Does greenish tinged coelom fluid mean infection?

[azygous]

Definitely improving! I'd say even dramatic improvement.

Eating, pooping, moving around with her posse, that's all going to improve her crop function.

A flush can be done any time. But if she has any yeast in her crop, the Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) would be more beneficial than the molasses flush. It's one teaspoon Epsom salts in one-fourth cup water. It needs to all go into her at once. Unlike molasses risking aiding yeast, Epsom salts neutralizes it.

 

[micstrachan]

Poor Lucky. I called her Cashew in another post on this thread. (Cashew was my Buff Orpington I had to have euthanized somewhat recently).

I’ll be letting them out soon. If Lucky’s crop is still full, I will not be able to fit a full 1/4 cup in her crop. How does that work with a flush? @azygous

 

[azygous]

It's tricky. You can try massaging the crop first to empty it as much as possible. Then tube the fourth cup of solution as much as the crop will hold. Wait a bit until there's room in the crop and tube whatever remains of the solution.

 

[micstrachan]

Well, I’m really worried about aspirating her, so I only tubed 20mL. She’s walking around the living room and I keep reaching over and giving it a gentle massage. I’m not letting her back out untilI get all of it into her.

 

[micstrachan]

Carol, I got it all into her. It took a few sessions. Here is one of the sessions. Not my most graceful tube feeding ever, but I got it in. It’s good to see some spunk back in her.

 

[micstrachan]

I forgot to mention, she definitely pooped between tubings. I had to get her back out of the house! LOL. What if she has an impaction in her gizzard? Would this help?

 

[azygous]

Your video cracked me up. The lengths we chicken moms go to for our chickens. And don't think our chickens don't just eat up the loving attention. No doubt in my mind that the loving attention is an important factor in the treatment.

The flush is good because it does wash through the whole digestive tract, and the gizzard is an important beneficiary of this.

The long flush is much, much more solution, so if you see some positive results but wish to see more, then do the long flush.

One teaspoon Epsom salts in half a cup warm water tubed twice a day for three days. Every chicken I've done it for has tolerated it very well and the results are very good. It's just more time consuming than the short flush. But you know when you're done after the three days that your patient is well and truly flushed out.

Be sure to offer plenty of plain water in between since this can be very dehydrating as it pulls fluids out of the intestines as it works.

 

[micstrachan]

This is helpful, thank you. Also, good reminder about the dehydration. As you know, she has an ascites situation that can already lead to dehydration. I’m going to bring a big feed bowl of water next to her right now. She seems to prefer to drink out of those instead of the regular plastic waterers.

 

[micstrachan]

Well, shoot. I brought the water out and Lucky is doing a lot worse. I hope the flush doesn’t kill her.

 

[Aunt Angus]

You're doing so much for her, Michelle. I hope it works out, but I have no doubt that you have helped improve her quality of life.

I friggin hate this part of chicken keeping.