brandonhorn84
Chirping
1) Australorpe, almost a year old, weight is unknown But seems normal weight similar look to the 4 others in our flock
2) What is the behavior, exactly? - She is lethargic, mostly laying down. Stood to get away from a rooster trying to do his thing. I put her on a roost in the run near dinner time, she was still there 2 hours later after dark and after all the others went in the coop. We brought her in the house. She ate a little of her feed and some of tomato scraps. Drank a tiny bit of water. Puckering her vent a little bit. Her tail feathers are downward most of the time.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? Since approximately 9am this morning. Its 9:30pm tonight. At 5:00pm we gave them dinner and she was laying down on the ground in the run. I put her on the roost about 5:05pm. Brought her inside about 7:30pm.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? - NO
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. - NO
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. - Nothing that I can tell happened physically to her.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. Organic feed, a little oyster shell and grit is available to them. She has not been eating much but she did eat a little bit, maybe a handful.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. - No poop to be seen yet.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? - Brought her home, said nice things to her then I put a finger up her vent to feel for an egg, didn't feel one (granted this is the first time for this.) I couldn't just go right into it. I just felt like I needed to be more like a gentleman about it.
I pushed my finger in about 2inches and didn't feel anything hard. (For the first time, that felt super weird, not going to lie).
Also gave her a warm epsom salt bath for 20min. Tried to give her water/molasses mix to drink. She didn't drink that.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? - Would rather not take her to a vet.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. - I don't have a photo.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use. -- IN the coop is hay about 6-12inches thick. The coop is vented with a solid floor under the hay. 8ftx8ft a-frame Coop with 16 hens in it. Run is dry and filled with hay and natural ground 24ftx16ft covered run space.
2) What is the behavior, exactly? - She is lethargic, mostly laying down. Stood to get away from a rooster trying to do his thing. I put her on a roost in the run near dinner time, she was still there 2 hours later after dark and after all the others went in the coop. We brought her in the house. She ate a little of her feed and some of tomato scraps. Drank a tiny bit of water. Puckering her vent a little bit. Her tail feathers are downward most of the time.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? Since approximately 9am this morning. Its 9:30pm tonight. At 5:00pm we gave them dinner and she was laying down on the ground in the run. I put her on the roost about 5:05pm. Brought her inside about 7:30pm.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? - NO
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. - NO
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. - Nothing that I can tell happened physically to her.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. Organic feed, a little oyster shell and grit is available to them. She has not been eating much but she did eat a little bit, maybe a handful.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. - No poop to be seen yet.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? - Brought her home, said nice things to her then I put a finger up her vent to feel for an egg, didn't feel one (granted this is the first time for this.) I couldn't just go right into it. I just felt like I needed to be more like a gentleman about it.
I pushed my finger in about 2inches and didn't feel anything hard. (For the first time, that felt super weird, not going to lie).Also gave her a warm epsom salt bath for 20min. Tried to give her water/molasses mix to drink. She didn't drink that.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? - Would rather not take her to a vet.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. - I don't have a photo.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use. -- IN the coop is hay about 6-12inches thick. The coop is vented with a solid floor under the hay. 8ftx8ft a-frame Coop with 16 hens in it. Run is dry and filled with hay and natural ground 24ftx16ft covered run space.
