Battery hen trouble breathing

[Darlingoo]

Fantastic advice elaineinspain thank you, I completely forgot about mealworms, silly me. I'll make up some feed for her now.

 

[chickens really]

Hello....
Chickens once stressed begin to show symptoms of illness that they are carriers for...You just got them from a warm place and now they were put outside without heat..New home etc...
A water soluble antibiotic will help with any secondary infection but not cure them..Respritory is not cureable but can be managed..

 

[micstrachan]

Good idea with the cat food! I like that she stood up a little. Maybe she’s never done that before living in a tiny cage. You’re doing great. I’m still hoping for the best for her.

 

[peckpeckpeck]

Welcome to BYC and thank you for adopting battery hens!

Poor girl! She looks so wilted in the pix.
You can also try hard boiled eggs.

I didn't know there was oregano oil. I'll have to check that out.
Keep us posted on her & the other ladies.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@Darlingoo it is so nice that you rescued these poor battery hens. I hope she makes a full recovery. I refuse to eat store bought eggs because of the condition that the hens are kept in.

 

[peckpeckpeck]

@Darlingroo how is she doing? Any better?
What about the other ladies?
Btw, the way her comb is flopping in tge pix, looks like she has a french beret on

 

[Darlingoo]

Thanks all for the lovely and helpful comments. Sorry I havnt been able to respond sooner.

Day 3/4 of her being on the antibiotics and she's doing really well, not having her droopy moments and opening her mouth nearly as much. As well she is getting more alert each day. She just likes to sit on her perch, eat, drink, preen and watch the world go by.

Though as to what chickensreally said and doing a little research myself. I'm going to take her to the vet next week after she finishes her antibiotics and see if there are any further underlying issues before hatching a plan of intergrate get her with the other ex bats. Better safe then sorry.

The other ex bats seem to be doing really well, there all looking very alert and love watching my vorwerks and lakenvelders through the fence. Only a few are going out the coop but when they have a heat lamp and it's cold outside, who can blame them. So am going to put a pallet sized extension on there coop so they can walk around a bit more inside.

Thank you all again for all the messages and insight, I really appreciate it.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

That’s great news that your hen is doing better as well as the other extra battery hens.

 

[elaineinspain]

Thanks all for the lovely and helpful comments. Sorry I havnt been able to respond sooner.

Day 3/4 of her being on the antibiotics and she's doing really well, not having her droopy moments and opening her mouth nearly as much. As well she is getting more alert each day. She just likes to sit on her perch, eat, drink, preen and watch the world go by.

Though as to what chickensreally said and doing a little research myself. I'm going to take her to the vet next week after she finishes her antibiotics and see if there are any further underlying issues before hatching a plan of intergrate get her with the other ex bats. Better safe then sorry.

The other ex bats seem to be doing really well, there all looking very alert and love watching my vorwerks and lakenvelders through the fence. Only a few are going out the coop but when they have a heat lamp and it's cold outside, who can blame them. So am going to put a pallet sized extension on there coop so they can walk around a bit more inside.

Thank you all again for all the messages and insight, I really appreciate it.

really pleased to hear she's doing better. Make sure you take her to a vet with experience with chickens. Ex bats often take a while before they venture out of their coop. After all they have been inside cages inside a shed all their short lives and the outside world is probably rather scary for them.

 

[peckpeckpeck]

So glad to hear all of them are doing better!
Honestly I'm not crazy about this cold either so I don't blame them.

Curious
How did you find the rescue for these battery hens?