What's going on...?! *UPDATE 3/30*

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DominaPullorum

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Feb 3, 2009
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UPDATE:
Okay guys, here's an update.
I wormed them last week with the ivermectin, and they're 100% better. Sephy was moping around with a pale comb- now he's crowing and has bright red wattles and comb again! I also cleaned their pens and put down some dE. Thank you so much everyone for your help!! I love y'all, seriously!

Hello everyone.
So anyway, i'm having a bit of a problem with my flock. A few members have lost consderable amounts of weight, are walking around slowly with droopy wings and fluffed up head feathers, not making any noises, and their combs are quite pale. I lost of of my Gypsies this morning. What is going on?? I can't bear to loose any more. Especially not my Phoenix roos
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I've already checked their throat. No sign of canker, and no discharge, anywhere.

1) Breed, etc: Phoenix( one deceased), Frizzle (deceased), and Gypsy (deceased), 1-2 years in age
2) Actions: Slow. Lethargic.
3) Maybe 2 weeks?
4) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.- Nope.
5) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.- Nadda.
6) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.- Water and normal 16% lay crumbles.
7) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.- Normal
8) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?- Nothing yet
9 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?- Treat myself.
10) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
11) Describe the housing/bedding in use- 12 X 8 walk-in coops.

They don't have worms. I just wormed them when I brought them home from the fair. I also dust them regularly.
 
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Copy and paste the questions from the above link onto your post and try to answer as many of the questions as you can. The more info. you give us, the more likely we are to be able to help you.

With the little bit of info. that you gave my first thought is some type of parasite. Check them over really good for lice/mites and either bring a fecal sample into the vet to have a fecal float done or just worm them since they sound pretty run down. I like the fecal floats myself because I hate tossing the eggs out after worming them and not knowing if it was needed.
 
It could still be worms. Worms can get resistent to common wormers so I'd suggest you try a different wormer like Ivermectin if you used Wazine before. If you feel you can take the time it would be a really good idea to have a fecal float done first so you know for sure whether or not it's worms. Another possibility is bad feed. There are posts on here from time to time where people have found moldy/buggy feed in bags that they just bought so it's a good idea to double check that too.
 
Ugh! So sorry. It's .5cc of the pour on Ivermectin placed on the back of the neck--lift/push the feathers out of the way before applying. You can use the injectable and paste (horse wormer) versions too, but I'm not sure of the dosage, though I'm sure they could be found somewhere on here.
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Ivermectin does not get all the worms, but it would be a good place to start. If a heavy worm load is expected you want to start with safeguard or ivermectin then try albazon. Go to first state vet supply and order albazon, he has the dosages and it works quite well.

Good luck, I hope your birds get better.
 

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