Dying chicken?? Help!!

[danielle2003]

I'm really sorry for her! I'm not very experienced with chicken diseases, but I hope you find something that will help her. I hope she gets better!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I’m trying to get tums into her but she’s not swallowing. She won’t lift her head or open her eyes. I pulled her from the tub as soon as she started dropping her head.

Get her warm and stay calm. Don't worry with the Tums for the moment. See if she will stabilize.
When you can, feel inside the vent for an egg.

 

[Cherissa]

Feel inside the vent for an egg. Don't flush inside her vent, you can flush bacteria into the oviduct.

I would not give her any medications at this point. Feel her abdomen for bloat or swelling, feel her crop and let us know what that's like and look inside her beak for mucous, canker or yellow/white pasty

 

[Cherissa]

I’m not flushing anymore. I never flushed aggressively. Abdomen feels ok. Crop is not palpable. When I open her beak, it’s like clear slime.

 

[Cherissa]

I don’t feel an egg. I’m not sure how far I can go in. I went about an inch.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Clear away the mucous. It sounds like she may have a blockage - likely reproductive and that's "backing up" the system.
The mucous may be from the crop not emptying.

 

[sassychickens76]

I'm praying for your hen.

 

[Cherissa]

Clear away the mucous. It sounds like she may have a blockage - likely reproductive and that's "backing up" the system.
The mucous may be from the crop not emptying.

Ok. It doesn’t feel like her crop is full.

 

[Cherissa]

I'm praying for your hen.

Thank you.

 

[Cherissa]

Ok. It doesn’t feel like her crop is full.

I cleared the mucus. Got her to swallow some water.