she is amazing yes I did it by myself!! it was easy!!! i brought her up to my back porch and layed her on her side on a towel. then I layed a towel over her head. she went right to sleep. i poked her with a 18 gage needle 3 times. one under and to the right of the vent one under and to the left...
yes I wanted to be a vet but the didnt wanna go to school! lol! everything that I have read said that the color was ok. I jus poked her 3 times and she drained by herself, just stood there and went to sleep. I hate that I am going to have to do this again but I guess Ill try the milk thistle. do...
me too! I hear that I am going to have to do tis again. i just wish that she wouldnt have to keep going through this! poor emma!!! but as for now I have helped her for now. I am going to try and find some milk thistle I guess. Ive heard that it will help!
I WAS RIGHT !!! it was ascites!!! I drained about 2 1/2 cups out of her!!! she is acting better already:celebrate. I noticed though that her breast meat is gone like there is nothing there??? will this come back??? I dont know where in the world to get milk thistle but ill look. she is by...
my chicken split her beak one time which caused it to fork our. i took a drimmel and filled it flat until i just reached the quick. you can see it so watch for it. they can eat when its flat. thats all I know
I wish I knew! try searching it in the search box on this website... I have a chicken with ascites from what I have read on here! I have got to drain her today so send prayers for you becasue I know how you feel!
what I have heard is to seperate them and when you put the dominant one back with the rest she will be on the bottom of the todum poll. I made aprons for mine and it help but i have to fix a bunch of them because the elastic was to big and they fell off of my chickens and they are bauld again...
thanks i just hope everything turns out ok!!! ill post again tomorrow after I drain her. Ima bring her inside tomorrow. I wonder if I could get a needle from CVS. I really dont wanna drive the 30 min drive to tractor supply but i might have too. I just wish that I would wake up and she be ok!!!
I just hope that I am doing the right thing. it seems like she hass all of the symptoms that has been described. I might wake up tomorrow and she be gone but I will do what I can tomorrow! Jus send me happy thoughts because its gonna be hard to do this cause I don't wanna hurt her!
thanks!! ive looked up everything I know too do!! i just want to help her!! she is panting. i put her in her nest full of straw and she just closed her eyes and panted. hoped that it would lighten up but I cant get anything until tomorrow!! I hate to see something happen to her she is one of my...
I think she has ascetics!! i dont know what to do!! i cant take her to a vet but i want to know thats what she has before I do it! i mean her belly feels like a balloon!! and when i stuck my finger in her vent it felt like i was movine my finger around in air like there was nothing there.
My chicken's belly is swollen. she has been like this for a couple of days. I have read that she might be egg blocked so I did as was told and stuck my finger in her vent. I didnt feel anything hard.. her organs felt lose i guess but when I pulled out my finger and there was a blood clot on the...
my ducks have all there feathers but there not but about 8 weeks old maybe 9 should they have there drake feather by now if they are drakes. they all have flat tails?
we today it was 81 here! lol!! I could put a heat lamp in their house but they would stay inside until they got a bit bigger. I dont actually live there so I would have to go over there and let them swim everyday cause u cant count on him to do that... he is ridiculously busy...