Yellow poop. She died two days later

[enola]

I am glad you figured it out!

 

[Michael Apple]

What do I think DE will accomplish? I saw a video on YT where this lady used DE to deworm. I was merely going by that because my knowledge of deworming was zero.

I did some research and found this. DE is a joke, IMO, after reading this

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/05/diatomaceous-earth-de-benefitrisk.html

and a few other links.

I also found on a British poultry site that said Tapeworms are hard to kill and the only thing that can kill them is Praziquantel which can be found Zimecterin Gold. A couple of searches here confirmed how well Zimecterin Gold works so I will try to find some tomorrow at Tractor Supply.

Your conclusion of DE is sensible. I originally had doubts about DE being an effective dewormer years ago. But just out of curiosity, I tried a DE supplement called Wormguard marketed as a preventative dewormer for poultry. Backyard Chickens magazine advertized it by a company called Holistic Horse. I used the product according to the directions for almost 1 year. I eventually found worms were present within that time, and had to use Albendazole.

I would consider this. If a bird already has an inflamed digestive tract, or is dehydrated, DE is not going to do anything but add insult to the condition. Wet, it gets pasty, and a bird with inflamed crop lining is more likely to have a hard time passing contents. It is also easily airborne due to it's very fine particulates, yet people insist powdering their coops and nests with it since they have been told it will control mites and lice. So that means chickens scratching and pecking through litter receive it in their air sacs, a complicated respiratory system bird's have with secondary chambers. Once particles get in this respiratory system, they do not leave. The bird is now more susceptible to respiratory difficulty (symptoms comparable to airsacculitis http://www.poultryindustrycouncil.ca/pdfs/factsheets/fs_136.pdf ) and a weakened immune system due to lack of oxygen over time. DE serves no purpose, and those selling it to the unaware are either ignorant themselves, or just trying to profit off the ignorant.

 

[casportpony]

The praziquantel dose needed to treat tapes is 10mg/kg (4.54mg per pound). Both Zimectrin Gold and Equimax have praziquantel and Ivemectin, so I have calculated the doses needed for both products.

• The amount of Zimetrin Gold (ivermectin 1.55%/praziquantel 7.75%) needed to kill tapes is ~0.06ml per pound. which is 0.3ml for an average sized 5 pound hen.

• The amount of Equimax (ivermectin 1.87% / praziquantel 14.03%) needed to kill tapes is ~0.03ml per pound. which is 0.16ml for an average sized 5 pound hen.

Picture below is plain ivermectin paste, but the amount shown apply to both Zimectrin Gold and Equimax.
Small = 0.1 ml
Medium = 0.25 ml
Large = 0.5 ml
The blob next to the grain of rice is 0.025ml


-Kathy

 

[Sophia Xu]

My little EE (a fav) went limp Saturday. She was dead by Sunday night. I noticed her poop (see picture) was bright yellow. Her vent area would pulsate too. I have no idea what this was. I would like to know to maybe treat it if it hits the rest of my flock. She had been in the compound for over a year so it was a shock. No new additions to the flock or the compound. It had been raining but this was parasitic I think.





I buried her. The first time I have never done that for a chicken. I felt silly for a minute. Oh well.

Don't worry. When I lost my 2 of my chickens, I buried them too. I was sick with grief and still am.

 

[Waffle Wattles]

I've buried six chickens and three chicks. Nothing wrong with that fellow traveler.