So skinny!

[caralouise1974]

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Hmm, so do you think my fussy BO may have been suffering from cocci for all this time (we haven't brought any new birds in since we got her at 20 weeks old, although the fertile eggs we gave her to sit on last month did come from another farm). She has always, now you mention it, been a hen who roosts very early indeed - sometimes while it is still light. We always just thought that was because she was a lazy BO, rather than a sign she might be ill. Would cocci not have killed her by now - we've had her for five months?

Would it be worth giving all three of them (the poorly hen, the well hen and the chick) some Corid just to be on the safe side, or would it be harmful if it turned out they didn't have cocci?

 

[chickenzoo]

Corid if fairly safe to use. At least you could rule it out............

 

[Judy]

I agree, Corid will do no harm, all it does is inhibit thiamine uptake for the cocci. But I would also worm them. Use piperazine first, then a broad spectrum wormer a week or two later.

 

[caralouise1974]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I will get hold of the cocci meds tomorrow and start the treatment. It can only be a good thing, right?

ddawn - I only ivermectin-ed both the adult hens three weeks ago - should I really be worming them again so soon? And should I be worming a four week old chick?

 

[caralouise1974]

Update: I used the amprolium for a week, but with no success. Eventually I had to admit defeat and take her to the vet. She's on Tylan 50 for a possible recurrence of her mycoplasma from five months ago, and some heavy duty supplements to give her a boost. In fact she seems to be a little better today.

I was also thinking, could it simply be that she's still thin from her mite attack because she's looking after a chick and not feeding herself as much as she should? When will she stop mothering the chick? It is six weeks old now and I was expecting her to have backed off it a little by now.