- Sep 22, 2009
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1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Silkie chicken, One year of age,
2) What is the behavior, exactly. Lethargic
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? N/A I assume only over night.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? No
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. Puncture at crop, small amount of what looks like wet chicken feed dried on feathers under hole. Crop is full.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. Possible predator attack
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. N/A But crop is full feeling. I assume she has been eating
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. N/A at this time
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? Placed hen in a dark quiet part of the house
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? Preferably treating myself. If surgical correcting is required I may be able to acquire Lidocaine to numb the area.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. Will try to aquire one
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use Pine shavings in a bucket. The hen currently has not moved for about 45 minutes.
Walked into the coop and she was not moving so I picked her up, noticed the glued down look of feathers on her, checked, and there is a tiny hole just at the crop. I brought her in to seperate her from the others. I am not squeemish and have already been considering useing tissue glue to surgically seal the crop and then to seal the skin.
I do need LOTS of advice. I have never done this before on a chicken.
2) What is the behavior, exactly. Lethargic
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? N/A I assume only over night.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? No
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. Puncture at crop, small amount of what looks like wet chicken feed dried on feathers under hole. Crop is full.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. Possible predator attack
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. N/A But crop is full feeling. I assume she has been eating
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. N/A at this time
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? Placed hen in a dark quiet part of the house
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? Preferably treating myself. If surgical correcting is required I may be able to acquire Lidocaine to numb the area.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. Will try to aquire one
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use Pine shavings in a bucket. The hen currently has not moved for about 45 minutes.
Walked into the coop and she was not moving so I picked her up, noticed the glued down look of feathers on her, checked, and there is a tiny hole just at the crop. I brought her in to seperate her from the others. I am not squeemish and have already been considering useing tissue glue to surgically seal the crop and then to seal the skin.
I do need LOTS of advice. I have never done this before on a chicken.
