Chicken in Shock

[casportpony]

These might help with the exam

 

[yardraven]

These might help with the exam

Hey Golden feather. This is BRILLIANT

. Thanks'

yardraven

 

[yardraven]

Yardraven!
First smell her does she really stink from either end? You may have to open her mouth to get a whiff, if smells horrible check her crop. It will feel mushy like a water balloon and may not go down over night. Gently squeeze it and a bad odor will come out of mouth. IF it feels very solid does not go down overnight is impacted crop. She will have runny poop or green in color as not able to get anything to pass through crop.

Now for the butt does it smell really bad? Move her feathers to look at vent. Feathers may be clumped up under her vent filled with poo and possibly wet from the drainage from her vent. It may be very bright red and in the small creases may be bleeding. Clumps of whitish to yellow can be stuck to the edges of her vent and possibly inside. She could be still laying but would be really painful. Think along the lines of you having a urinary tract infection and a yeast infection. Vent gleet is a yeast infection. The same meds for womens yeast infection can be used on her.( some even use the stuff for athlets foot) rub it on outside of vent (after she is cleaned up) and some inside her vent. Can be fed yogurt and put apple cider vinegar in water for 5 days more or less till cleared up.

For sour crop you can use the same thing except insert it in her mouth, I use a syringe or feeding tube to get it to her crop. Then massage it to get it to coat the lining.

The feeding tube I first draw up mushy feed then the meds more mushy feed as some will be lost in the tube to the crop. Insert tube down the throat to crop then push plunger down to push in the mix. Massage the crop for a few minutes.

My hen actually waits for me didn't at first had to catch her. She submits to the tube feeding with no fuss. Looks and smells much better. She has forgiven me for clipping her fluffy butt. Today should be the last day.

Hey Sarven
One problem, I lost my sense of smell and taste to a DWI driver.
Her crop is enlarged , & her poo is white/green water.
Thanks' for all this info.
I'll get to it tomorrow.
yardraven

 

[yardraven]

A cloacal exam is when you check internally for issues. put on gloves w lubricant,insert finger into vent and see if you can feel an egg or broken pieces of egg. Has she been eating at all? Check for crop issues.

Hey Ten Chicks
Her crop is swollen, and she needs prompting to drink. After you introduced her to the water you can't stop her drinking. It's like she doesn't recognise water until she has her beak dipped in it.
All the stuff you've sent me is very cool of you

yarderaven

 

[casportpony]

Do you have a food scale? If so, probably a good time to get a baseline weight on her. White/green poo is a sign that she's *very* sick. Any chance you can take her to a vet?

-Kathy

 

[yardraven]

Do you have a food scale? If so, probably a good time to get a baseline weight on her. White/green poo is a sign that she's *very* sick. Any chance you can take her to a vet?

-Kathy

Hey casportpony
Yeah , sounds like good advice. The vet.
Let you know the outcome .
yardraven

 

[yardraven]

Cocci is a bacteria found in dirt. Generally by one year old, birds have built up an immunity to it in normal doses. But, there are times when their system can get overloaded by it. Birds that are ill or under stress can get an overload.

She died about an hour ago. Thanks for the advice
Yardraven

 

[casportpony]

Quote: So sorry!

-Kathy

 

[yardraven]

So sorry!

-Kathy

Hey Kathy
Because of you , I know more than I ever did or ever would.

Words of wisdom, cool. Thanks'
Tony

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I'm glad I was helpful... I'm not insensitive, really, I'm not, but you might want to consider doing a necropsy. I'll understand if you don't want to as I can't seem to make myself do my "special" ones, but doing them will often bring relief when you see something like cancer, ascites, EYP or internal laying. When you see those you know that there was nothing you could have done other than a risky, expensive surgery. Either way, I'll understand.

Take care,
Kathy