Yes that’s what I’m doing. She’s emptying out consistently the last few days. But sometimes it doesn’t empty out until around 9 AM. I do have her in the house in a crate and she is eating up until 9 PM at night. She doesn’t seem to have a big appetite in the morning. So by the time she starts...
Update: This afternoon I went to start treatment but her crop was empty/soft. The lump I felt this morning is gone. This is exactly what happened the other day. I'm attaching more pics of her droppings. This is from this evening.
You nailed it...her crop felt like a hard ball about the diameter of a nickel. Thank you. Oddly I checked the other day and it didn't empty by 7am but 1 hr later it was empty so I thought it was not the issue and didn't check again til today. I hope it's not a tumor of some sort.
She is not...
This morning I felt a hard ball in her crop:( About the diameter of a nickel. She ate a little but drank a lot. Now I'm thinking impacted crop. ?
In response to your questions:
Worming - I did one dose of Safeguard liquid (goat version), .25cc directly (on a pc of bread), one day only. I did...
About 2 wks ago I witnessed one of my hens eating a white fuzzy looking substance on the ground and quickly tried to stop her but I was too late. I did a Google lens on the stuff and it came up as "peat mold". She ate quite a bit :( After that, she started acting off - having watery droppings...
Thank you for these pics! I don't see a match with either one but it may resemble the gout some.
Just an update --- The sores seem to be a little better but she is still swollen in the toes and her face swelled/wrinkled in the last few weeks. It almost seems like she has chronic fowl pox! I'm...
@Eggcessive thank you so so much for this info. It’s very helpful and I will get her started on your recommendations first thing tomorrow morning. I will certainly update this thread when I find out what this is. Thanks again!
@azygous thank you for your input. I'm surprised to hear it may be MS as she's never had a respiratory infection. I guess hers is presenting differently if it is MS?
Unfortunately I've poured a lot into the vet treatments and I can't pour anymore into her at the moment with testing. I will try...
@Eggcessive thank you for your input. I'm in FL so no frostbite here. I'm surprised to hear it could be MS or MG...I haven't seen any respiratory symptoms with her or any of the flock ever. I've not intro'd any new members either. Can she still have MS/MG and not show any respiratory symptoms...
In central FL…eggs are normal. Vet didn’t seem to really know and could not give me a diagnosis without having to do some further testing which unfortunately I cannot do🙁
Thank you for your help. I’ll research that. Do you happen to know if there is somewhere I can send in a specimen to be...
1 yr old bantam silkie/cochin cross.
Symptoms:
1) slightly swollen pale comb with some blisters or bites maybe? See pics below.
2) several swollen toes/feet with blisters. See pics.
3) sore on one wattle
4) balding on head and neck
She has been to the vet twice. She’s been on two antibiotics...
Looks more like an infection on his feather shafts. I've not seen this before or dealt with it but I would put some antibiotic ointment on his feet daily. I would also give him vitamins & electrolytes like Rooster Booster in his drinking water to boost his immune system while he fights whatever...
Thank you so much for your response. She passed in the night😓 After researching more last night, I feel fairly confident she had botulism. It was such a sudden onset. I watch my girls like a hawk and pay close attention if any are “off” and I take action quick. So I’m shocked she was so far gone...
Found her sitting like this with her head weak/bowing down.. She has somewhat of a full but a squishy crop. I don’t smell an odor out of her mouth but when I try to open her mouth it’s a little sticky in there. I see nothing abnormal in her mouth or into her throat. No nasal discharge and not...
Unfortunately she passed yesterday😭 Both her eyes were affected by the foul pox that she could just barely see out of one of them. My sweet girl tried to eat but she couldn’t see the food very well. I syringe fed her but she wouldn’t eat much. She got very lethargic and always wanted to sleep in...
Hen was broody for several weeks, was squished at the bottom of the nest box with two other hens on top of her. Started swelling in the face about 3 wks ago. Combs and wattles swelled first, now the eyes.In this last week or so, the black sores began appearing and appear to be like fowlpox. I’ve...