Help! Goose stepping chicken?

hopefully someone with more experience will come along and help. glad to hear you're going to use flubenvet. vermex is a herbal remedy and although it says its a natural wormer - there is very little evidence to suggest this to be true.

but just so as you're aware, gapeworm is rare in chickens and the neck stretching and gaping is probably more related to a respiratory infection.

stress, moulting, a big scare or even dormant bacteria can cause this so you might want to make a trip to the vet for some antibiotics. it would be better to treat all your birds than risk it spreading.

hope that helps.

well the vet would usually prescribe tylan or baytril. these are broad spectrum antibiotics and are used to hit all bacteria - they are added to the bird's water. i would opt for tylan if given the choice.

sadly they sometimes knock out the good gut bacteria too so yoghurt should be given or even a good vitamin tonic in the water after the course is completed.

hope that helps

Sorry if i wasn't clear - she was stepping in a really exaggerated way, lifting her feet up really high (like the chinese etc soldiers when the do the huge marches past with the tanks?).  She was also really leaning forward with her head.  It was very strange .

Also thanks again shetan - I've had a look at Tylan and will have to educate my vet (!)

Just to let you know that she seems fine now and hasn't been high stepping round anymore.  Maybe she did just have her underfeathers in a knot! (hehe)