fat waddling sick chicken

[NYRIR]

The bath is usually accepted after a minute as they start to feel better from the warm water. I think it alleviates some of the pain. We tried several baths with my hen to no avail.
I do believe my hen was laying internally....every once in a while we would get some gooey egg stuff out but never enough to heal her.Antibiotics did not cure her, although they did help some....but as soon as she would get off them, it would start again.
Your hen who is waddling sounds a lot like my hen I finally put down.Her legs were spread apart and she kept doing the same thing you describe (trying to poo). I did drain the fluids several times over the course of the summer(with a needle and a syringe, so if you would like to know how you can PM me) when I would see her having trouble breathing. This would then ease the discomfort and she would act "normal" again except lay no eggs. We allowed her to live until late fall before we culled her.

I miss you Pebbles!

 

[cowcreekgeek]

The bath is usually accepted after a minute as they start to feel better from the warm water. I think it alleviates some of the pain. We tried several baths with my hen to no avail.
I do believe my hen was laying internally....every once in a while we would get some gooey egg stuff out but never enough to heal her.Antibiotics did not cure her, although they did help some....but as soon as she would get off them, it would start again.
Your hen who is waddling sounds a lot like my hen I finally put down.Her legs were spread apart and she kept doing the same thing you describe (trying to poo). I did drain the fluids several times over the course of the summer(with a needle and a syringe, so if you would like to know how you can PM me) when I would see her having trouble breathing. This would then ease the discomfort and she would act "normal" again except lay no eggs. We allowed her to live until late fall before we culled her.

I miss you Pebbles!

I'm really sorry y'all had to go through this, and would personally like to learn from your efforts ... knowing how to drain the fluids might help to at least buy more time, by relieving the pressure.

I'm also considering the possibility that a urinary catheter w/ valves and a bulb might be useful, so as to alternately introduce a some manner of flushing solution, and then allowing the fluids to be immediately drained ... might be somethin' that would help.

 

[rbaker0345]

Not to complicate things further, but if she isn't drinking well, she could just be constipated. I had a cornish bantam hen that I thought prolapsed from being eggbound. I worked for a vet at the time so we were able to put her in a controlled temp incubator, give her fluids, take x-rays etc. after a night in the warmth with sufficient fluids under her belt and I think some kind of mineral oil enema, she gave birth to an enormous poop.

 

[polp]

Sorry haven't posted in a long time. I think she's either eggbound or constipated-has a very dirty bum with yellow stuff. She can't even jump on her perch anymore, that's how fat she is. We are taking her to the vet tomorrow; hopefully he can do something otherwise we may have to put her down. I'll miss her but it's not much of a life for a chicken-she can't scratch or jump or walk very far. Also she seems mentally confused, spends a lot of time just staying in the same place sometimes moving her eyes, or her neck just a fraction. She seems to have difficulty making decisions (except when they involve food, which she still eats more of then the others. I don't know why.

The other chickens are fine now, except a bit of feather loss.

 

[jgoldn]

Hi, Jodie here from Australia. I'm just wondering if you would finish the tale of your fat, wobbly chook? I have been searching the net for a few days-to no avail, until i came on your post. My chook has exactly the symptoms you described…comb flopped over, waddling….can't walk up the ramp to her roost anymore…still eats, and still asserts herself very nicely with the 3 australorps we have recently added to the flock. She's 3 years old, and an isobrown…….

If you are able to help, I'd really appreciate it.

See what you think

Cheers

Jodie

 

[Eggcessive]

Hi, Jodie here from Australia. I'm just wondering if you would finish the tale of your fat, wobbly chook? I have been searching the net for a few days-to no avail, until i came on your post. My chook has exactly the symptoms you described…comb flopped over, waddling….can't walk up the ramp to her roost anymore…still eats, and still asserts herself very nicely with the 3 australorps we have recently added to the flock. She's 3 years old, and an isobrown…….

If you are able to help, I'd really appreciate it.

See what you think

Cheers

Jodie

You might look at this link to see if it fits: http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/pou...ty_liver_hemorrhagic_syndrome_in_poultry.html

 

[AutumnD]

Hi, Jodie here from Australia.  I'm just wondering if you would finish the tale of your fat, wobbly chook?   I have been searching the net for a few days-to no avail, until i came on your post.  My chook has exactly the symptoms you described…comb flopped over, waddling….can't walk up the ramp to her roost anymore…still eats, and still asserts herself very nicely with the 3 australorps we have recently added to the flock.  She's 3 years old, and an isobrown…….

If you are able to help, I'd really appreciate it.

See what you think

Cheers

Jodie

Did you ever find out what was up with your chicken? I have one doing the same thing. She's a 2 and and a half year old Red Star. She's been getting fatter and fatter, way larger than my other 3 hens, and waddles. She still eats and drinks so I wasn't too worried atsinnce first. She had a really messy bottom a few weeks ago so I gave her a bath, but she's still getting bigger and her comb is flopped over. She can make it up the ladder into the coop, but not onto the pole to roost. Any sugfestions? This has been going on for probably close to 2 months so I don't think she's eggbound. I'm worming all of my hens today. I've had them almost 3there months and I don't think she's ever laid. Poor girl. I just don't want her to be hurting.

 

[mattndi527]

I have just realized one of my hens has these same symptoms. I've noticed her waddling around the past few weeks but just assumed she was fat. Tonight she didn't roost with the others, just stayed on the floor. When I picked her up I was very surprised at her large belly. It definitely feels like a balloon full of fluid. She also has that milky white residue on her backside and I watched her try to poo. I'll be giving her that warm bath first thing tomorrow but don't know what else to do. According to other posts on this thread, that didn't seem to help much. I'm concerned about the milky residue because I've noticed it on some of the other chickens. Can anyone give more advice?

 

[AutumnD]

I don't have any advice, but I can give you an update on my hen. She gradually got worse and could hardly move. I ended up having a friend put her out of her misery. It broke my heart, but there wasn't any sign of improvement. After researching, I think she may have been an internal layer. I hadn't had her long, but she didn't lay the whole time I had her and just seemed "off" the whole time. Not quite as perky as the rest.

 

[mattndi527]

We ended up putting ours down too. She was so miserable, I felt so bad for her.