Egg Peritonitis Help

[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.

Stupid question, but I assume you give her the capsule.. just like I did with calcium tab.. it’ll still work this way right?

 

[azygous]

Just pop the entire capsule into her beak. No ceremony required.

Here's my tutorial on why chickens have an easier time swallowing a bulky pill than humans do.

We think chickens must have a problem swallowing a large pill just because we do. But their digestive process is different from ours. We begin the digestive process by chewing first, then swallowing. We aren't meant to swallow large chunks. We naturally choke.

Chickens don't have teeth for a good reason. They don't need them. Their digestive process begins after they swallow. The food goes directly into their crop without passing "Go", and then it trickles down into their gizzard where the "chewing" action goes into full swing.

Therefore, chickens can amaze us by swallowing things that we think would choke them, large pills included. But they actually have no problem. Slip the pill into the beak and you'll see it disappear like magic. Unless you don't get it far enough back on the tongue. Chickens can rival dogs and cats at firing a pill across the room like a guided missile, but it's not because they aren't able to swallow it easily.

 

[ANiceKaren]

Just pop the entire capsule into her beak. No ceremony required.

Here's my tutorial on why chickens have an easier time swallowing a bulky pill than humans do.

We think chickens must have a problem swallowing a large pill just because we do. But their digestive process is different from ours. We begin the digestive process by chewing first, then swallowing. We aren't meant to swallow large chunks. We naturally choke.

Chickens don't have teeth for a good reason. They don't need them. Their digestive process begins after they swallow. The food goes directly into their crop without passing "Go", and then it trickles down into their gizzard where the "chewing" action goes into full swing.

Therefore, chickens can amaze us by swallowing things that we think would choke them, large pills included. But they actually have no problem. Slip the pill into the beak and you'll see it disappear like magic. Unless you don't get it far enough back on the tongue. Chickens can rival dogs and cats at firing a pill across the room like a guided missile, but it's not because they aren't able to swallow it easily.

Ok... update. Margaret is basically the same but maybe a tad more alert today. She slept in coop with her best friend and in the morning I bring her in to her hospital. I gave her her antibiotic pill, calcium and electrolytes via syringe. I also made some food for her and hand fed her. I mixed baby food meat, pumpkin and layer feed and she got a couple bites by me putting it on my finger then in her beak. Then she started pecking at her own meal worms and food for a second. I’m going to give her a bath today in Epsom salts and continue with a little food throughout the day. Am I just waiting for this egg to come out or should I be trying to massage or “help” it... if there is even an egg...? Do I just keep doing what I’m doing? Also, is there really a chance she can recover? I feel like most of these stories end badly but can some end good? I thank you all so so much!

 

[LaFleche]

Ok... update. Margaret is basically the same but maybe a tad more alert today. She slept in coop with her best friend and in the morning I bring her in to her hospital. I gave her her antibiotic pill, calcium and electrolytes via syringe. I also made some food for her and hand fed her. I mixed baby food meat, pumpkin and layer feed and she got a couple bites by me putting it on my finger then in her beak. Then she started pecking at her own meal worms and food for a second. I’m going to give her a bath today in Epsom salts and continue with a little food throughout the day. Am I just waiting for this egg to come out or should I be trying to massage or “help” it... if there is even an egg...? Do I just keep doing what I’m doing? Also, is there really a chance she can recover? I feel like most of these stories end badly but can some end good? I thank you all so so much!

Please, leave at least 3 hours between the antibiotc and the calcium, otherwise calcium will interfere and disturb the uptake.

 

[ANiceKaren]

Please, leave at least 3 hours between the antibiotc and the calcium, otherwise calcium will interfere and disturb the uptake.

Good advice! I only did antibiotic so far.. so I will do calcium this afternoon! That was incorrect above

 

[CHlCKEN]

Ok... update. Margaret is basically the same but maybe a tad more alert today. She slept in coop with her best friend and in the morning I bring her in to her hospital. I gave her her antibiotic pill, calcium and electrolytes via syringe. I also made some food for her and hand fed her. I mixed baby food meat, pumpkin and layer feed and she got a couple bites by me putting it on my finger then in her beak. Then she started pecking at her own meal worms and food for a second. I’m going to give her a bath today in Epsom salts and continue with a little food throughout the day. Am I just waiting for this egg to come out or should I be trying to massage or “help” it... if there is even an egg...? Do I just keep doing what I’m doing? Also, is there really a chance she can recover? I feel like most of these stories end badly but can some end good? I thank you all so so much!

I hope she starts in the road to recovery soon. I can’t help as much as @azygous , but my hen Joy had EYP this summer and I know it can be tough on the bird AND you. If she’s having trouble eating, I discovered Joy had little interest in eating pellet food. Something about it made her refuse. When I noticed her eating the crumbs in her dish though, I had a spark of realization, and crumbled up ALL of her feed. She immediately started feasting on the crumbles, and started drinking water with it to. I’m not sure why she refused to eat the large pieces, but she did. Maybe you bird will also find eating the soft crumbles to be easier. l also provided Joy’s crate with a low roost. 6 inches above the ground. It makes it more comfortable to sleep at night, and she spent a lot of her crate time on it.

I hope she will be alright! Keep doing what your doing

 

[ANiceKaren]

I hope she starts in the road to recovery soon. I can’t help as much as @azygous , but my hen Joy had EYP this summer and I know it can be tough on the bird AND you. If she’s having trouble eating, I discovered Joy had little interest in eating pellet food. Something about it made her refuse. When I noticed her eating the crumbs in her dish though, I had a spark of realization, and crumbled up ALL of her feed. She immediately started feasting on the crumbles, and started drinking water with it to. I’m not sure why she refused to eat the large pieces, but she did. Maybe you bird will also find eating the soft crumbles to be easier. l also provided Joy’s crate with a low roost. 6 inches above the ground. It makes it more comfortable to sleep at night, and she spent a lot of her crate time on it.

I hope she will be alright! Keep doing what your doing

This is so helpful! She seemed to enjoy the mashed, warmed crumbles mixed with baby food today but I had to feed it to her. Margaret spends most of day in the hospital but I let her out with flock for a bit each day and she sleeps with them at night. I think she likes the comfort of friends. She will free range with them too! A little anyway... I have to ask... did your girl recover?

 

[CHlCKEN]

This is so helpful! She seemed to enjoy the mashed, warmed crumbles mixed with baby food today but I had to feed it to her. Margaret spends most of day in the hospital but I let her out with flock for a bit each day and she sleeps with them at night. I think she likes the comfort of friends. She will free range with them too! A little anyway... I have to ask... did your girl recover?

Yes she did! Her name is Joy, she’s a speckled Sussex (featured as my avatar to) and she certainly was determined to fight through. I also free-ranged her each day (once she was strong enough) with her sisters so she didn’t become depressed or lonely. She grew stronger until she started to spend all day with the flock, and slowly, she returned to normal. We weaned her off the meds (which she HATED- it was liquid through a syringe) and i watched her every day. Before I made the decision to either let her go or keep her fighting, she showed me she was determined to live through a few ways. Once, she caught a frog in the garden, and even won a game of “keep away” with the other hens and that frog. When I finally caught up to her, she looked at me with it’s legs dangling out of her mouth

I hope Margaret Recoverers well to. Joy is very special to me, so I know how scary this all can be ❤

 

[ANiceKaren]

Yes she did! Her name is Joy, she’s a speckled Sussex (featured as my avatar to) and she certainly was determined to fight through. I also free-ranged her each day (once she was strong enough) with her sisters so she didn’t become depressed or lonely. She grew stronger until she started to spend all day with the flock, and slowly, she returned to normal. We weaned her off the meds (which she HATED- it was liquid through a syringe) and i watched her every day. Before I made the decision to either let her go or keep her fighting, she showed me she was determined to live through a few ways. Once, she caught a frog in the garden, and even won a game of “keep away” with the other hens and that frog. When I finally caught up to her, she looked at me with it’s legs dangling out of her mouth

I hope Margaret Recoverers well to. Joy is very special to me, so I know how scary this all can be ❤

Thank you SO much for this story! I really needed to hear it! Maragaret has definitely not given up and I won’t either! Thank you for taking the time and giving me some hope Hi Joy!!!

 

[azygous]

Good idea on spacing the calcium and the amoxy.

We do not know, and can't know for sure, if there's a second egg stuck. By continuing the calcium, if there are egg remains, they will eventually be expelled. There is nothing else you can do but watch and wait and monitor her progress as far as improving generally.