Thin Chicken Experiment - Pictures

[casportpony]

Day Four



Up again and just got another 1.4ml Safeguard.

-Kathy

 

[katbriar]

I don't think any of my chickens would stand still enough for the scale!

Is it because they've been handled a lot?

 

[casportpony]

I don't think any of my chickens would stand still enough for the scale!

Is it because they've been handled a lot?

She hasn't been handled at all, but she's pretty docile and I don't think she's feeling well.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Day 5
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Here she is with another weight gain, but she's still acting quite sick so I need to think about what to do next.


-Kathy

 

[ten chicks]

Yup,she is sick,you can tell by looking at her eyes,they just have that look.

 

[casportpony]

Yup,she is sick,you can tell by looking at her eyes,they just have that look.

She's showing very little interest in food, is yawning and now has odd little white specs in her throat. I suspect bacteria or yeast, but haven't ever seen them in person. Of course I have many drugs that will treat both, just need to figure out the best choice for her.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Her poop looks 100% normal!

-Kathy

 

[ten chicks]

She's showing very little interest in food, is yawning and now has odd little white specs in her throat. I suspect bacteria or yeast, but haven't ever seen them in person. Of course I have many drugs that will treat both, just need to figure out the best choice for her.

-Kathy

Symptoms of candidiasis are: loss of appetite,lethargy,white spots in mouth,delayed emptying of crop,swollen/mucus in crop. Has she been on any antibiotics as they can also cause yeast infections. In baby birds when hand feeding,we can transfer a yeast infection from our own hands/feed utensils as their immune system is not completely developed,but the same is true for older birds who have a compromised immune system due to some underlying cause.

I know you know all of this. I would start with a fungal infection.

 

[casportpony]

Symptoms of candidiasis are: loss of appetite,lethargy,white spots in mouth,delayed emptying of crop,swollen/mucus in crop. Has she been on any antibiotics as they can also cause yeast infections. In baby birds when hand feeding,we can transfer a yeast infection from our own hands/feed utensils as their immune system is not completely developed,but the same is true for older birds who have a compromised immune system due to some underlying cause.

I know you know all of this. I would start with a fungal infection.

Kind of what I was thinking...

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Here is a picture of a some light yellow spots.



-Kathy