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    Sick Hen, ~9mo/o acting lethargic and has yellow diarrhea

    Thanks, I just wanted to give her the best shot I could, and you guys helping me along allowed me to do that even though the outcome wasn't a happy one. Yes. I'll definitely be able to setup a little triage better now that I've experienced it
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    Sick Hen, ~9mo/o acting lethargic and has yellow diarrhea

    I'm very sorry to report that our hen didn't make it. I apologize for the delay in letting everyone know the outcome it's been a bit rough here. The chicken belonged to my 9yr/o daughter and the loss hit our family hard. Shortly after my last post I found that our hen was essentially...
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    Sick Hen, ~9mo/o acting lethargic and has yellow diarrhea

    Oops, forgot to add a couple pictures i took this morning. She spends about half her time laying down like she is in the pic. She often has her crop resting on the top of that 2x4 in front of her, perhaps it gives her some relief? The other half of the time she'll be standing. If I move her...
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    Sick Hen, ~9mo/o acting lethargic and has yellow diarrhea

    Update: My hen is eating and drinking and looks to be back to passing yellowish watery poo. She is eating her regular layer feed now without needing to soften and crush it. I switched when she started picking through the mash to find the most solid bits. She received a total of three doses...
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    Sick Hen, ~9mo/o acting lethargic and has yellow diarrhea

    thanks. I will try the towel trick next time. I got the dose in her, but she is pretty sure i'm not a real doctor. :p I gave her some regular layer pellets because even in the yogurt she tries as hard as she can to just eat the pellets. My chickens are weird, they only want pellets. When they...
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    Sick Hen, ~9mo/o acting lethargic and has yellow diarrhea

    thank you for the quick reply, that's such a relief that her droppings aren't indicative of another serious condition. I will up her dosage to thrice daily. By the way, is there a particular method for opening a chickens mouth? The first dose was easy as she was so weak she would let me...
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    Sick Hen, ~9mo/o acting lethargic and has yellow diarrhea

    I am in Connecticut it's pretty cold here in February and we've had a fair amount of rain lately. Drainage isn't great in their run, but i put a heavy layer of dried leaves over it so standing water is a rarity. When it warms up i plan on regrading the whole thing so it drains properly. As...
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    Sick Hen, ~9mo/o acting lethargic and has yellow diarrhea

    Welp, here is another update and it feels good to have some promising news to report. I made her a little dish of water with the supplement pictured in my previous post. She gave it a long look, then cast a dubious eye my way. After i took a drop and tapped the end of her beak with it she...
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    Sick Hen, ~9mo/o acting lethargic and has yellow diarrhea

    Thanks, I'll mix her some of that in a bit. I've been offering boiled egg and a few layer pellets since last night. She looks at them like she wants to eat them, sometimes even halfheartedly pecks the bowl above where the food is, but wont eat it. I will try yogurt again the night before...
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    Sick Hen, ~9mo/o acting lethargic and has yellow diarrhea

    The above is for a 16oz serving, the little bowl she has in there is about 4-6 oz so she wouldn't get much more than a quarter of the dosage above (unless you recommend I mix it stronger)
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    Sick Hen, ~9mo/o acting lethargic and has yellow diarrhea

    So she has probably drank about a cup of water already, but still has no interest in eating. Should I try to add a supplement to her water or just wait her out? All the diy electrolyte recipes contain sugar. My understanding is that sugar is to a yeast infection what gasoline is to a fire...
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    Diatomaceous Earth / food grade

    The only time i've actually used DE is in my swimming pool filter, however I have taken the time to research it for use as an pesticide in case it might be beneficial to my flock in the future. I recommend the following website from Oregon State University Please understand that i am in no...
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    Help!!!!! Buff Orpington fractured leg

    I'm so glad you were able to get a second opinion. Its terrible that the first vet wanted to remove the entire leg or euthanize without even getting a good picture of what was going on. On a personal note I'm always very late to ever decide to put an animal "out of its misery" obviously there...
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    Sick Hen, ~9mo/o acting lethargic and has yellow diarrhea

    Update: Last night I was starting to lose hope as my poor hen looked absolutely miserable. She was making a lot of swallowing motions like she was struggling to keep the contents of her crop down, and was shaking as if she was freezing even though she is in a ~70 degree house. This morning...
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    Sick Hen, ~9mo/o acting lethargic and has yellow diarrhea

    I'm sorry to hear about your bad experience. I reeeaaallly didn't want to have to try and do that, but with her at the stage she couldn't open her mouth without leaking I felt I had no choice. Time will tell if it ultimately made any difference. Since it's dark out I finally forced myself to...
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