Yes.One people size tablet?
She should be fine without anything.Do you think I should put vinegar and water in her vent in case of infection? (From the rough-edged eggshell I had to help pull out?)
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Yes.One people size tablet?
She should be fine without anything.Do you think I should put vinegar and water in her vent in case of infection? (From the rough-edged eggshell I had to help pull out?)
Aw, poor girl.View attachment 3678145 here she is tonight. She is very sleepy and was eating and drinking better earlier today but not as well now. I'm just hoping she'll be better in the morning
I have a little chicken less than 2 years old not doing well today. She barely moves, she's skinny, sometimes her comb looks purple. Her crop is a bit hard. She hasn't been laying eggs for a while now
She has has soft shelled eggs with the shell hanging halfway out of her vent, coccidiosis, heat stroke, and sometimes she just seems to starve herself. Plus recently she had an impacted crop. Her skin and feathers look clean, no observable bloating, eats mostly layer pellets.
Right now she seems to get weak once per week and takes a day or two to nurse back to health. She had a big soft shelled egg rupture inside her lately.
Your first post was in October, it's now almost a month later, did she improve at all within the last month? If so, what treatment(s) were given that you saw improvement.One people size tablet? Do you think I should put vinegar and water in her vent in case of infection? (From the rough-edged eggshell I had to help pull out?)
OK, so she "improves/gets better" once she expels an egg, correct?Thank you all. I'm so grateful for the help. These chickens are our pets and we care about each one. She had a shell-less intact egg last night and is doing much better today. I'm making some rice to mix with yogurt and 1 crushed citracal pill.
CorrectOK, so she "improves/gets better" once she expels an egg, correct?
I'd definitely get Calcium into her and the antibiotic too. See if the shell quality improves and she's able to start expelling eggs more normally. The antibiotic can help with inflammation and infection.
The crop problem is very likely a symptom of whatever reproductive issue she's got going on, these things seem to go hand in hand.
Work on hydration, encourage her to eat her normal feed. Bits of egg, fish (tuna, sardines, mackerel) can be give to entice and add protein to her diet.
The Calcium pill can be given to her directly, that way you know she's getting all of it. Just pill down on her wattles and pop the pill right in, let her swallow it.