Reviews by fuscia

I asked my vet, who doesn’t see exotics to humanely euthanize my hen. He did. I think for $50 it’s worth a quiet and gentle ending. Also, I’d like to mention, that if your bird is injured or sick and not able to be very mobile they become susceptible to something worse: infection, wounds, predators, and pathogens. I took my hen to two exotic vets and instead of euthanizing they kept wanting to try pain meds. My ended up the victim of fly strike. She did not deserve this. I failed her. Because she was limping she was literally a sitting target for screw flies, which by the way need to be reported to the usda.
word to the wise, if they’ve stopped laying and have started going down hill, please consider contacting a vet and having them humanely euthanizing them before things get worse. Chickens, especially hybrids, just don’t live all that long.

My hen suddenly had a crop full of fluid. I made the mistake of following the inversion advice and inverted her 3 times over 24 hours. Each time making her weaker and weaker. I took her to the UGA ER, which is costly just to be told to euthanize or an expense workup and CT scan. Not sure why they can’t to a simple X-ray to see what’s what inside. There are no exotic vets in my area can you believe that? I asked if I could take her home. They agreed. Said they’d give her fluids and send me with antibiotics. She’s been pretty sick before and has pulled through. But this might be the worst. Her comb color is still good. I’m will to do whatever. Can some one help me?