[mrs chook]

ok. Have looked @ Avipro & have order. A few questions,

Is it safe for my other girls? who will share the water too

is their a period of egg withdraw?

i'm sure their are more...

[grinling]

http://www.vetark.co.uk/pages/Avipro-Plus_4.aspx
This site useful
Other chooks will enjoy it and no egg withdrawl, but you need to know what egg needs to be destroyed if your hen lays at the mo.
I also chop up a clove of garlic and pop in chooks water in winter.
tonic should be fine, seems similar to avipro.

[mrs chook]

many thanks...i hope this perks her up. Avipro should arrive Wednesday.

[barley]

mrs chook can you get hold of live food from anywhere eg maggots , meal worms

most chooks even if off colour can't resist live wiggly food

[Beano]

In the past when I've had a hen on antibiotics I have boiled their eggs and fed them back to her, but only her.
It saves the eggs and hopefully does some good the the sick one.

[mrs chook]

she has had a little porridge, a couple of meal worms but. not much. she had 6 beak fulls of water before bed. Avipro should arrive before Thursday. she hasn't laid since Sunday ...

[joyfull]

did your vet check to see if she had a soft egg inside her - this can be why she wasn't eating and being off colour. If she hasn't been eating her poohs will be watery.
What did the vet say he was giving her anti-biotics for?

[mrs chook]

vet did a thorough check including her vent etc. she said they sometimes pick up bacterial infection after worming & gave her an injectionint o her chest.

Not sure how many pellets she's had...but picked up some meal worms & a good drink.

Avipro has arrived & will add to water in the morning.

[grinling]

Is she moulting? Sprout who was born early spring has been moulting as she has new neck feathers coming through. All the hens are eating less (all moulting), but are still scratching around outside daily.
Did chuck them some mealworms after dusting them today.

[cbv8]

Mrs Chook, how is your girl doing as one of my girls are displaying the same symptoms first I had one with a compacted crop which recovered due to feeding her maggots from the advice given on here a big thanks again and now this what next I wonder

[mrs chook]

Hi ,

Her crop is clear. Still not eating much...although very interested in the corn i took out before bed & the most she has eaten all week!!

If she is moulting there is no evidence of feather loss.

[mrs chook]

She's like a totally different chook this morning!! Eating pellets, scratching around & being Martha again!!

Its really lifted my heart to see her like this!! Thank u for suggesting Avipro !! Expensive stuff & nearly a pot used but im sure its done the job:-)

[Kazoo]

Great news, been following your posts with interest, hope she continues to thrive

[cbv8]

That is great news unfortunately my girl is getting worse and sitting down all the time she actually looks drunk with her head swaying to and fro I don't know what to do she also has dilated eyes and is eating very little only corn I don't think she has long left 

[mrs chook]

Ah poor chook...have u taken her to the vet?