EMERGENCY!! Brahma laying down responsive wont get up

[CrazyChickenLady35]

Hang in there. You're doing great. Her vent shows some runny poop and I see some green which means she may have stopped eating because she wasn't feeling well. Someone will more medical experience will be able to help shortly.

yeah i dont think she’s pooped all day. she hasnt eaten or drank anything all day. i’m so frustrated i couldnt get to her sooner.

 

[WingItRanch]

yeah i dont think she’s pooped all day. she hasnt eaten or drank anything all day. i’m so frustrated i couldnt get to her sooner.

This isn't your fault. She stopped eating on her own but there's something wrong internally that you couldn't predict. You can try putting mash in front of her. You never know-she might show interest.

 

[coach723]

Has she possibly had access to anything toxic? Fluids leaking from vehicles, pesticides, anything rotting or spoiled, moldy feed, etc? If you think that may be the case then activated charcoal can help for organic toxins. It's very dehydrating so you have to give a lot of fluids as well. If you want to try that it's 1 tsp of activated charcoal in 8 oz of pure water, dose 6 - 8 times a day, as much as you can get her to take (you may have to tube or syringe it). Give plenty of plain water as well in between.
For supplementing I would get a b complex tablet or capsule or a super b, and give her that once a day. Just put it in her beak and push back, she'll swallow it regardless of size. I would work on getting fluids in her regardless of whatever else you try. Don't worry about food just now, just get fluids in her. Give them room temp to slightly warm, not cold.

 

[CCsGarden]

I'm sorry to hear about your hen! Hope she recovers!

 

[coach723]

Link to instructions for giving meds and liquids safely:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

Link to instructions on tubing fluids:
See post #17 here for quick instructions, with a video and a link below that to more thorough info.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/please-help.1668345/page-2#post-28667101

 

[Crazy4birdies]

yeah i dont think she’s pooped all day. she hasnt eaten or drank anything all day. i’m so frustrated i couldnt get to her sooner.

You can try a warm Epsom salt bath and soak her vent for a while. She might have bum issues or an egg. Dry her well and keep her somewhere warm and quite overnight. Inside if possible

 

[coach723]

If you think she's having trouble passing an egg, then the epsom salt soak can help, also give her calcium (calcium citrate +D is best absorbed, Citracal or generic equivalent), 600-800 mg once a day. That will help with contractions to help her pass anything. Just like the B, you can put it in her beak and push back and she'll swallow it.

 

[CrazyChickenLady35]

Has she possibly had access to anything toxic? Fluids leaking from vehicles, pesticides, anything rotting or spoiled, moldy feed, etc? If you think that may be the case then activated charcoal can help for organic toxins. It's very dehydrating so you have to give a lot of fluids as well. If you want to try that it's 1 tsp of activated charcoal in 8 oz of pure water, dose 6 - 8 times a day, as much as you can get her to take (you may have to tube or syringe it). Give plenty of plain water as well in between.
For supplementing I would get a b complex tablet or capsule or a super b, and give her that once a day. Just put it in her beak and push back, she'll swallow it regardless of size. I would work on getting fluids in her regardless of whatever else you try. Don't worry about food just now, just get fluids in her. Give them room temp to slightly warm, not cold.

how much? 1 mg? 5?

 

[CrazyChickenLady35]

Has she possibly had access to anything toxic? Fluids leaking from vehicles, pesticides, anything rotting or spoiled, moldy feed, etc? If you think that may be the case then activated charcoal can help for organic toxins. It's very dehydrating so you have to give a lot of fluids as well. If you want to try that it's 1 tsp of activated charcoal in 8 oz of pure water, dose 6 - 8 times a day, as much as you can get her to take (you may have to tube or syringe it). Give plenty of plain water as well in between.
For supplementing I would get a b complex tablet or capsule or a super b, and give her that once a day. Just put it in her beak and push back, she'll swallow it regardless of size. I would work on getting fluids in her regardless of whatever else you try. Don't worry about food just now, just get fluids in her. Give them room temp to slightly warm, not cold.

also, i only have b12. not b complex

 

[coach723]

You need a b complex that contains all the b's, riboflavin (B2) and thiamine (B1) being the most important ones. If you have any Poultry Cell, it contains both.