DESPERATE...PLEASE HELP!

[Eggcessive]

She looks lethargic and seems to have something neurological going on. Was she vaccinated for Mareks disease? I am surprised that your vet could not have you hold her while he looked into her throat with a light. You could get a feeding tube and large syringe from your vet, and start tube feeding her for some time to give her nourishment, until she is either better, or you decide to put her down.

Google “Go team tube feeding” a good thread by Casportpony with videos on learning to tube feed. It is fairly easy to do once you learn. KayTee baby bird feed is good to use for feeding. For just fluids, I have used aquarium air tubing and a regular 35 ml syringe placed into the crop.

 

[Skipper81]

I'm not going to be too much help except from threads I've read. Someone will chime in that has alot of experience with this stuff. I am researching to try to help though.

 

[LindseyDMD]

Can you get poop pics?

I tried to find the poop from yesterday, but couldn't lol. This was about an hour ago.

 

[CCUK]

I'm sorry I couldnt be more help. I hope she will be OK. There is a lot of people here with a wealth of knowledge. I hate to see poorly hens. They are all special to us in one way or another.

 

[Skipper81]

It looks like yolk in the poop but I can't open the pic full size

 

[LindseyDMD]

She looks lethargic and seems to have something neurological going on. Was she vaccinated for Mareks disease? I am surprised that your vet could not have you hold her while he looked into her throat with a light. You could get a feeding tube and large syringe from your vet, and start tube feeding her for some time to give her nourishment, until she is either better, or you decide to put her down.

Google “Go team tube feeding” a good thread by Casportpony with videos on learning to tube feed. It is fairly easy to do once you learn. KayTee baby bird feed is good to use for feeding. For just fluids, I have used aquarium air tubing and a regular 35 ml syringe placed into the crop.

I'm not sure, she was from a class mate who couldn't care for her anymore. She was an Easter baby from TSC last spring. I heard they were vaccinated, but I'm not sure.

He had his assistant hold her because he didn't want me to (liability? Idk) and she just was not having it. They tried multiple times but he didn't want to keep stressing her since she was so weak.

He didn't believe it was a disease such as Marek's due to her symptoms and timeline, but who knows. He stated her eye had an ulcer and the lower lid appeared to have a rip or something on the inside. He couldn't tell if it was skin or a foreign body and didn't want to sedate her to find out.

Also, I'm not sure if it would help with a daignosis, but my three other hens have no symptoms

 

[LindseyDMD]

I'm not going to be too much help except from threads I've read. Someone will chime in that has alot of experience with this stuff. I am researching to try to help though.

Bless you!! I can't thank you enough.. I have tried googling but not much matches what she is displaying I have such poor luck with chickens

 

[Skipper81]

@Eggcessive does that look like yolk in the poop?

 

[CCUK]

Do you know if she has been wormed recently?

 

[LindseyDMD]

Do you know if she has been wormed recently?

She is actually going through it now. I never heard of it until I went yesterday