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Thanks Mikey & Co. Sorry my wits were too dull for the boys, tell them it'll improve.


Been moving coop panels and had a little accident. There was a 4" gap between coop and pen and for some REASON Misty decided to stuff her full grown body into that little spot.

She's not walking well and cannot perch. She's laying in water, in a clay saucer. Should I leave her there tonight? I have a cage I could put her in, 1/2" wire floor.
 
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I am a chicken pushover, but I (personally) would bring her in, dry her off and give her electrolytes and keep her safe for the night.

I have a sweet EE hen that was suspended upside down and pinned between the block wall and the back of the coop from morning into the afternoon (don't ask me how, I still don't know. It took a circular saw up the back wall of the coop to get her out of there as she had slipped down so far I couldn't reach her.) She was 99% dead...legs stretching out behind her, couldn't hold her head up, oozing fluids from everywhere. Totally floppy and paralyzed.

I gave her water with gatorade in it (with syringe, very carefully) every hour and propped her up so that she was in a good position to rest and be able to breathe without her head flopping. She was essentially paralyzed for about 4 more hours. Then she could sit up on her own, then stand and eat, but couldn't walk. Then she slowly was able to walk but waddled like a duck and had poor balance. After about 8 hours she made strong enough recovery to go back out to the coop for the night. She was weak for a day or so, but good as new after that. She still waddles a little, but lays and is a happy little hen otherwise!

I am betting yours may have some similar paralysis (nerve pains/legs asleep??) as what mine probably had, in addition to the shock and dehydration...I would try to do what you can, but that's just me...

good luck!

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I am a chicken pushover, but I (personally) would bring her in, dry her off and give her electrolytes and keep her safe for the night.

I have a sweet EE hen that was suspended upside down and pinned between the block wall and the back of the coop from morning into the afternoon (don't ask me how, I still don't know. It took a circular saw up the back wall of the coop to get her out of there as she had slipped down so far I couldn't reach her.) She was 99% dead...legs stretching out behind her, couldn't hold her head up, oozing fluids from everywhere. Totally floppy and paralyzed.

I gave her water with gatorade in it (with syringe, very carefully) every hour and propped her up so that she was in a good position to rest and be able to breathe without her head flopping. She was essentially paralyzed for about 4 more hours. Then she could sit up on her own, then stand and eat, but couldn't walk. Then she slowly was able to walk but waddled like a duck and had poor balance. After about 8 hours she made strong enough recovery to go back out to the coop for the night. She was weak for a day or so, but good as new after that. She still waddles a little, but lays and is a happy little hen otherwise!

I am betting yours may have some similar paralysis (nerve pains/legs asleep??) as what mine probably had, in addition to the shock and dehydration...I would try to do what you can, but that's just me...

good luck!

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Thank you. She WAS floppy when I got to her. She's not floppy now, and the A/C in the house is too cold. I also think that being in here would stress her out. She's not one of my hatchlings and was never really a people chicken. Unless mealworms are involved.
 
Yea!

Misty is fine today! She was huddled in the corner of the isolation pen, but rallied for mealworms. Walking carefully, but walking. I put her back with the other hens and she's just fine.
 
Meg- Glad she is better. I had a similar incident yesterday. I went out in the morning ro check the chickens and there was a broody mom with 3 chicks....there is only one left and every night I have to shove her of the perch to snuggle with the baby. When I went out this morning it was laying dead..or so I thought. I picked it up to throw away and it started moving a tiny, tiny bit. I ran and put it under the heat lamp. Tt got a little cool last night, and it was cold to the touch. I forced feed it some water, but thought for sure it was going to die. It just layed there. Finally last night it was up and moving around. I put it in the brooder box with the other babies. It was still chirping for it aweful mom, but hopefully it will get over it. No more broody full size hens. I am taking babies after they hatch..except for my seramas. they are usually really good.
 
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Coolness - we were glad to help. Again, sorry we had to leave so soon.

Mikey

100% more work done than I would have accomplished on my own, I was hot and tired already!
 

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