16-mo old BO hen internal layer? update: Paris necropsy pics (graphic)

[vbgarden]

Good luck and best wishes for the brave little hen. Your posts have been terrific - as have the answers and suggestions - and I know I'm not the only BYC forum reader who's been carefully following along with fingers crossed. Thanks to the give-and-take of information, we've all learned a lot from your experiences going through this. I wish I had your experience with injections - I don't know if I'd have the courage to try it. I've given IV fluids to sick animals before but somehow injections seem more threatening. I certainly don't think any chicken could have received more care than yours ( and little silky-chicky!) have gotten .... so I hope you'll be rewarded with a healthy, recovered chicken.

Wishing you both luck....

 

[OrpingtonManor]

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I decided to leave Paris in the coop tonight. She went inside with the others and was pecking at the crumbles. I will keep an eye on her to make sure she roosts. I'll keep giving calcium, and prepare for another round of antibiotics. I'll also keep giving blueberries. She ate a ton of them today.

On the injections, I just gave a detailed guide to giving an injection on another thread. It was also for Pen G Procaine. Here's the link...
Post #13 is my guide to giving an injection.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=265086&p=2

ETA -- I just checked and Paris is on the floor of the coop tonight.

I guess I will bring her in to the bathroom again as soon as I take my shower.

 

[ranchhand]

I agree with vbgarden, this has become one of the most helpful threads I've ever seen. I have given injections before, but am feeling much more confident about it now.

Good luck to you and Paris.

 

[LilBizzy]

How is Miss Paris today? I was really hoping you didn't have to go through any more with her. But, at least you are able to give shots. No way could I do that. Hopefully, she is just in the mood to get special attention and blueberries, and not sick.
For those who have experienced it- Is EYP a recurring thing? Is the egg breakage random, or does something cause that? Hmm, I'm curious now. I'm going to have to try to find that out.

 

[LilBizzy]

I found a good thread on it.
http://fowlfacts.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=afflictiondiseaseff&action=display&thread=1199

 

[OrpingtonManor]

I just snuck home from work on a break to check on Paris. She is not doing well. She is breathing hard, had her head in the food dish, and her comb is purple again. I'm headed to the feed store for more needles and syringes. I don't feel good about this. She never breathed like this last time.

 

[OrpingtonManor]

I just gave her 0.75cc Pen G. She didn't even flinch, but didn't pass out like last time. Right now I'm holding her wrapped in a towel until I have to go back to work. Her abdomen is swollen again, but her poops aren't as watery as the first go around.

 

[LilBizzy]

Aw CRUD... I'm so sorry for you and Paris. I know you worked hard and put in a lot of time to get her well, and now a relapse.

 

[OrpingtonManor]

Hi LilBizzy! When I got home from work Paris had stopped napping in the crumbles, but was still laying on the bottom of the cage. I am going to thaw some blueberries, then give Poly-Vi-Sol and liquid calcium, with blueberry chaser.

How is silkie chicken doing?

ETA -- her poops were just as watery as before, which she demonstrated while I was holding her. It went through the towel a bit onto my lap. I'm sure I took a bit of chicken poo back to school with me, despite spot cleaning.

 

[dlhunicorn]

If your bird is not eating eough of her normal feed (AND drinking sufficently! > remember dehydration will kill a bird faster than what is ailing it!) then complications from vitamin deficiencies etc. will hamper her recovery chances.
> Blueberries arent going to do the trick to prevent the above complications.
> go to the petstore (or order online and get some baby parrot/bird formula and mix that up with water and mix thru her crumbles to concentrate the nutrition.