[CHICKENS-101] I also have a sick chicken - wormer dose question

 

Hi Everyone,

I found a 4-year old hen last night with her comb flopped over and when I picked her up she is very, very skinny...light as a feather. She didn't go roost with the others, just wanted to sit on the ground by the feeder - broke my heart. So she is in the foyer in a box, happy to eat bread soaked in milk and pick at a mash I made up with ACV, kelp, feed and corn. No poopy bottom, but she had a small poop and it looked normal.

She doesn't seem to want to drink, so I think wormer in water might not get into her. Is there a dose that I can give her on bread? I was reading the archives 2 drops of injectable Ivomec... is there a dose for Wazine? I have a bottle of that that I've not opened.

I raise sheep so I also have all the different ones on hand (oral, injectable Ivomec, Valbazen,... and also have a package of sulfadimethoxine powder, but that makes a huge amount. Is there a formula for a small batch? I have other antibiotics too - LA 200, etc... I think I'd have a hard time giving a chicken a shot though so I'd rather give her oral medications since she's eating treats if I feed her.

I'd appreciate any words of wisdom - she's such a sweet chicken. The fact that she's skinny must mean this has been going on for a while, and not sudden heat stress or anything I'm thinking.

Take care,
Alisa

Alisa Fisher
Upstate NY
Icy Acres
www.icyacres.com
(518) 882-9341

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