tail down, lethargic , drinking.

[Crazychocolatedog]

@casportpony might know......I thought it just looked like strings of mucus/urates.
Were they moving?
Did you pick at them at all to see consistency(solid or more liquid)?

I should have looked but I didn’t think of it till I zoomed in on the photo afterwards.
I have company coming for Christmas Eve and day, and I was rushing around ~ getting depressed and frustrated that it’s dark now and I’ll have to look in the morning.
ugh.

 

[aart]

I should have looked but I didn’t think of it till I zoomed in on the photo afterwards.
I have company coming for Christmas Eve and day, and I was rushing around ~ getting depressed and frustrated that it’s dark now and I’ll have to look in the morning.
ugh.

Enjoy your holiday company.......should be fine for a couple days.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

@casportpony might know......I thought it just looked like strings of mucus/urates.
Were they moving?
Did you pick at them at all to see consistency(solid or more liquid)?


She would also probably be able to tell you if this is appropriate and how to calculate a dosage.

Yes, I was going to ask Kathy about the powdered Fenbendazole - I likely have the dosing in my notes somewhere, but she usually knows right off hand

I too thought those looked like mucous strings in the poop, but it doesn't hurt to get more eyes looking at the photos!

 

[Crazychocolatedog]

Enjoy your holiday company.......should be fine for a couple days.

 

[Crazychocolatedog]

Thank you. Merry Christmas

 

[casportpony]

Here is a photo of the canine wormer I have on hand

I think that product has three packs that each contain 222 mg. The amount I use to treat all worms is 22.7 mg per pound of body weight for five consecutive days, so the amount I would give a five pound chicken would be 1/2 a pack for five days.

Does that help?

 

[Crazychocolatedog]

Thank you. That’s good information to keep on hand. This forum is great.
My chicken is still wobbly and waddling, squatting/resting a lot, but her poo is a little better. ..thicker, and more the color of spinach and white stuff. ..?
She is eating and drinking,...but the wobbly walk and squatting/resting has me very concerned. I’ve been keeping her in the kennel in the morning, when she seems so weak.....carrying her from the coop to the kennel. By 2 PM....she seems to walk better. So In afternoon, I let her into the pen to stretch her legs ...and she goes right to the water. (Water and food is always available in the kennel).
At 4, she and the other girls go to the coop for the night and she is able to jump onto the roost ..about 1 foot off the floor. ...I try to get out there to carry her to the perch, but sometimes she beats me.
ugh.

 

[azygous]

Are you continuing with the vitamins and the special protein feeding?

 

[Crazychocolatedog]

Are you continuing with the vitamins and the special protein feeding?

Than you.
Yes, but I cut the B complex to every other day. She doesn’t like her food when I add it. I also added about 1/8 tsp of honey to her food.and I sprinkle about 1/16 tsp of rooster booster on her scrambled eggs. ( maybe she is playing me!!!).
I heard whiny good for them when they are ill.... ( this “ problem “ is so odd. )
morning weakness and lethargic. mid day ~ walking to her food and water, wing flapping and stretching, pecking around for goodies,...then resting/squat pose, again in a corner.
I put her in the coop Tonite at 4, and when I walked away she was flapping her wings wildly to jump off the perch and go back to the other girls in the pen.
But - over all.... she is a teeny weeny bit better.
Maybe she hurt her back ??? .... I think kenneling her all morning is letting her recuperate . .

 

[azygous]

Do you think you can get the B-tab directly into her beak? That, more than anything, is going to strengthen her legs. There is no danger in giving her a whole tablet every day. B vitamins do not accumulate in the body. For this reason, they need to be given every day to be effective.

Are you continuing with the high protein extra feedings? Egg, tofu, cottage cheese, etc. Since she did improve with this nutritional program, there's every reason to believe it should work if you ramp it up again.

The lameness and weakness could be from an injury, exposure to a toxin, or a vitamin deficiency. Vitamin E and B-complex can help in each of these cases. I hope you're game to keep trying. The vitamin E can also be a miracle agent in some cases of neurological injury or a sudden vitamin deficiency. Just a few days ago on Christmas, my eleven and a half year old hen Lady Di suddenly was stricken with wry neck. She was so contorted, I thought she had broken her neck, couldn't stand or even hold her neck up.

I treated her immediately with E and selenium, and held her while gently straightening her head and neck and body. It absolutely blew me away when she returned to normal in just fifteen minutes. She will be getting the E for a few more days to be sure she's not going to relapse.