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- Mar 29, 2022
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A new chickenkeeper here..
I have a sick 14 week old cream legbar named Lizzo among my flock of 8 chickens. On Saturday, 6/11 here were the symptoms I noticed:
- pale comb and feet
- lethargic
- feathers looked unkempt
- wobbly on her feet and hunched
- diarhea present in the coop (couldn't determine who it was from, but Lizzo was the only one showing these other symptoms)
- no blood in the diarhea
After posting in another thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/possibly-sick-hen-please-help.1532387/#post-25843946
I began treating her and the rest of the flock for coccidiosis with Corid. 2 tsp of liquid Corid in a gallon of water.
Things did not improve. A couple days ago she would not stand up or come out of the coop. She started getting pecked at a little bit by another bird, so I decided to let her rest peacefully in a tote box in the garage with food and medicated water. I would dip her beak to make sure she was drinking. I thought she would soon pass.
But to my surprise, she has started drinking and eating on her own. She is now able to stand, still hunched, and generally unstable on her feet. But what do I do now? I've lowered the dose of Corid since day 5 of treatment. Do I continue as I'm doing? What should I expect? Anything else I should try?
Side question, if she is able to recover to the point where I can put her back out in the coop, do I need to reintroduce her to the flock in any way? Or should they remember her?
Saturday, 6/18
Sunday night, 6/19
I have a sick 14 week old cream legbar named Lizzo among my flock of 8 chickens. On Saturday, 6/11 here were the symptoms I noticed:
- pale comb and feet
- lethargic
- feathers looked unkempt
- wobbly on her feet and hunched
- diarhea present in the coop (couldn't determine who it was from, but Lizzo was the only one showing these other symptoms)
- no blood in the diarhea
After posting in another thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/possibly-sick-hen-please-help.1532387/#post-25843946
I began treating her and the rest of the flock for coccidiosis with Corid. 2 tsp of liquid Corid in a gallon of water.
Things did not improve. A couple days ago she would not stand up or come out of the coop. She started getting pecked at a little bit by another bird, so I decided to let her rest peacefully in a tote box in the garage with food and medicated water. I would dip her beak to make sure she was drinking. I thought she would soon pass.
But to my surprise, she has started drinking and eating on her own. She is now able to stand, still hunched, and generally unstable on her feet. But what do I do now? I've lowered the dose of Corid since day 5 of treatment. Do I continue as I'm doing? What should I expect? Anything else I should try?
Side question, if she is able to recover to the point where I can put her back out in the coop, do I need to reintroduce her to the flock in any way? Or should they remember her?
Saturday, 6/18
Sunday night, 6/19