Sick Barred Rock please help!!!!

[enola]

Next, chickens cannot support worms and lice/mites for long before they will all be sick. I worm my chickens with safeguard. You will find this at Tractor Supply in the goat or cattle section. You will also find Poultry Dust there.

Don't waste time with a bunch of herbs or pumpkin seed or garlic. And DE will not help much with an established colony of lice, either.

Keep us posted! Good luck

 

[Frizzlett]

I have treated them. I have 5 separate pens and they all have Corid in their water. I just hope she's eating enough. I was sold a sick chick back in the spring. It died about an hour after I got it home. I sold a chicken this morning before I realized mine was sick! :0 Oops. I have way too many roosters that I needed to sell asap. I'll keep her on Corid and see if there's any change. I'll make sure not to sell anymore until their al better. I feel awful for selling one.

 

[Frizzlett]

I'm getting some wormer tomorrow probably and they have been treated for lice which I think worked already. I haven't seen any worms in Dodo's poo but I think I might have in some others'.

 

[casportpony]

Any help? I have given my sick chicken 1 drop of undiluted Corid and then I put some in the water. Not the full 2 teaspoons per gallon because I didn't want her to get too much Corid. I also sprinkled some vitamins and electrolytes in the water. She will eat bread and tomatoes and she's been drinking a lot of water. She seems weak and I can get some B2 if she needs it although I'm not sure what it's for. I've been reading about someone else's sick chicken and have learned all of this from that. Some of my other chickens don't seem like themselves. They don't seem sick like Dodo though. Her poo isn't totally green. It is becoming more solid but still the same amount of green. Is there something else I should be doing or giving her?

If you have the liquid it's okay to put 2 teaspoons in the gallon *and* to give a drop or two orally. That's how I do it.

-Kathy

 

[Frizzlett]

Ok I'll make sure to do that when I fill the water again. Thanks

 

[Frizzlett]

*Update* Dodo seems to be a little more energetic today than she did yesterday but she's still weak. The only thing she hasn't done today that she did yesterday is eat some grass. I gave them all some bread and made sure she got some. We are out of eggs or I'd give her some. She ran around with bread in her mouth and gobbled it up real fast as another chicken caught sight of the bread she had lol. I love chickens. They're so funny to watch. And some of my other chickens seemed a bit sluggish so I gave them 2 drops of Corid each in their mouth. Accidently a little more than 2 drops with 2 of them but they don't have the full 2 teaspoons in their water yet so a little more won't hurt them. Hope fully by the end of the day or tomorrow they will be back to their normal selves. I am also going to get some wormer today and treat them with that. Hope it all works!

 

[Frizzlett]

I noticed one of my Silkies also has green poo. So now at least 2 of them have whatever this is. One is lethargic the other just a little lethargic. I checked one of the green poos I found and it had pellets in it from the food. So they are eating, I fear just not enough. They are drinking plenty though. I don't have time to force feed them dealing with 31 other chickens. I bought the only wormer I could afford which was Wazine 17 and gave it to the new chickens. This is all 33's 2nd day of Corid. Could we say that this is most likely Coccidiosis? It'd make me feel better knowing what it is. Some of my other chickens are not quite themselves. I'm never buying adult chickens again unless I have somewhere else to put them! (maybe even a mile away) I feel horrible because it's my fault they're sick.

 

[Frizzlett]

Is this Coccidiosis? I'm relieved they don't have symptoms of Marek's but still worried about my girls.

 

[Frizzlett]

Here's some pictures of Dodo and some green poop I found. The poop's not too green but the color's there. There's also a picture of the top of my Silkie girl, Tanner, who is also producing green poop. Tanner's not very lethargic though. Tanner almost died when I got her and now she's sick so I don't want to lose all I worked for. I gave them some grass and Dodo scarfed down a few pieces like she's starving and then she quit. Dodo has lost some weight but not too much so she has to be eating which I'm loving the thought of lol. Last picture is just for fun. My brother's Sebright is working on laying an egg. The second one she'll have given us!
Someone squished it.

 

[Frizzlett]

Any thoughts?