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Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: Peverill4 on October 18, 2007, 10:43

Title: sudden deaths
Post by: Peverill4 on October 18, 2007, 10:43

I have had 2 POL chickens keel over and die. They both were feeding, drinking and perching and gaining weight. de loused them 2 weeks ago but not wormed them how do you tell if they have lung  or gut worms

Title: sudden deaths
Post by: muntjac on October 18, 2007, 10:46

you open them up and look inside the throat down to the stomach .check the liver for white spots or any discolouring at all , the hearts for worms

 if you suspect this i suggest you worm the rest of the stock .

Title: sudden deaths
Post by: Aunt Sally on October 18, 2007, 10:48

There's no easy way to tell.  You may see worms in the faeces but only in a very heavy infection.  Lung worm will make the hens gape and struggle for air.  All of these signs mean a bad infection and treatment or rather prevention should be taken before symptoms are seen.  Look at the sticky below for full information:

http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=4348

Sudden death in birds can often be caused by heart attack or stroke.

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