Sick hen, head tucked to body and not eating

[rafjr64]

Thank you for your input. She doesn't seem to like the nutri drench, she gets to coughing and flapping about if I put it full strength in her mouth (a little at a time of course). I just gave her some Hygromycin B pellets with dinner tonight to kill other worms Wazine won't. I'll have to go tomorrow in search for something to treat coccidiosis. She is still quite weak. I really hope she pulls through this. All the other girls are fine.

If she's coughing and flapping when you place liquid into her mouth it's because you are getting it in her wind pipe/ You need to go up high and an inch or two into her mouth...a little bit at a time. Don't dispense full syringe in at once.

 

[Valefigs]

I would probably get some Corid powder or liquid, and treat her for possible coccidiosis since she looks weak and puffed up. Recheck her crop at intervals, especially in early morning since it looks a bit full in her pictures, but when they stand hunched, it might just look that way. Crop impaction or sour crop, or even a gizzard blockage can make them weak and unable to eat. So many problems can affect chickens, so I hope you can help her. Check inside her vent an inch or so to check for a stuck egg. Try adding a lot of water to a small bowl of chicken feed, a tsp of plain yogurt, and a little raw or cooked egg together to tempt her to eat. Continue the NutriDrench at 3 ml per day.

Can I give a chicken Corid treatment as a prevention in case she has it without the medication hurting her if she turns out not to have corid?