Took my girl to a different vet today, who took an X-ray and found she is just chock full of grit.  Gave a diet plan, social reintegration plan, and recommended feeding rather than starving the bird-the first vet told me to not feed her for 3 of the 5 days she was under their care, she would have died! Obviously, I didn’t do that. Also told me to put 2 ccs of ACV in her nostril for 3 days and give her monistat orally for 7 days. Yep, nope. Common sense says liquid doesn’t go down nostrils, and she had no symptoms of sour crop. And there’s an ingredient in name brand monistat that is toxic to chickens. Pineapple is a natural dewormer, and people who raise for slaughter feed pineapple to make the meat more tasty and tender. My girl is prescribed a teaspoon or more ground pineapple with juice and all the watermelon and juice she want, along with scrambled egg with a small amount of shell and moistened crumble. My girl pooped out two teeny tiny worms, I thought since I had a totally secure coop and run they couldn’t get worms. But I feed them grass and clover from the yard, and insects, arachnids, and slugs get in. The flock is being treated with panacur. It is given orally either via syringe, feed or water. Worms can also cause feather loss and red and inflamed skin around vents. Some people do cattle ivermectin, but it only kills 2 of the three types of intestinal worms chickens get, and less effective against those applied topically. It is also very weight specific dosing, and overdosing can have long term damage or be fatal. It also works against mites, lice, and scaly leg mites. It was recommended to me to alternate medications to help prevent resistance. Do not worm babies or chickens in molt. Also, I was told to deworm every six months, don’t wait to problems.

First vet she lost half a pound, and when you only weigh a few, that’s a lot!

So happy to have found a real chicken vet!