BlackRaven27
Chirping
- May 29, 2021
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Bear with me here...
One of my Pekin hens was acting strange, as if she were sore footed, so we isolated her and inspected her. It appeared to my partner and I that she had the beginning stages of bumble foot: balls on her feet with black scabs on top. We opted for the Epsom salt bath and wrapping it in poultice for 12 hours, changing the bandage every 12 hours for a day and a half. During this time we tried to cut away the scab in the hopes of releasing the kernel from one foot. We failed to do so.
In the process of this treatment we noticed her vent was protruding slightly, and that she had white liquid coming out of her. I started to suspect that we had misdiagnosed her. A day later we inspected her again and we felt an egg right at her vent that was sideways, and unfortunately found a second egg farther up her abdomen. We continued to bath her in Epsom salts, massaged her abdomen, and even managed to turn the egg the right way inside her using gloves and lubrication. We could feel she had a lot of fluid build up inside and she was visibly straining. We left her over night in the hopes that the egg would come out. Come morning - there was no egg. At this point it had been at least 48 hours of no egg being passed and we knew that was a looming death sentence. We decided we would try, dangerous as it is, to puncture and drain the egg. We figured risking her life was better than the guaranteed death that would come in the next day or so. We read online that you can try gently crushing the egg to allow it to pass easier, but we are still unable to remove the egg.
At this point we are relatively lost with what to do - we were very successful in draining a lot of the fluid that had built up inside her. So much so that she is no longer straining at every breath, but she now has a partially broken shell inside her with another egg on its way out.
Besides calling and booking an appointment with a vet (not an option for us) does anyone have any ideas on what to do? We gave her crushed up tums in her water, she has been drinking it, and we have isolated her inside our garage for a quiet calm place to be. I was able to put lubrication and Vaseline near the opening of her vent in the hopes that it proctects her slightly from cuts should she try pushing it out. I am also thinking about giving her yogurt if she will eat it for pro-biotics.
If she is unable to pass the shell by tonight I am feeling she may need to be put down so as not to continue her suffering.
One of my Pekin hens was acting strange, as if she were sore footed, so we isolated her and inspected her. It appeared to my partner and I that she had the beginning stages of bumble foot: balls on her feet with black scabs on top. We opted for the Epsom salt bath and wrapping it in poultice for 12 hours, changing the bandage every 12 hours for a day and a half. During this time we tried to cut away the scab in the hopes of releasing the kernel from one foot. We failed to do so.
In the process of this treatment we noticed her vent was protruding slightly, and that she had white liquid coming out of her. I started to suspect that we had misdiagnosed her. A day later we inspected her again and we felt an egg right at her vent that was sideways, and unfortunately found a second egg farther up her abdomen. We continued to bath her in Epsom salts, massaged her abdomen, and even managed to turn the egg the right way inside her using gloves and lubrication. We could feel she had a lot of fluid build up inside and she was visibly straining. We left her over night in the hopes that the egg would come out. Come morning - there was no egg. At this point it had been at least 48 hours of no egg being passed and we knew that was a looming death sentence. We decided we would try, dangerous as it is, to puncture and drain the egg. We figured risking her life was better than the guaranteed death that would come in the next day or so. We read online that you can try gently crushing the egg to allow it to pass easier, but we are still unable to remove the egg.
At this point we are relatively lost with what to do - we were very successful in draining a lot of the fluid that had built up inside her. So much so that she is no longer straining at every breath, but she now has a partially broken shell inside her with another egg on its way out.
Besides calling and booking an appointment with a vet (not an option for us) does anyone have any ideas on what to do? We gave her crushed up tums in her water, she has been drinking it, and we have isolated her inside our garage for a quiet calm place to be. I was able to put lubrication and Vaseline near the opening of her vent in the hopes that it proctects her slightly from cuts should she try pushing it out. I am also thinking about giving her yogurt if she will eat it for pro-biotics.
If she is unable to pass the shell by tonight I am feeling she may need to be put down so as not to continue her suffering.
One step at a time..
