Unsecure chicken perches

[eggandsquares]

It was diagnosed by the Vet, She seems fine in herself, her comb is red, she is eating and drinking. The only perceptible difference is that her tail is droopy and her vent is wet and white, she is on antibiotics. I have removed her from the other 3 hens, she's in a catbox, temporarily. I am looking for a diagnosis through the forum and wondered if anyone else's chicken has had similar symptoms.

[Tweety]

Presumably the vet diagnosed some sort of infection if she is on antibiotics? If so, I would complete the course and see how she is then.

If any of my girls have runny poos, I add some Herban to their drinking water and it seems to sort it out pretty quickly. I wouldn't use it at the same time as antibiotics though, and I am not saying that it would deal with an infection.

Hope she gets better soon.

[sandyhas3chucks]

you could always send a sample off for testing if it does not clear up or recur , not forgetting to tell them previous treatments.

Bokashi bran helps as does live plain yoghurt (for some , one of mine it gave the runs) but do not give yog 2hours either side of antibiotic.

I suppose the vet asked if you had wormed her? a common cause of runny tums. you should see improvement by day 3/4 if Anti b is doing the trick (not better necessarily but improvement.)

[eggandsquares]

Thank-you, I ordered some vermx for worming, I shall explore bokashi and herban. Thanks very much

 

sam

[Egluntyne]

I would wait till the antibiotics have done their trick before worming. In fact I'd leave a weeks gap between treatments, to allow her to get over the infection. Flubenvet would be my wormer of choice, The herbal supplements are preventatives rather than cures. Also, your vet might not think that there is any indication for worming at this stage. I'd discuss it with her/him first.

[Plum]

White is probably excess urates. Vet says they have that after infection and it clears up in end.