One of my Red Sex link hens has suddenly begun acting off. She was off to herself just standing around, tail down and slightly puffed up. She is 2 years old. Comb color normal, poo is pretty watery though. She did eat her normal amount today, as her crop is full this evening. She was running with the flock scratching and grazing on grass in their playpen earlier today also.
She has been acting like she's going to start laying again today, in and out of the nesting box, etc, but no egg. She molted lightly right before it got really cold and stopped laying during the winter. She laid a very small, but complete egg about a late Feb, then a large thin shelled egg a couple weeks after that. I gave her calcium for 3 days at that time and she laid a normal egg the third day of that but no more since then.
I see her eat the oyster shell I leave out. She's on 18% layer feed. Grit is readily available. She was acting fine about 3 hours ago when I wormed them with Fenbenazole (safeguard). I used the dosage of 1ml as she weighs 2kg. She had no symptoms of worms, but some of her other flock mates had them so I just wormed the whole flock at once. She did drink on her own right before going to roost. She's not up on the roost as usual, but lower on the edge of the poop board underneath it. Her eyes are open and clear and she's alert.
My question is, could Fenbendazole cause a slight upset right after giving it to them?? The other girls are their active, curious selves.
She has been acting like she's going to start laying again today, in and out of the nesting box, etc, but no egg. She molted lightly right before it got really cold and stopped laying during the winter. She laid a very small, but complete egg about a late Feb, then a large thin shelled egg a couple weeks after that. I gave her calcium for 3 days at that time and she laid a normal egg the third day of that but no more since then.
I see her eat the oyster shell I leave out. She's on 18% layer feed. Grit is readily available. She was acting fine about 3 hours ago when I wormed them with Fenbenazole (safeguard). I used the dosage of 1ml as she weighs 2kg. She had no symptoms of worms, but some of her other flock mates had them so I just wormed the whole flock at once. She did drink on her own right before going to roost. She's not up on the roost as usual, but lower on the edge of the poop board underneath it. Her eyes are open and clear and she's alert.
My question is, could Fenbendazole cause a slight upset right after giving it to them?? The other girls are their active, curious selves.
