Cluck22
In the Brooder
- Jul 22, 2020
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One of our Ex battery hens, Pecktricia, has always been the lowest in the pecking order and has always behaved like she is unwell (dull feathers, lethargic, less active).
For 3 days she has been walking with a waddling gait (more so than usual) and has had extremely dirty tail feathers round her vent. Her back end is constantly dripping with fluid, not sure what but sometimes it looks like egg white? Her tummy is minimally swollen, it feels hard all over and the skin is red. I have assumed it is Egg Peritonitis but I am unsure.
Gave her a epsom salt bath and massaged her tummy gently and she did 3 HUGE diarrhoea poops! ?constipated?
When she had had her bath and was put back outside she was immediately attacked by the highest ranking hen.
Two questions:
1. Does this sound like egg Peritonitis?
2. Should I bring her inside for close observation and warmth or will this make the bullying much worse when I put her back out? She isn't usually attacked so obviously so I think it was because she had been away for a while that she was attacked
Thank you
For 3 days she has been walking with a waddling gait (more so than usual) and has had extremely dirty tail feathers round her vent. Her back end is constantly dripping with fluid, not sure what but sometimes it looks like egg white? Her tummy is minimally swollen, it feels hard all over and the skin is red. I have assumed it is Egg Peritonitis but I am unsure.
Gave her a epsom salt bath and massaged her tummy gently and she did 3 HUGE diarrhoea poops! ?constipated?
When she had had her bath and was put back outside she was immediately attacked by the highest ranking hen.
Two questions:
1. Does this sound like egg Peritonitis?
2. Should I bring her inside for close observation and warmth or will this make the bullying much worse when I put her back out? She isn't usually attacked so obviously so I think it was because she had been away for a while that she was attacked
Thank you
