Chicken in shock(?)

[GrassClump]

So I have a White Sultan I keep in a little rabbit hutch by herself away from the rest of the flock.

For the past few days "we've" been letting our horse in the area we keep the coop and this little hutch.

Today we came home and found he had torn the roof off the hutch and my chicken inside leaning against her ramp for support.

I took her out and she was breathing rapidly and couldn't stand on her own without losing balance.

I now have her inside and she's laying down on the floor of my room (couldn't find a box so I just layed a towel down).

I think the horse shaking around the hutch coupled with the heat (it's currently 99°) has put her in a state of shock and I'm unsure what to do. She doesn't have any wounds and the only unusual thing I see is a thick clear saliva in her mouth.

(ignore how dirty she is- I let her out earlier today and she got into a lot of stuff)

 

[AidKD]

Wrap her in a towel to keep her calm and warm, then put her in a dark, warm place away from others. If it is shock, then she should be good by morning.

 

[GrassClump]

Wrap her in a towel to keep her calm and warm, then put her in a dark, warm place away from others. If it is shock, then she should be good by morning.

Thank you! After posting this she did start showing better signs (she went from being dead limp on the ground to actually sitting up plus her breathing slowed). I'll be sure to put her somewhere warm and quiet and hopefully she'll start feeling better

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I would not wrap her in a towel if she's suffering from heat stress and shock. You'll just overheat her even more.

Provide her with cool (not cold) sugar water or electrolytes. Work on hydration first.
She's likely thrashed around quite a bit while in the hutch and is exhausted.
Once she's drinking and out of shock, then check her over for injuries.

 

[AidKD]

Keep me posted on how she's doing in the morning!

 

[GrassClump]

I would not wrap her in a towel if she's suffering from heat stress and shock. You'll just overheat her even more.

When I put her in my room I was worried about the sudden temperature change making things worse (its was 73° inside) so I just covered part of her body with the towel loosely as she layed.

She eventually did stand up on her own and stopped breathing fast so I made her some hydro-hen. She didn't drink on her own though and only took little sips when I put it up to her beak.

I couldn't keep her inside so now she's in the garage with a fan blowing (I just checked the temperature in there and it's around 76°). She's still standing and isn't panting anymore but she does look very tired. I left her water in there with her incase she decided to drink on her own but seems like all she wants to do is sleep (which makes sense considering it's now 11pm).

Should I force her to drink or leave her to rest?

 

[AidKD]

Forcing her to drink could add unnecesary stress to her. If she's willing to drink when you hold it up to her then I would stick with that.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

How is she doing now?

 

[GrassClump]

How is she doing now?

Thank you for asking, I nearly forgot to update!

So for pretty much the entire day she just lazily stood around in her temp cage.

When I woke up the first thing I did was try to give her water (tried the 1st method I did), but the water I got her to drink she just spit it up. I think she spit it up possibly because she might've already drank water on her own at some point and it was just excess water.

I left the water in the cage for her and left her alone the rest of the day.

Afternoon rolls around and I noticed she spilt her water so I took it out. Later I then gave her hydro-hen water with a syringe, she didn't drink a lot of it but she did get some down. Now she's just laying down in her cage.

I actually tried to offer her some mush (wet chicken crumble) and she seemed interested in eating but didn't bite.

I looked her over for blood or if there were any points on her body that hurt with pressure but there wasn't really anything out of the ordinary.

 

[AidKD]

Thank you for asking, I nearly forgot to update!

So for pretty much the entire day she just lazily stood around in her temp cage.

When I woke up the first thing I did was try to give her water (tried the 1st method I did), but the water I got her to drink she just spit it up. I think she spit it up possibly because she might've already drank water on her own at some point and it was just excess water.

I left the water in the cage for her and left her alone the rest of the day.

Afternoon rolls around and I noticed she spilt her water so I took it out. Later I then gave her hydro-hen water with a syringe, she didn't drink a lot of it but she did get some down. Now she's just laying down in her cage.

I actually tried to offer her some mush (wet chicken crumble) and she seemed interested in eating but didn't bite.

I looked her over for blood or if there were any points on her body that hurt with pressure but there wasn't really anything out of the ordinary.

She may still just need more time to recover. I would continue putting the drench in her water and offering her the mash. Scrambled eggs are very good too. You couls also try giving her some of her favorite treats as a tempter.