Petrichora
Hatching
- Sep 12, 2023
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Hello Everyone! Firstly I want to say thank you to BYC for being a resource and community. I'm so glad to have found a place like this for a beginner for someone in a unique opportunity like mine!
I work at a historical farmhouse in NYC, and we have 3 hens and an acreage with some plant beds in them. I work full time with weekends off so I'm not able to watch the hens round the clock per se, but there is a groundkeeper who keeps and eye when I cant.
That being said, lets get into it (I'm very much a beginner who inherited these birdsd so apologies if I dont have all the right info, but I'll try my best! )
Honeybun is maybe a Brown Leghorn (except she lays brown eggs, i'm not familiar with the varieties of breeds) this past Saturday (9/9) my Garden Apprentice noticed that Honeybun was sneezing in the morning, I didn't notice any snot/drool around the beak so I kept an eye to see if their was any other signs of a respiratory issue. By the afternoon an apprentice reported that Honeybun was vomiting! At first we thought that this was just sour crop, I figured that the sour crop was a symptom to something bigger and thats when i inspected what she "threw up" and saw these red, almost earthworm like worms all throughout!
We identified the worms as gape worms, if that's what it is, i have ordered a dewormer that I intend to use for all 3 of my hens but what should I do in the meantime? Honey bun has been quarantined, hasn't been fed anything except water with garlic cloves in it. I know I'm still operating as if Honeybun JUST has sour crop, but what could i do to handle these worms? I've ordered this dewormer Safe-guard (Fenbendazole) Dewormer Liquid 125ml that's arriving later tonight, but is it okay to give Honeybun food? What type of food? do I need to change her diet??
I work at a historical farmhouse in NYC, and we have 3 hens and an acreage with some plant beds in them. I work full time with weekends off so I'm not able to watch the hens round the clock per se, but there is a groundkeeper who keeps and eye when I cant.
That being said, lets get into it (I'm very much a beginner who inherited these birdsd so apologies if I dont have all the right info, but I'll try my best! )
Honeybun is maybe a Brown Leghorn (except she lays brown eggs, i'm not familiar with the varieties of breeds) this past Saturday (9/9) my Garden Apprentice noticed that Honeybun was sneezing in the morning, I didn't notice any snot/drool around the beak so I kept an eye to see if their was any other signs of a respiratory issue. By the afternoon an apprentice reported that Honeybun was vomiting! At first we thought that this was just sour crop, I figured that the sour crop was a symptom to something bigger and thats when i inspected what she "threw up" and saw these red, almost earthworm like worms all throughout!
We identified the worms as gape worms, if that's what it is, i have ordered a dewormer that I intend to use for all 3 of my hens but what should I do in the meantime? Honey bun has been quarantined, hasn't been fed anything except water with garlic cloves in it. I know I'm still operating as if Honeybun JUST has sour crop, but what could i do to handle these worms? I've ordered this dewormer Safe-guard (Fenbendazole) Dewormer Liquid 125ml that's arriving later tonight, but is it okay to give Honeybun food? What type of food? do I need to change her diet??
