Yes, exactly! It was necessary after the surgery to remove the egg but it is also better for her to not have the stress of egg laying. Eggs need a lot of water and nutrients which she needs for herself...
We have two hens right now with this chip, the other one laid bad eggs, sometimes at night...
In the case anybody reads this and is wondering or needs some hope for their own case: Darcy is still alive and, I would say, well.
She got 2 x 1 week of cortisone pills and ate better during this time. Afterwards it got a bit worse or at least stagnated. But we kept going with the care, fed her...
Thank you for the replies and thank you for the kind words Auntiejessi3.
I hoped somebody knows the symptoms from own experience and we can find a new way of treatment. Lymphoid leukosis seems legit and I will talk to the vet about it, if there is a way to test this.
And yes, tube feeding is...
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Our sweet girl Darcy, a beautiful 2 years old flower hen, seemed a bit off end of March (I think it was around 23rd) and after examining her, we found an egg inside her. The problem was, she did not lay an egg for about a week at this moment and therefore we started treating her...