I have a hen (1 1/2 year old bantam Cochin) who suddenly last week went to lay an egg, instead spewed nasty green diarrhea, and hasn’t been right since. She has been to the vet twice, worms and bacteria. I worked the flock, she is on amoxicillin. She went back to normal but then down hill again, laid a lash egg and shelless egg one after the other, went back to normal, today she laid another shellless egg and then another lash egg. I’m fairly sure she is too far gone to be saved, but since she showed 0 symptoms, should I treat the flock with antibiotics?

 

[Eggcessive]

I would not treat the whole flock with antibiotics, if the others are all acting normal, eating and drinking. Since the hen that died had worms, I would worm the flock. Have you changed out the coop bedding recently? That might be something you might want to do. Can you make sure that she has a necropsy by your state vet to find out all of her problems, when she passes? What type of worms did she have?

 

[Emrosenagel]

I would not treat the whole flock with antibiotics, if the others are all acting normal, eating and drinking. Since the hen that died had worms, I would worm the flock. Have you changed out the coop bedding recently? That might be something you might want to do. Can you make sure that she has a necropsy by your state vet to find out all of her problems, when she passes? What type of worms did she have?

She actually isn’t dead yet, I’m still trying. And the flock was wormed a few days ago.