Chicken bald back

[igobarefoot]

I'm worried about our Vera, who is normally such a dynamo of a chicken, always on the go and into everything. She stopped laying a few days ago and I keep finding her standing still, all hunched up. She'll then perk up and be OK again for a while.

 

Her tummy is fine - not swollen and she's not waddling like a duck, her comb is red and she's eating, drinking, talking, and pooing is all normal. She just keeps standing hunched up looking really miserable.

 

Hilda is also out of sorts. She had a heavy moult in the Autumn and is now losing feathers again. Is this normal? I've checked her for everything and there's no outward appearance of anything else going on.

 

I did worm them all last week after losing little Olive to gapeworm. Could I have overdosed them with Flubenvet by accident?

 

I feel like such a chicken hypochondriac a the moment, I'm super sensitive to any little thing, always get like this when I've lost one of my girls But I'm sure something is not quite right with the two of them

[Grandmashazzie]

Oh dear,so sorry to hear this after you losing Olive.No advise other than when that happened with mine it was a bad sign.Where they all treated for gape worm ? I suppose if one had it they all could catch it?

[miller30]

Hi Do they have any bubbling of the eyes,rattling,coughing,sneezing runny nose if you have wormed them I doubt very much they would have gape worm too how old are they ? leanne

[igobarefoot]

They're both 2 years old with no cold like symptoms at all. We only treated Olive with Panacur for the gapeworm, but I have just dosed them all with flubenvet just to be on the safe side.

 

I took Hilda to the vet last week but he said she seemed fine. I think I will end up taking Vera this week as well as something clearly isn't right with the hunched appearance.

 

Both still eating and drinking and talking but we all know how that can turn on a sixpence

 

Oh the worry!!

[Dolly]

Sorry to hear about your troubles, they can be a worry at times and I know how you feel! Perhaps there's a soft egg on the way which can make them look and feel poorly, but if its been a few days now it might be worth getting professional advice.

[igobarefoot]

I was thinking a softie too but I think you're right, she would be back to normal by now. Off to the vets again tomorrow then, fingers crossed some Amoxycilin sorts her out

[igobarefoot]

She has a tummy infection, so has had a shot of Tylan and Denagard from the rest of the girls to be on the safe side.

 

Crikey, what a winter this is turning out to be, think I've aged 10 years with all the worry!

 

Fingers crossed my sussex girls will be on the mend now