Sick hen acting confused and not eating at all PLEASE HELP!

[Bridge89]

Hello everyone. My chicken Emmy is about 1.5 years old, she lives in an enclosed run with 12 of her sisters. Shes always been spunky and quite the leader considering her small stature (bantam barnevelder)
About a week and a half ago we noticed she was not eating or being herself. We immediately brought her inside and started monitoring her and noticed right away that she had worms in her stool. This was last Wednesday. Come Thursday we started hand feeding wet crumble and egg and started giving her ACV and garlic to maybe try to help her the natural way. By saturday she was still not eating or drinking on her own so i went to TS and got Panacur. I gave her Panacur when i got back home. A pea size amount. Fast forward to today she is still not being herself or eating on her own. She just seems "drunk" and confused. She will sit up and close her eyes and just rock a litttle to the sides until she loses her balance and regains it quickly and starts doing it again or shell just lay down with her head forward. She's lost a couple off feathers also, maybe about 6 to 8 since last Wednesday. She is not dehydrated. I have given her nutridrench and rooster booster vitamins and electrolytes mixed in with her crumble and water. I dont know what to do to help her anymore. Her poop is green now but I'm thinking maybe it's the nutridrench since it's a very dark color before ingestion...idk!!

Should i repeat panacur? If so when? And how much?
Aside from trying to recover from worms what else can this be?
If it is her trying to rid herself from the worms, how long can I expect this to last?
What else can I do to make sure she doesn't die?
Whatever information helps! Please someone help me! I don't want to lose my favorite girl!

 

[Tookie]

@azygous @Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive

 

[Tookie]

Also welcome to BYC! Hope your hen gets better!

 

[Bridge89]

Also welcome to BYC! Hope your hen gets better!

Thank you I hope so too!

 

[Bridge89]

Someone help me get traction on some info please!

 

[Banana01]

I dont know about your dosing instructions for Panacur aka fenbendazole, but the fenbendazole i use is directed to be given one time. Some of the panacur concentrations may be designed for a dilute over 3 or 5 days.

The one I have is a single dosage medicine, and is instructed to be given on an empty crop, followed immediately with 10mL of water and mixed around in the crop so you can be sure they are getting a concentrated solution through their system.

Then it should clear up the problem in a couple days after giving a dose. Complications are so rare, I think i have given fenvendazole to 25 hens and never had a complication. I usually give it the maximum dose regardless of size of the chicken.

Can you be more specific how many days have passed since the dose? It may take her a couple days after passing the worms to regain her normal demeaner.

 

[Bridge89]

I dont know about your dosing instructions for Panacur aka fenbendazole, but the fenbendazole i use is directed to be given one time. Some of the panacur concentrations may be designed for a dilute over 3 or 5 days.

The one I have is a single dosage medicine, and is instructed to be given on an empty crop, followed immediately with 10mL of water and mixed around in the crop so you can be sure they are getting a concentrated solution through their system.

Then it should clear up the problem in a couple days after giving a dose. Complications are so rare, I think i have given fenvendazole to 25 hens and never had a complication. I usually give it the maximum dose regardless of size of the chicken.

Can you be more specific how many days have passed since the dose? It may take her a couple days after passing the worms to regain her normal demeaner.

Thank you so much for replying! I gave it to her on Saturday. Tmrw will be day 6 since I have it to her. I have not given fenbendazole but will do so. Is it safe to start tmrw?

 

[Banana01]

Thank you so much for replying! I gave it to her on Saturday. Tmrw will be day 6 since I have it to her. I have not given fenbendazole but will do so. Is it safe to start tmrw?

Im sorry for the confusion, i believe Panacur is the brand name for fenbendazole.

It would be okay to give the drug again. And after two more days after the second dose, check to see that she is eating normally by feeling the crop at night. It should be full. She should regain her full appetite after a few days.

If not, maybe consider isolating her with her own food and water to see if she eats.

 

[micstrachan]

I am not the best on treating worms, but the green poop may mean she is starving. Is it little bits of bright green? Can you post a photo? Is her keel bone pronounced?

Are you absolutely sure she is drinking plenty of fluid? If you are certain she is hydrated, you need to get her eating. Sometimes sick chickens will find egg irresistible when they will eat nothing else. Can you offer her scrambled egg? I’ve given it raw, too, and they love it. Once she has a little appetite, you might try making a mash of her pelleted or crumbled feed mixed with warm water until it’s oatmeal consistency and see if she’ll eat that.

 

[Bridge89]

Im sorry for the confusion, i believe Panacur is the brand name for fenbendazole.

It would be okay to give the drug again. And after two more days after the second dose, check to see that she is eating normally by feeling the crop at night. It should be full. She should regain her full appetite after a few days.

If not, maybe consider isolating her with her own food and water to see if she eats.

Thank you for the reply. I will administr again tmrw and keep track off her progress. She has been isolated and has been given her own food since we first noticed noticed she wasn't herself.