Side40barn
In the Brooder
- Sep 24, 2022
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My two year old hen, Bertha, and my Goldendoodle keeping her company on the lawn today after we returned from the emergency room veterinary Hospital. Bertha has been lethargic and waddling slowly for a few weeks. Now she is eating and drinking and trying her best but today I needed to know what was wrong with her. After three weeks of Apple cider vinegar in her water, and a sits bath with Epsom salt, which revealed a clear vent I was told she could have either a very large ovarian cyst or cyst of some sort or yolk peritonitis. They insisted they were not very optimistic about her lasting very long, and the most humane thing to do would be to euthanize her, which I was not going to do. I’d rather her pass away peacefully at home, surrounded by her flock family. I left there with Septra TMS antibiotics. I’ve been trying to research but it’s kind of hard when there could be three possibilities!! She eats and drink and moves albeit slowly, I wish I could help rid her of whatever is ailing her, but I don’t trust these money hungry vets sometimes who just give off a vibe that they’re “guessing” Any ideas on how I can tell what’s wrong with her by looking for certain signs? she eats and drinks, but she appears to be “meaty” and waddles like a penguin, I feel some sort of mass between her legs, her vent is clear, no poopy butt, can’t tell if she’s still laying (I have 6 hens and they nest in different spots), I’m praying for a miraculous turnaround. In the event it is a cyst, what will happen? Can any home remedy treat it or make it go away? Resorb? Will she pass suddenly? Will she suffer or just go to sleep and never wake up?