feeding an isolated/prolapse chicken

[agoodegg]

my Meatloaf has just been successfully treated for Coccidiosis - I had her droppings tested so I know that she is clean. I've had her for about 10 weeks, she is almost 4 months old, and was the only one of the 6 I got to have the parasite. Her stunted growth was pretty obvious, but worse, she developed a prolapse. So, after medicating her, we were hoping that she would heal up because the prolapse was spending more time inside her body than out. None of the others seemed to notice or peck at her.
Yesterday I noticed some blood under the roost, and some significant blood had been on her eggs/nesting straw for 2 days in a row. Today I gave her a bath in a bucket with baby shampoo (she seemed to like this) to really break up some of the dried poop/feather/unidentifiable clump that had developed. I even blow dried her so she wouldn't get hypothermia! I think this clump was causing her to strain more than necessary when laying.
Now I really want her to take a break for a couple of days from laying, so around 2pm today I put her in my darkened bathroom, inside a cat carrier in my bathtub with access to water. She did eat and forage some this morning. My question is (just when you thought we'd never get there) what's the appropriate amount to feed her so that she can sustain for about 36 hours, or maybe more? She weighs about 3 1/2 pounds. She hasn't eaten at all for almost 6 hours.
Thanks for any help or advice about keeping her comfortable! I'm terrified of doing more harm than good.

 

[Judy]

I hope you've fed her by now.

If you have not given her any probiotics, I would do so, to help her reestablish some good gut flora.

 

[agoodegg]

I rouse her about every 8 hours for a short layer mash and water break. Previously I had been giving her yogurt, but my vet told me that he was suspicious of chickens eating dairy, as he thinks it's unnatural. I then crushed up some probiotic tablets in the whole flock's feed. I'm curious about any other chicken 'health foods' people might use.

 

[homesteadingcowgirl]

I use garlic when one has a wound, etc... as it does wonders to help fight infection and to stimulate the immune system

cowgirl

By the by, dairy is fine for your birds- I give mine milk (straight from the cow or not) every now and again for the added protein, calcium, etc... -they also get any dairy products that I throw out and love it.