need some direction for a sick chicken

[azygous]

Poultry Nutri-drench is a different formulation than regular chicken vitamins. Nutr0drench doesn't need to be metabolized in the liver like the other supplements. It goes directly into the blood stream for max effect.

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What does this hen do when you offer sunflower seeds or other grains? I buy whole grains, buckwheat, oats, couscous, etc, and offer them as treats. These have complex carbs and high protein and satisfy their urge for hunting and pecking. You might find she has more of an interest in whole grains than for regular milled feed, although she still needs commercial feed.

 

[awagnon]

Poultry Nutri-drench is a different formulation than regular chicken vitamins. Nutr0drench doesn't need to be metabolized in the liver like the other supplements. It goes directly into the blood stream for max effect.

Videos are a bit different from posting photos. In order for a video to embed here, you do need to post it to YouTube first. Then copying the URL and pasting that here, when you post, it embeds as a watchable video.

What does this hen do when you offer sunflower seeds or other grains? I buy whole grains, buckwheat, oats, couscous, etc, and offer them as treats. These have complex carbs and high protein and satisfy their urge for hunting and pecking. You might find she has more of an interest in whole grains than for regular milled feed, although she still needs commercial feed.

ok thats good to know. up until she got sick again, she devoured sunflower seeds. doesnt even look at them right now. eating the egg & rice tho & some mash i made her.

 

[awagnon]

Well my girl isn't eating today. I stopped the Corid yesterday to give her vitamins and after a night of LOUD stomach grumblings, I ended up 'force feeding' her a few torpedos of feed, rice and egg this morning because she was not even interested in anything I offered her. She didn't throw it back up, but her neck looks VERY large still this afternoon. The 'bulge' is a lot higher than the level of what I would think her crop is, but she's so skinny, it may just be her shape throwing me off. She had been drinking well until today. I haven't seen her drink at all so I have been syringing the side of her beak and she is taking it in that way. I have gotten some Nutri-Drench down her.

She was back to doing the head and neck gyrations today. Her poops are more solid, but dark black. I have 1 more day of wormer, tomorrow. Have not seen any worms expelled so I don't think she had a heavy load if any at all. She's been on Miconazole as well with that to try to help prevent sour crop. I don't detect any foul smell from her mouth, but want to be safe since her crop does not seem to be emptying this afternoon and was slow to empty since she's been crated.

She has been lying down most of today. Def less energetic than yesterday. She can still get up and stand without any issues, fights me when medicating/feeding her so she still has good energy. No change on her appearance.

I would have hoped she'd be better today since she seem to be improving yesterday so this is very disheartening.

 

[azygous]

The black stools are a sign that worms may be dying in her intestines and she is absorbing (digesting) them, turning the poop black. It's a good sign she's pooping them out and they aren't forming a blockage.

Try not to be discouraged. Unless she has a chronic underlying issue, worming should improve her digestion and overall health.Try to resist the urge to force feed longer than just one day, though. She can get dependent and lose her natural appetite, which should improve after the worms have cleared out of her system.

 

[awagnon]

The black stools are a sign that worms may be dying in her intestines and she is absorbing (digesting) them, turning the poop black. It's a good sign she's pooping them out and they aren't forming a blockage.

Try not to be discouraged. Unless she has a chronic underlying issue, worming should improve her digestion and overall health.Try to resist the urge to force feed longer than just one day, though. She can get dependent and lose her natural appetite, which should improve after the worms have cleared out of her system.

Oh wow, I did not know that! Well that's encouraging. Maybe her off day today was from the toxins from dying worms. I will stop the force feeding now that I can get some Nutri-Drench in her. I was just so worried she would get even skinnier than she is now if she didn't eat something. I will try to coax her to eat some rice and soft boiled egg yolk in the morning. Hopefully she'll feel better. Her crop area felt like a water balloon most of the day. No idea why, because she wasn't drinking very much. I only fed her maybe 2 tablespoons of food because I didn't want to stress her out too much. It was the size of a lemon this evening. I am going to check her first thing and hope it has gone down.