Sick Dominique Hen

[Cowpoke]

Thank Both of You!

I will do. And I need to feed more.

 

[Cowpoke]

It was a rodeo, but I caught and administered Valbazen to the other 6 hens and 1 Rooster; today. I figured If one had worms, they might all have them. Anything else that I should do with the ground where they are pooping or the coop?

Any suggestions will be Appreciated!

 

[mg15]

go to https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/761090/worms-in-chickens post number 10.

I looked around and found this link. He is very good.
You are doing an excellent rehabbing for your Dominique.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

It was a rodeo, but I caught and administered Valbazen to the other 6 hens and 1 Rooster; today. I figured If one had worms, they might all have them. Anything else that I should do with the ground where they are pooping or the coop?

Any suggestions will be Appreciated!

Get some garden or barn lime (the non-caustic kind.) Thoroughly spade or rake their run and then treat it with the lime.

 

[Cowpoke]

Thank You! Mg15 and The Yakima Kid, for your suggestions!

I will treat the soil, but it seems like maybe some sort of spray, also before liming should be applied...if Dawg or somebody else wants to jump in; I will appreciate it.

Best Regards!

 

[mg15]

If she needs tube feeding here is the link. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/722041/how-to-t-feed-a-sick-chicken-and-give-subcutaneous-fluid

 

[Cowpoke]

Thank You mg15, but I have been tube feeding her for about 5-days. Now I'm tube feeding twice a day. And thanks to another concerned poster's advice, a piece of the clear tygon tubing used with fish aquarium; has been working just fine for tube feeding.

The hen is perkier today, eating a some laying pellets and I'm not positive, but I think she may have even drank a little water. I started weighing her daily, she gained 1-ounce the first day.

I'm a little concerned about the Valbazen that I gave her, when I gave it to her, we were holding her over a large garbage can and I could have swore that after I had administered it to her and she was trying to drink it down, I saw something drop into the garbage can. So I'm not totally convinced I gave her enough, because at her size, the dose was only .3 cc, to start with. And I've only seen about 5-6 worms in her poo. A long 10-day wait to give her the second dose!

 

[3chickchicks]

Thank You mg15, but I have been tube feeding her for about 5-days. Now I'm tube feeding twice a day. And thanks to another concerned poster's advice, a piece of the clear tygon tubing used with fish aquarium; has been working just fine for tube feeding.

The hen is perkier today, eating a some laying pellets and I'm not positive, but I think she may have even drank a little water. I started weighing her daily, she gained 1-ounce the first day.

I'm a little concerned about the Valbazen that I gave her, when I gave it to her, we were holding her over a large garbage can and I could have swore that after I had administered it to her and she was trying to drink it down, I saw something drop into the garbage can. So I'm not totally convinced I gave her enough, because at her size, the dose was only .3 cc, to start with. And I've only seen about 5-6 worms in her poo. A long 10-day wait to give her the second dose!

You can give her Zimecterin

Gold. Make sure it's the Gold. Should be at any feed store. The dose for chickens is a blob the size of a pea. It will also work on worms and I've given it with Valbazen without problems. I was able to put it on a piece of bread and got them to eat it that way. Give it to her over a towel or something so you can tell if it goes in because you don't want to overload her system with a bunch of meds thrown at her if you can help it.

 

[Cowpoke]

Thank You 3chickchicks! I will see if they have it.

 

[Cowpoke]

Hi All,

I want to Thank ALL for their help in providing useful information on saving this chicken!

To let you all know, My Dominique Hen is showing improvement. I'm still tube feeding twice a day (I tube feed her Kaytee Exact Hand Feeding Formula for baby birds and macaws (from Petsmart), mixed in some Duramycin 10 and some Poultry Nutri-Drench. Then forced some electrolyte and probiotic/water mixture down her (Save-a-Chick, from TSC).

But I'm about ready to wean her off of the tube feeding. She is eating bread and some laying pellets and drinks a little water. I think with the water, antibiotics, electrolyte/probiotic and Nutri-Drench; all are liquids, and the little bit of water that she is drinking; she is getting enough daily water. Her poop is looking pretty normal puffy with some green in it. I have been weighing her daily and she is ever so slightly increasing. But she is still way under weight (she weighs 1670 grams=3lbs 10.9oz) therefore I plan on keeping her confined in a cage in the garage and start feeding her a mixture of laying pellets, hen scratch and crushed oyster shell; to see if I can put some weight back on her.

Does anybody have any other suggestions for putting weight back on this chicken???

THANK YOU ALL, AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!