Emergency!!!! Need help diagnosing sick chicken!!!

[De@n]

Needing advice!
I have a ""3 yo New Hampshire/RIR who is sick (about 12 days)
Symptoms:
- Lethargic
- going into nesting box
- hardly eating
- weak and sitting lots
- protruding rear and dirty
- closing eyes
- bobbing tail and droopy wings
- purplish flopping comb
Egg bound? i have oiled vent and bathed her (no improvements). i have no calcium tablets, could i use blackmore's executive B stress formula as it has calcium in it?
i am new here, sorry if this is the wrong place to message :-(

 

[chicken-parent]

I don't mind you posting here, but I'd recommend you making your own post about this. If you do, you'll be able to tag it for more of the community to see and help you out!

 

[chicken-parent]

Needing advice!
I have a ""3 yo New Hampshire/RIR who is sick (about 12 days)
Symptoms:
- Lethargic
- going into nesting box
- hardly eating
- weak and sitting lots
- protruding rear and dirty
- closing eyes
- bobbing tail and droopy wings
- purplish flopping comb
Egg bound? i have oiled vent and bathed her (no improvements). i have no calcium tablets, could i use blackmore's executive B stress formula as it has calcium in it?
i am new here, sorry if this is the wrong place to message :-(

Also from the symptoms, to me it sounds like Marek's. I've had little experience with a chick I had, but I didn't know what it was at the time so it didn't end well :c This is just a guess though, I'd recommend making a post about this and seeing if others can pin what it is!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Tried getting a good shot, but this was the best I could get. Its the little patch looking thing between where her comb and nostril meets. And Im afraid she had a relaspe, it seems that her comb is getting pale again. But Im willing to give her the care she needs!

I don't think that's a sore, could be wrong, but it looks like just a little peeling off the beak (like shedding). Beaks have layers of "skin" or keratin sort of like fingernails - sometimes they slough off layers or the keratin can get nicked a little when they are scratching in the dirt, etc.

I'm sorry she is relapsing. It is very good to get her outside, so you may want to still do that everyday for short periods of time. Re-integration can be stressful, so take it slow and see how it goes.

 

[chicken-parent]

I don't think that's a sore, could be wrong, but it looks like just a little peeling off the beak (like shedding). Beaks have layers of "skin" or keratin sort of like fingernails - sometimes they slough off layers or the keratin can get nicked a little when they are scratching in the dirt, etc.

I'm sorry she is relapsing. It is very good to get her outside, so you may want to still do that everyday for short periods of time. Re-integration can be stressful, so take it slow and see how it goes.

So far she seems well, her comb is still normal but nothing out of the usual. I did have a scare though, she puked some kind of clear muscus from her beak but after reading into it I found out it mightve been from the way I held her which applied pressure to her crop and caused her to puke.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So far she seems well, her comb is still normal but nothing out of the usual. I did have a scare though, she puked some kind of clear muscus from her beak but after reading into it I found out it mightve been from the way I held her which applied pressure to her crop and caused her to puke.

I'm glad to hear she is doing o.k.

You're correct, sometimes if you hold them a certain way and the crop is pressed, the contents of the crop may come back up.

Just to make sure the liquid coming out of her beak isn't due to a crop problem. Feel the crop when she goes to bed, then first thing in the morning before she eats/drinks. It should be full at night and empty in the morning.

Thanks for the update.

 

[chicken-parent]

I'm glad to hear she is doing o.k.

You're correct, sometimes if you hold them a certain way and the crop is pressed, the contents of the crop may come back up.

Just to make sure the liquid coming out of her beak isn't due to a crop problem. Feel the crop when she goes to bed, then first thing in the morning before she eats/drinks. It should be full at night and empty in the morning.

Thanks for the update.

Hello all, I felt I should give you an update on my sick chicken. She is still alive and gained a roomie for a while in our bantams coop and they got along very well but it seems her sickness has came back so we've had to isolate her. She's already had her antibiotic and recently we've gotten our hands on some terramycin which we rub in her eyes since it appears she has only a case of runny/watery eyes qnd air bubbles. Well, that and also her comb seems to be droopy (which I have looked up and it means she is seriously unwell) and sadly we have no chicken vets here so all we can do help her. Besides those two things, she runs around and eats like a normal chicken, paying visits to our bantam and just recently she has laid an egg which had no abnormalities to it.