Egg Peritonitis Help

[ANiceKaren]

Glad she's hanging in there. It's good to have her inside. She's sick and sick chickens needs to be kept warmer than well chickens. Also, you will need to be keeping an eye on her poop and monitoring it for any sign of that possible stuck egg or remains.

She needs plenty of fluids, so keep pushing the electrolytes. If you have Poultry Nutri-drench, give her a dose.

You also want to keep an eye on her vent and if it looks like it's protruding and starting to prolapse, it will require treatment, as well. That's another good reason to have her inside. A prolapse is fair game for the other chickens. You dont need to be dealing with an injured vent.

Start her on the respiratory antibiotic. If she has an infection going, it needs to be tackled right away. When the amoxi comes, you can switch her over. My post office, by the way, is way behind on deliveries, probably the sabotage preceding the election and holiday mail. All the more reason to use the antibiotic you have. If your PO is affected, it could take a bit longer to get the amoxi.

Thank you so much! Do you have a suggestion as far as which of those antibiotics I should start? Also how much? I’m going to send a pic of her poo as well... what do you think? Another calcium tab correct?

 

[azygous]

What do the mixing directions say on each antibiotic? It should say how much to mix into a gallon of water, and we can modify it down to a cup.

If you already gave her a calcium tablet this morning, she's good for today. She should get one per day probably for the rest of the week. We'll have to see what turns up in her poop.

 

[ANiceKaren]

What do the mixing directions say on each antibiotic? It should say how much to mix into a gallon of water, and we can modify it down to a cup.

If you already gave her a calcium tablet this morning, she's good for today. She should get one per day probably for the rest of the week. We'll have to see what turns up in her poop.

Calcium given and my neighbor has the amoxicillin so I will start today! Should I notice anything from taking the antibiotic?

 

[ANiceKaren]

Calcium given and my neighbor has the amoxicillin so I will start today! Should I notice anything from taking the antibiotic?

Will it make her feel worse?

 

[ANiceKaren]

Also noticing her wattles are pretty warm

 

[azygous]

Great! She should get 250mg per day of the amoxy for a full 10 days. No side effects that I've ever seen. It does work quickly on infection, and she should be more alert and active inside of two days, three tops. She may be too warm if her wattles are very warm. Comb and wattles are how chickens shed excess body heat.

 

[ANiceKaren]

Great! She should get 250mg per day of the amoxy for a full 10 days. No side effects that I've ever seen. It does work quickly on infection, and she should be more alert and active inside of two days, three tops. She may be too warm if her wattles are very warm. Comb and wattles are how chickens shed excess body heat.

Amoxicillin given! Thank you again for everything! I’ll report back in the morning

 

[ANiceKaren]

Amoxicillin given! Thank you again for everything! I’ll report back in the morning

She is doing this thing now too when I put her outside for a bit.. she will put her wing down in the corner between a little free ranging... I want to encourage the free ranging but not sure why she is doing the wing thing... does not do it in the house... only when other girls are around. I have 4 hens in total.

 

[azygous]

That wing drop occurs when a chicken isn't confident of their balance. It can occur because the chicken is weak, usually from not eating enough. Balance issues can happen from nutritional deficiencies. She could use some vitamins.

She could probably use some cooked egg or crumbled tofu, if you eat that at your house, or even baby food, the kind that come in jars from the store. I always keep baby meats on hand because they're ready to dilute to make a quick liquid food in case I have to tube feed. I mix it with yogurt.

You get the idea. High protein, easy to digest food to build her back up.

 

[ANiceKaren]

Amoxicillin given! Thank you again for everything! I’ll report back in the morning

Felt underneath her today, vent area and abdomin and it feels warm... not sure if it swollen... I don’t know what a normal one feels like but I do feel something under her.. could that be an egg? She seemed to not like me touching her there...