What is THIS!?!

[Bigfishbobby]

2 year old silkie hen started having some balance issues. Brought her inside, been giving eggs and Corid for a few days now. Not much better but this was in the cage with her. It is about the size of a fingernail. I hope this is the start of curing her…

 

[Bigfishbobby]

@Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock

 

[Eggcessive]

I wish I could tell you what that is, but it looks like pink mucoid poop or lining. In addition to the Corid, I would get some SafeGuard liquid goat wormer or the equine paste and give her 1/4 tsp orally every day for 5 days. Or you could use Valbazen or albendazole 1/4 ml orally once and again in 10 days.

 

[Bigfishbobby]

Thanks. I bought some aqua sol liquid and we started her on it tonight. She has had the Corid for about 5 days already so we are going to swap to the wormer now and hope. We are just going to worm the whole flock in case.

 

[Eggcessive]

Be aware that aquasol only treats roundworms, not capillary, gapeworms, or tapeworms. The others I recommended will treat all except tapeworms. Aquasol is a weaker version of Safeguard meant for treatment in the water and has no egg withdrawal time. Dosage can be complicated, at least for me. Let us know how she gets along.

 

[Bigfishbobby]

I’m not real sure what else to really do. She just started sitting around and acting off balance. She is still eating her scrambled egg like crazy and seems alert and talkative. She is just off balance.

 

[Eggcessive]

Is she eating and drinking some? I would use some probiotics and vitamins now that she is off the Corid.

 

[Bigfishbobby]

Yes. She loves the cooked eggs, now we are concerned she is spoiled off regular food. Any recs on how to give the probiotics without tainting the wormer in the water?

 

[nuthatched]

Yes. She lives the cooked eggs, now we are concerned she is spoiled off regular food. Any recs on how to give the probiotics without tainting the wormer in the water?

Put it in the water, it won't cause issues.

 

[Bigfishbobby]

UPDATE: After a 5 day course of Corid and the first few days of Aqua Sol (today is the last day of treating the whole flock with that), and a about a dozen scrambled eggs our silkie is back with the flock and as mouthy as ever. Thanks for all the help. We don’t see enough happy endings in this section of the forum so I wanted to be sure to come back and post.