Broody bleeding from nostrils, very pale, won't eat - please help me

[threehorses]

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I hate to sound harsh, but please - DO NOT board the chicken! You don't know what she has, and it could infect all the other chickens. I wouldn't board a chicken for a million dollars. You'd just expose your bird to an unknown number of diseases. I hate to say it, but that breeder is really putting his own flock at risk. I would also not buy from him as he apparently has no biosecurity at all. Every bird, when moved, should be quarantined for 30 days.

Chickens and boarding do not mix. The mites simply need to be killed, right away, today. Yesterday. Every day you wait is a day that they take more blood, cause more anemia, and cause all of your birds to be susceptible to disease.

Please just treat. Isolate Henrietta and feed her up.

 

[jjthink]

Hi Cara - Just seeing your thread. So sorry to hear of these troubles.

Reading all this I'm thinking...is it possible to put the 2 ladies and chicklet in the house in a tiled bathroom (if you have a spare) so they're at the ready for feeding/care while their quarters continue to be treated? (mites - ugh - what a challenge). It's like boarding them but with no issues such as catching something from other birds. This occurred to me because I have at times turned a bathroom into an infirmary - easiest room to clean later. I take a piece of plywood the size of the tub and lay it on top so it's a big shelf of sorts and I cover that and the floor with pine shavings. This way no one can fall in tub and get stuck or slide around! My birds choose to sleep on the tub shelf. It works out rather nicely - there is nothing like a roo crowing 5 feet from your head at 3 a.m. though! (actually it made me very happy because when he began crowing again I knew he was getting better from a dog attack). If no spare bath, any small room will do, though easiest if flooring is tile or vinyl - you know, something easily washable later. Actually, with enough pine shavings I was able to de-poop very easily. Was just thinking it may be less effort than going back and forth outside with your hands pretty full these days.

A change in location is stressful but less so when the person/people they know and trust are around.

If possible to also have vet get some food into her....

Sending many wishes for Henny to gain strength (and weight!) and for all to be well.
JJ

 

[Bear88]

my broody chicken sat on eggs for 21 days


she became sick 5 days ago and became very skinny

we have had her at the vets and keeping her warm

sadly last night she passed away

watching her on her way out yesterday was so horrible

i will never let a chicken sit on eggs ever again

it is not worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[caralouise1974]

Thanks so much everyone for your kind support and advice.

We have made some inroads now:

1. Henny and the chick are settled in a large dog crate in our back corridor for the night. This should give her some respite from the mites. Bella seems fine so we have left her outside in the other coop (which seems to be largely unaffected).

2. Tomorrow at 9am we're off to see a local breeder who is currently trialling a new anti mite treatment with a view to becoming the approved UK Midlands supplier - it's called Duramitin Plus (I think) and is said to have a three month efficacy against mites and their eggs. She has also advised us to paint the inside and outside of the coops with creosote substitute first to drive the mites out. She is currently using it herself on all her coops (she runs a very large operation breeding dozens of breeds of hens, rheas, turkeys, and waterfowl, so she's pretty experienced).

3. We're going to re-dust the chick and the adult birds, once the coops are treated tomorrow, and can also give a quick burst of this new mite treatment under Henny's wings, apparently. It is an organic product so is very safe for the birds.

4. Henny seems to have been eating much more vigorously today, so I feel more positive about her chances of recovery. The secret was in maggots (no, not the awful filthy ones that give the birds botulism, but the ones you buy from fishing tackle shops that have been raised on fresh feed and are therefore safe to feed to the chickens). She loved them! It was such a relief to see her eat well again. She scoffed down some scrambled egg (fortified with milk, poultry vitamins and minerals, and with a sprinkling of pro-biotic powder added too) and some segments of cherry tomato (good for anti-oxidants, I believe.) She's still eating lots of clover as well, and I saw her drink lots of water which I had laced with iron supplements and aloe vera juice.

Please let this be a turning point...

 

[threehorses]

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I'm sorry to hear you lost your broody, Bear88. Sometimes they just work too hard at cooking their babies and forget to eat. I had one like that and my mom (ages ago) had to take her and hand feed her. She wouldn't eat otherwise, never ever left the nest. It was crazy.

 

[jjthink]

So happy to hear that Henny is chowing down! That is such a positive thing!!!!!!!!!!

JJ