Worms and Sudden Illness??

[Kittymomma]

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Ugh, Murphy's Law at it's best! I hope you're feeling better soon. Don't feel bad about needing to take care of yourself too. You can only do what you can and I think you've been doing a great job taking care of her and trying to figure out what her problem is. She's warm, dry, and has food and water available so the rest is pretty much up to her.

to you and I'm thinking of you and hoping you both feel better soon.

 

[KCNC06]

She has food and water near her, but I don't think she's touched it. I can't get her to drink from the dropper at all anymore. She turns her head away from me and then she'll turn the rest of her body away. Won't even open her eyes.

 

[Kittymomma]

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Gosh, that doesn't sound very good. I really can't think of anything else to do for her either.

I guess it's wait and see now...

 

[KCNC06]

Yeah, when I tried feeling around on her again yesterday, tried massaging her crop in case she had something stuck and that's what was causing the problem, she really is just all bones and feathers. I just went out to visit the other girls and caught 5 of them and gave them a quick little feel, and it made me realize just how scrawny she is. I really don't understand how Hawkface is managing to stay alive right now. She hasn't eaten anything other than a couple teaspoons of egg yoke mixed with water a few days ago. My husband seems to still be hoping that she'll come around.

 

[Kittymomma]

It would be great if she did.

 

[rancher hicks]

Isn't there a less "toxic" way to deal w/ worms in chickens? And how would they get them? I'm only asking because I want to "prevent" this from happening. Are worms common. I do recall that Back yard Poulty had an herbal remedy of garlic, carrots and pumpkin. Has anyone tried this method?

As for broodies they may not eat only once a day and then not much. I have one who from the size of her poo isn't eating everyday. I have her by herself and I dont' see a lot of poops in her pen even though she has food and water. I've had other go broody and they just sit there as if in a trance. I've got two brooding at this time. They get off but when I move them to a place by themselves I rarely see them off the nest. They obviously get off to eat but it may not be for long. I have to move them cuz if I don't others get in the box and lay another egg.

 

[debtrag]

I just experienced the same situation with my prettiest hen. Don't know why, probably never will. Only lost 1 rooster, who flew over the fence into one of our dogs mouths out of my 25 chicks that I bought last Feb. Dad (80+ who raised chickens his entire childhood) says that some are just not physically correct when they are born and they die. Guess I'll go with that. I did everything that I could and nothing helped. It is never easy when they are special to you. Deb
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[KCNC06]

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The chicken doctor told me pretty much the same thing your dad told you. She said that sometimes they get tumors and stuff, just like people do. Nothing you could have done to prevent it and nothing you did to cause it, it just happens sometimes. I just hate that whatever it was took this long to show up. I mean, why'd she have to lay a few pretty eggs for us before she got sick from whatever was going on? I guess maybe producing a few eggs could have triggered something or just been too much for her body to handle. Like I said, she was extremely thin under all those fluffy feathers. It's pretty obvious that she hasn't been getting enough nutrients for a long time even though she was eating fine. She died overnight.

 

[Kittymomma]

Sorry you lost her. She was lucky to have someone so caring to make her last days comfortable.

 

[KCNC06]

I'm not sure how comfortable her last days were, but at least she was warm. We had a little funeral for her this morning in the new chicken cemetery out front.