EMERGANCY!! DIEING CHICKEN - NEED HELP!!!

[Jenneh85]

Thanks for jumping in Kathy. I'm pretty fair with first aid, but you've got way more experience with why a chicken is sick.
@ Jen: Kathy's advice is what you should be listening to/reading. I think she is a better diagnostician than I am.

I love second opinions, because you never know what your going to learn.

I am totally new to raising chickens, and Eggly doesnt deserve to be given up on or killed. She is a very special "parrot-chicken".

I know she is tired and is/has given up, but my husband & I arent giving up. I just want to do the right thing and use the RIGHT STUFF - to make her better.

My schedule right now with her is 6-7 am Med time - Noon med + food/water/poultry cell and electrolytes and probiotics - Night time meds watered down with water. Then I sleep. I have been trying to get her to eat 2x a day but she gets ooberly fussy.

I dont know if she has worms, as I cant see them. I asked the Pet club I bought her from and they told me they do buy their chicks from a breeder who vaccinates their broods.

I saw that hot heat and humidity can cause coccidiosis out breaks but how can I tell? I already spent 159$ on her to get her food and hydrated, they wanted 189 for blood work but told me she wouldnt survive 24 hrs, to me that would have been a waste of $ even though I

her and she is a sweet chicken but 345$ is allot

 

[Jenneh85]

How old is she and do you have a way to weigh her? There is no reason not to start her on Corid.

-Kathy

I bought her may/29/15 and she was 1 and a half weeks old.

and No there isnt a way I could weigh her sadly.

 

[casportpony]

You can hydrate her with a tube, which is what I would do, but you need t know her weight.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

So 7-8 weeks old?

-Kathy

 

[Jenneh85]

You can hydrate her with a tube, which is what I would do, but you need t know her weight.

-Kathy

Would you happen to know a good way to weigh her?

OR would you know a place that I could buy the proper scale to do so?

 

[Jenneh85]

So 7-8 weeks old?

-Kathy

Yes.

 

[casportpony]

Maybe a pound?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

At 7-8 weeks she should weigh no less than 600 grams.How safely can you tube 15ml of just water to her?

-Kathy

 

[Jenneh85]

I have been giving her water through the needle-less syringes.

They gave me one tube that I have been using for the formula.

I dont feel that the formula is actually putting on any pounds to be honest.

thats why I was looking for sick chicken recommendations but all I get is chicken soup recipes.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Any walmart or target will have a kitchen scale.

-Kathy