HerNameisAlfredo
Hatching
- Sep 27, 2022
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I have a chick ~6months of age, and I'm going to use 'she' throughout this but I'm not confident about the gender. She's generally been slow among the other chicks in her flock but had been doing fine. I found her on her side a couple of weeks ago and she didn't seem to be doing very well. Separated her from the rest and kept up with a mash/electrolyte mix until she started to show signs of doing better. She still wasn't standing on her own well, so we made a sling out of some scrap linen for her box. She picked up pretty quickly from there, eating and drinking on her own, passing all her waste well. None of her flock have displayed any signs of illness or doing the same thing she's gone through.
I decided she had picked up well enough to take her to the vets today (because I was also concerned about her eyes and a weird goop around them), and the doctor doesn't think there's anything to be done. He says it might have been something developmental that finally caught up with her, and the best course of action would be to put her down. I'd just like to exhaust my options because she is still very lively and I don't want to do that if there's something else that isn't being considered here. I appreciate any guidance I can get in this matter.
1) Half silke/half aracauna, approx 6 months, normal weight now.
2) Unable to stand.
3) About two weeks.
4) No other bird is exhibiting this problem.
5) No trauma.
6) See above.
7) Water, purina flock raiser crumble or hen scratch
8) Normal since eating by herself. Initial poops were very solid until a couple days after the mash mix, then pretty runny, but normalized now.
9) No treatment other than what was described above. Eyes were not opening (may have been dehyrdration?) and had treated with Vetericyn plus eye gel, both eyes now open but with orange goop around the eyes.
10 ) Have brought to vet, vet doesn't think there's anything that can be done and has recommended putting the chicken down.
12) Have been keeping her suspended in sling over pine shavings for easier cleanup, has been on a towel for today's vet visit.
I decided she had picked up well enough to take her to the vets today (because I was also concerned about her eyes and a weird goop around them), and the doctor doesn't think there's anything to be done. He says it might have been something developmental that finally caught up with her, and the best course of action would be to put her down. I'd just like to exhaust my options because she is still very lively and I don't want to do that if there's something else that isn't being considered here. I appreciate any guidance I can get in this matter.
1) Half silke/half aracauna, approx 6 months, normal weight now.
2) Unable to stand.
3) About two weeks.
4) No other bird is exhibiting this problem.
5) No trauma.
6) See above.
7) Water, purina flock raiser crumble or hen scratch
8) Normal since eating by herself. Initial poops were very solid until a couple days after the mash mix, then pretty runny, but normalized now.
9) No treatment other than what was described above. Eyes were not opening (may have been dehyrdration?) and had treated with Vetericyn plus eye gel, both eyes now open but with orange goop around the eyes.
10 ) Have brought to vet, vet doesn't think there's anything that can be done and has recommended putting the chicken down.
12) Have been keeping her suspended in sling over pine shavings for easier cleanup, has been on a towel for today's vet visit.
