Posts by Alfred's Mama

You're right I didn't! I'm allowed to be a little bird brained though, having had no sleep in almost 3 days Thanks for the good wishes everyone <3

Quote: Originally Posted by dawg53  I'm sorry to say that it's possible that this could happen again. Good luck with her and hope she has a speedy recovery. Could she still get this again with no oviduct?! I...

She made it through the op, the vet was so shocked at what he found that as soon as he was done closing he came to find me; there wasn't just one egg stuck inside her, there were TEN! Ontop of that a major infection, how is it even...

Update, Gladys has declined rapidly since this morning, she can no longer eat and is struggling to drink, she's being rushed to the vet centre for her operation first thing in the morning, much earlier than planned but I can't assume...

Thanks Dawg, Judi - £249 I was quoted, made my eyes water when she told me that, but look at her! Worth every penny   I took this pic of her the day I brought her home, I wanted to keep her in for observation for a couple of...

It's good that you brought her inside, the extra warmth will help to keep her energy directed at getting better; hydration, food, vent hygiene and heat are the most important things at the moment; if you can't get hold of sav a chick...

Update on Gladys, I took her to see a specialist earlier today, she has a broken egg inside of her and the fleshy lump she'd passed is believed to be a chunk of her oviduct. There is a nasty infection and the lumps of broken egg...

I'm having problems with my RIR x hen Gladys, yesterday morning her poop was like see through/water with green matter in the middle, she was drinking alot too so I adjusted the airflow and gave her some electrolyte fluid, then put her...

I just thought, Gladys was one of the store's 3 laying hens, that morning the lady there found 6 eggs, she showed them to me and they looked like very good-shelled eggs but there was no guarantee who had actually layed them, 6 eggs...

Thanks for taking the time to offer me some advice; she has a very slightly misaligned beak so I suspect the grains were a bit fiddly to get a hold of, I made a porridge from warm water and chick crumble which she seems to be ok with,...