Very sick hen!!! VIDEO too

[Emelyn]

Chickens can act legthargic for lots of things. For example, when they have lots of worms infested in them...
IT will actually kill chickens. I do it twice a year. Its definitely important, as it can cause them to have an infestation...thats when worms show up in their poop, or I have heard another symptom may be poop on eggs...

But I always clean the coop each month, let them free range and give them lots of NOT rotten or moldy leftovers.

 

[cherrynberry]

But I always clean the coop each month, let them free range and give them lots of NOT rotten or moldy leftovers.

I free range as well, and lots of parasites are found in the soil. So when chickens free-range they also do get into contact with soil as well as with eachother. Theres a really large possibility that they will get worms sometime or another...

 

[Emelyn]

I free range as well, and lots of parasites are found in the soil. So when chickens free-range they also do get into contact with soil as well as with eachother. Theres a really large possibility that they will get worms sometime or another...

I'm not that concerned because I have a medicine for chickens that heal both worms and other respiratory illnesses.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you Wyopr Rock! I don’t think I feel anything swollen or abnormal on her abdomen or anywhere else. Crop feels empty to me. She weighs 4.6lbs. I gave her .4 ml of tylan 200 (it’s all I have) orally. I made her some electrolyte water but she’s not interested. Poor thing

So you are going with a dose of 40mg/kg of Tylan200. (Tylan has a dosage range of 10-40mg/kg)
You will want to give the injectable Tylan200 orally 3 times a day for 5 days.

I'm sorry that she's not doing well. Hopefully the antibiotics will help.

 

[edoyle]

Thank you all for your help. I really thought we had turned a corner with her. Her breathing improved greatly but she just never gained her strength back and died yesterday. So far none of the other chickens are sick so hopefully it was nothing contagious

 

[cherrynberry]

Thank you all for your help. I really thought we had turned a corner with her. Her breathing improved greatly but she just never gained her strength back and died yesterday. So far none of the other chickens are sick so hopefully it was nothing contagious

Sorry to hear that!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you all for your help. I really thought we had turned a corner with her. Her breathing improved greatly but she just never gained her strength back and died yesterday. So far none of the other chickens are sick so hopefully it was nothing contagious