Buff Brahma
He was approx 12 weeks old at time of death.
Housed outside in coop with 8 other chickens his age from same hatchery.
He was fed Natures grown organic non-medicated feed.
There have been 3 deaths, all very similar symptoms, and one bird is exhibiting symptoms currently.
So this guy stopped growing about 3 weeks before he passed. He showed no signs at first. Then he started ruffling his feathers and sleeping a lot . He ate like crazy until the end. He did have bright green bile poops the last week. I tried to worm him with a general wormer ( rooster booster general wormer) and it had no effects. I fed keifer and egg yolk as well as electrolytes along with the feed. I got the chicken health handbook written by Gail Damerow and followed her instruction on performing the post exam. Here are the photos I took. I believe it's tape worms possibly, explaining the lack of effect the general wormer had. There was also water all around the heart. Any one have any ideas?
He was approx 12 weeks old at time of death.
Housed outside in coop with 8 other chickens his age from same hatchery.
He was fed Natures grown organic non-medicated feed.
There have been 3 deaths, all very similar symptoms, and one bird is exhibiting symptoms currently.
So this guy stopped growing about 3 weeks before he passed. He showed no signs at first. Then he started ruffling his feathers and sleeping a lot . He ate like crazy until the end. He did have bright green bile poops the last week. I tried to worm him with a general wormer ( rooster booster general wormer) and it had no effects. I fed keifer and egg yolk as well as electrolytes along with the feed. I got the chicken health handbook written by Gail Damerow and followed her instruction on performing the post exam. Here are the photos I took. I believe it's tape worms possibly, explaining the lack of effect the general wormer had. There was also water all around the heart. Any one have any ideas?