Weak molting hen New symptom *pics added*

[Noobchick]

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Lmao. I think a lot of us are on here. (I know I am!) So you're in good company, no worries!

 

[flowerchild59]

Ivermectin does little for roundworms.
I would get some valbazen and give each of your birds 1/2cc. Repeat it in two weeks.
After the first dose of valbazen get some antibiotics, it is a guess on what will work, but if her stool is bad smelling, it is a bacterial infection from the parasite load she is carrying.
i would give her neomycin or sulmet per package directions. I used the neomycin for 7 days, the sulmet, you could use per the cocci dosing on the package.
Start it immediately if you can. Then treat with probitics after the antibiotics in the form of daily yogurt or buttermilk or you can purchase items on line. I like to treat with vitamins also to boost their systems.
Here is a link to my saga:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/se...hickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=590857&p=3

 

[86121]

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I have the Valbazen, but should I give it to her now since I just did the Ivermecton a few days ago?

 

[flowerchild59]

I would say go ahead and do it as the ivermectin probably didn't do much for the bird anyway. I wormed my birds pretty aggessively. I figured they were headed toward deaths door one way or another.
Maybe Dawg will chime in with his advice.

 

[86121]

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Alright, ill search threw the threads and see if I can find anything in the mean while.

 

[chkn]

I think you should do what FlowerChild recommended. I know your hen could have the stinky diarrhea from a mass die off but Valbazen would be pretty benign at this point since the results occur over several days. Do the antibiotics next like she says. Then use a dropper with some lightly flavored (gatorade is good) water and get her drinking lots of liquids.

 

[86121]

What kind of antibiotics???

 

[Noobchick]

I disagree with the recommendation to worm. If you've already wormed them, it's doubtful that her poops were caused caused by worms. I'm not sure why people immediately assume worms are to blame for any change in poops.

As I said before, if you feel she hasn't been eating regularly and not as much, the poops are caused by extra bile being produced by the liver and passed in the poop.

Has she been eating more? And if so, how are her poops looking now?

Edited to add: my birds poop was tested three times by three different vets. They NEVER had any kind of parasites. No worms. No cocci. I had them do every kind of parasite test they have. Nothing. Worming them is hard on their systems. You just did a round of worming meds. It's my personal opinion that it's best to try less invasive options first before trying harsher fixes. Please just try to get her eating first and see if the smell clears up too. It may be a bacterial infection as was suggested by a poster (and as my girls had) but it may not. Who knows: maybe bile just smells awful??

 

[86121]

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Ok, well, she has been eating her scrambled eggs, but thats it, and its a pathetic kinda grab for it when she does.
He latest poop was more solid, a tad stinky, but nothing near as rancid as the last one.
Also, how should I get her used to the cold when its time to put her back outside?

 

[Ksane]

I disagree with Noobchick and think you should go ahead and deworm with Valbazen. Ivermec does NOT take care of the many different kinds of worms (Valbazen or Safeguard do). So if Ivermec or Wazine is what you used-then your chickens were not "properly" wormed and Noobchick is wrong in saying they don't have worms. (Sorry, Noobchick)
It's very possible that she was doing ok with the worm load until her body was stressed by molting. Molting is a lot of work and it's one of the times when disease normally in the background can take hold and make a bird sick. I'd de-worm with Valbazen. Before nightfall actually.