Broken egg

[TwoCrows]

I am so sorry you had such poor treatment at the vets. I really wish all vets were forced to go the distance and gain knowledge of birds.

Keep us posted on the outcome. So sorry.

 

[TwoCrows]

Thank you. They charged me as if they knew what they were doing. I took her in to RULE OUT any missed damage. But u am taking her to the diagnostics lab now. If nothing else, they will learn from her the importance of being thorough.

Their suture job cost an arm and a leg and my 12 year old has done better field sutures (you know how over zealous roos can hurt a hen...)





This is my exorbitant bill.

Where was this puncture wound? If it was along her lower sides or abdomen, most likely it's from rooster spurs. A hawk would dive from above. The Roostes spurs will often puncture the abomen or under the wings. If she got her in just the right place for a slow organ failure, it might have taken her a while to pass on.

 

[hotmessJess]

Where was this puncture wound? If it was along her lower sides or abdomen, most likely it's from rooster spurs. A hawk would dive from above. The Roostes spurs will often puncture the abomen or under the wings. If she got her in just the right place for a slow organ failure, it might have taken her a while to pass on. 

Sorry it took me so long to reply, but life has a way of going completely chaotic around here.

Yes, the wound the patched was likely an old saddle injury, like I told the vet. They completely ignored the round puncture on her left side, which was the entire point of my visit. I also found out that they didn't give her an antibiotic injection as I was told, rather they gave her a large pill. Doc said he had no problem giving her the pill. But she must have spit it out, because I found it under her bedding in the carrier. I also learned that they treated her as though it were a dog attack (thinking that's why wounds were not deep), though it was more likely a hawk, given the puncture pattern and she wasn't dragged. I found her right where she was injured. In her dirt bath.

I had the necropsy done, and the results say she likely died from the necrotizing infection in that deep puncture on the left breast, under the wing.

 

[hotmessJess]

 

[hotmessJess]

I'm still so heartbroken. She was my very first egg hatched in an incubator. She was my son's best friend. I have her very last egg set in the incubator, with only a tiny bit of hope, though.

I cleaned the coop for the first time since she passed, yesterday, and it made me sad all over again. She would run in to scratch and roll in the new bedding as soon as I layed it out. No one did that yesterday...

She had the biggest personalty! This is she and my son. I wish all my hens were like Dragon!

 

[TwoCrows]

Thank you for the update. Oh, I am just so sorry.

And seeing this picture of your son with her even makes me tear up. I know how hard it is to lose them. I have lost my fair share of birds, some I was as close to as the family dog. I know how hard it is to go into the coop and they are not there anymore. My heart goes out to you.

Well, at least you know what she passed from. Systemic infections kill them fast.

I truly hope your heavy heart can heal soon.

 

[hotmessJess]

I think I will feel better when the vet acknowledges their very poor treatment of their avian clients, and at least apologizes. Maybe some promise of resolve to do better would help, too. They told me they were giving her an antibiotic injection, and that reasonably could have saved her life. A pill would not have been quick enough, ESPECIALLY if she didn't swallow it.

My son still calls for her in the yard. It makes me so sad because he doesn't understand. Unfortunately, her only baby that looks like her is a roo and is currently awaiting execution, which just makes me more sad. I wish I could own chickens and not be so attached.

 

[TwoCrows]

I am really sorry. I hear you...these birds have a way of becoming intertwinded in your heart and breaks it when they pass.

 

[claricevampire]

Where was this puncture wound? If it was along her lower sides or abdomen, most likely it's from rooster spurs. A hawk would dive from above. The Roostes spurs will often puncture the abomen or under the wings. If she got her in just the right place for a slow organ failure, it might have taken her a while to pass on. 

 

[claricevampire]

Omg 400 bucks for a chicken , I definitely could not afford that , I treat all the chickens in my neighborhood, for injuries or egg bound or bumblefoot surgery . Everything is on you tube , haven't lost a hen yet .