Hi there! I gave calcium and an Epsom bath today but no egg yet... the way she is standing makes me think maybe egg issue... after bath she seems to pushing and making her even more unbalanced to the point I had to hold her up.... I’ll give more calcium tomorrow... I also tried to feel for egg with my finger about 3 inches but couldn’t feel anything...
Hi again... I cannot thank you enough for responding... I’m sick over my poor girl.. just when Margaret is doing better! She isn’t picking at her legs or feet but tail is down... mostly because of the way she has to stand to hold herself up. I have her calcium today.. vet Rx and an Epsom bath but still the same. She does seem alert and eating.. actually gave her some sugar water as well before bed. Praying for a miracle... it’s so hard to see her try and walk but just fall. She can stand but very wobbly. She is pooping completely normal too! I will read your thread you sent! Thank you! So have a recommendation on how to give them vitamin e and b 6?here are a few pics of her
Thank you!! She is still with us this morning... perhaps a tiny bit better than yesterday... able to walk a little with help of her wings... someone managed to get up stairs too... didn’t witness it! She is eating but very unstable and wobbly. I’ll start vitamins today! Any B vitamin or just B 6... I know we have a bunch of B complex around the house.
Gave her some Vit B complex liquid my husband had hanging around... just a bit and I’ll do some VetRx later today...she actually walked across the entire porch! Not steady but made it! She is laying on porch with her flock preening
I sure did!
Thank you so so much! Your May is so beautiful by the way!
Hi! Seeing your snowy deck, it’s possible your hen slipped and sprained her hip/upper leg muscle/tendon! My 6 month old pullet is recovering from what must have been a strained hip tendon because she couldn’t stand or walk after I found her with her foot caught in the fence. She’s doing much better. It’s not Mareks disease. Day 1, I decided against giving more than 1/4 tab of B complex because of toxicity from cyanocobalamin. Instead, I opted to give her Nutridrench 1 ml by dropper. Carefully all the way to the back and side of her throat, avoiding the hole in the center which is where she breathes. (Did this twice a day for 2 days.) Right after that I got her to drink water with Savachick probiotics and electrolytes mixed in (mixed it in an empty milk jug with warm tap water). Then offered her Flockraiser moistened with some vitamin water, and whole seed scratch. At first she ate only the whole corn pieces. Twice a day she got physical therapy. I held her on my arm like a football, and gently pushed and pulled her feet and legs through about 15 minutes of range of motion exercises and pinched her leg muscles where they felt solid. This definitely eased her leg cramps. For overnight, I put her in a box with shavings inside the coop so all she could do was put out her wings for balance and stand up in the box when she got tired of sitting. On day 2, she was unsteady but determined to start walking, so I let her be loose in the coop while the rest of the flock stayed outside the coop for the day. She spent another night in the box on the coop floor (didn’t want to risk her falling off the roost). By Day 3, she walked out with the others in the morning. That evening, I went to put her in her box and she was already on her roost bar. So far so good and I hope this helps you.Hi I had so much luck with my last sick girl I came back for a new issue!
Do you have a feed store nearby where you can get Savachick packets or Nutridrench? If not you could use a *small* piece of a B complex tablet.
Calcium will help if she’s egg-bound (it’s a muscle cramp) and if she’s got a strained leg (also a muscle cramp). While you’re waiting, you can give her legs and feet some range of motion exercises and gently pinch the hard muscles to keep them functioning. It may annoy her but it won’t be bad.
