Chooks-in-London Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 I have had three chickens for about 2 years with hardly any problems at all, but last week on Friday I noticed something wasn't right with Reddy, my road Island red. She is very chatty and the most sociable chicken out of the three, she's also the greediest, but I love her for it! I noticed she was being very quiet and not her normal self at all. Tail seems down and she's sitting quietly instead of foraging about with the other two. I checked her for mites and bugs but couldn't see anything although she does have dirty knickers and I've noticed some very dodgy watery poos. On Saturday I did a deep clean of the cube and run, pressure washing everything, putting sanitiser down, new wood chips, and puffing the de everywhere so all should be clean and comfy for the girls. I also am worming the girls as I suspect Reddy may have worms? I haven't actually wormed the girls for a long time (and now feeling very guilty about this), but I do put AVC in their water, garlic powder in their food and not had any problems so far. I'm pretty sure she is still laying eggs most days, her comb is still bright red too. I have a couple of specific questions.. -Is green runny poo a sign of worms? -Would having worms make her go off her mealworms? I think she's drinking, but haven't seen her eating much these last few days. -If I noticed she was ill on Friday, I started worming with flubenvet on Saturday afternoon, we've now done 2 full days of worming when should I start to see improvements? -If a hen has a bad case of worms is it possible she will make a full recovery? I think that's all. Any advice or comments will be gratefully received. Thanks S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlisonH Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Have you checked her crop. My girl started a bit like that and it turned out to be sour crop. Her crop wasn't emptying and she had stopped eating and looked very down. Good news is she has made a brilliant recovery since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Green poos can be infection or major internal stress C-in-L. Wormer will act almost immediately and if that was the problem you would see an improvement. Don't know how you are giving wormer though if she isn't eating? If she doesn't get the full dose it will be useless. It does sound like sour crop as AlisonH says. Just put her on a water only diet for 24-48 hours, massaging the crop regularly to work the stuff out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
