How should I treat chook with diarrhoea??

Lucylou

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One of my 4 chooks has had mild diarrhoea for several weeks, I have been monitoring her & doing all the obvious things (plenty of clean water, ensuring clean coop & run, utensils feeding station etc) I put it down to stress of moving home & expected it to clear up but it hasn't & this morning I noticed she has a very mucky bum so its obviously got much worse. Apart from the diarrhoea she is acting normally & eating well, she is the only 1 affected.

I have read the info from the vet on the main site & he mentions a few products on the market as a boost but can anyone make any other suggestions. I don't have any of the products mentioned & as its Friday any I ordered wouldn't arrive until Monday/Tuesday at least.
Its so long since I had to deal with this problem I can't remember what I should do. Yogurt? ACV?

Thanks in advance.

P.S. They were all wormed with flubenvet in July, should I worm them again just in case?
 
Wouldn't worm them Lucylou. Sounds like the gut flora are not right for whatever reason. Sometimes the bad stuff takes over so Beryl's is great. I'd try 10mL of a good (at least 2 cultures) probiotic natural yoghurt administered in small amounts by syringe giving time to swallow. She should like it. We've got one Maran from three we bought with bad digestion and yoghurt was only partially successful. They were in the car for 1 ½ hours during daylight, which stresses them a lot. Trying Avipro Avian next, when I've bought some.
 
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