If you don't mind, what did the vet prescribe for the pneumonia?
They gave me SMZ TMP which once I googled is Sulfatrim/Bactrim
She's doing a lot better, still wheezing slightly but eating, drinking and making coo-ing noises. Hopefully she keeps improving!!
Took her to vet today--they did ultrasound and xray and didn't find anything. At first he thought it might be an impacted egg in the oviduct but since the xray and US didn't turn anything up he's treating her for pneumonia and hoping it doesn't turn out to be peritonitis. There were increased...
@Wyorp Rock She's always been handled well, likes to be carried around so she her breathing didn't get any better or worse after being handled yesterday.
She's definitely not any better since laying the egg and is still gasping and craning
She is pooping but its almost all liquid with a spot of white.
No new chickens and they're in a protected run so nothing new has been introduced to them.
It feels like her crop has gone down since last night, but still has some food in it. And she's not hacking or coughing, just gasping for...
I just did the egg vent check and about 1 inch in there's definitely something hard--could this be egg bound? I know she didn't lay yesterday or today yet
I posted last night about my almost 1 Barred Rock and after monitoring her all night I have a better list of symptoms so maybe someone could help diagnose her for me.
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Barred Rock-almost...