Has anyone seen this before?

[Spoiledchooks]

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Since she's been laying and she's an aging hen, I would suspect that she has an egg backed up inside her or she has reproductive cancer. This time of year, old layers can have problems as molt is undermining health. Shell-less eggs can be an issue and they often get stuck.

The first we can try to treat. The other would be her end. Give her a calcium citrate tablet whole directly into her beak. If it's an egg that has her feeling sick, the calcium will stimulate contractions to push out whatever form of egg she may have stuck.

Is calcium carbonate ok to use? Otherwise will have to use tums…

 

[Spoiledchooks]

Here’s a pic of her fecal

 

[azygous]

Tums is calcium carbonate. This form is okay to use, but I suggest calcium citrate because it works much faster. When it's an egg binding issue, speed is helpful.

That poop, though, points more to an infection than egg binding. But go ahead and give her the calcium just in case.

Do you have any antibiotics on hand? I would start her on it if you can get some. Amoxicillin is the most practical.

 

[Spoiledchooks]

Tums is calcium carbonate. This form is okay to use, but I suggest calcium citrate because it works much faster. When it's an egg binding issue, speed is helpful.

That poop, though, points more to an infection than egg binding. But go ahead and give her the calcium just in case.

Do you have any antibiotics on hand? I would start her on it if you can get some. Amoxicillin is the most practical.

I use nano silver for antibiotics
Like the big farms
In Canada you can’t get antibiotics without vet prescription… vet is 2.5 hours away one way and $175.00 just to walk in
Unfortunately not doable
That’s why I started her on the nano silver dosing immediately in case it was infection

 

[Spoiledchooks]

She preened a little bit during the night… which made me relieved because she’s literally just been standing or sitting and doing nothing all the time…and when I pick her up now she struggles a bit instead of just stiffening and going rigid. I believe she has lost her eyesight possibly completely. She pecks in the wrong places and I have to place things in front of her face and tap for her to try to eat or drink. This morning when I came into the room after being out she at least looked in my direction so she is feeling a bit better although that head movement is still present.
Since infection is possibility re the comments on poop pic yesterday I upped her nano silver dose & started her on MMS as those are the only things I have at my disposal regarding infections. Today she is definitely better than she has been the last few days.
This morning when I put her back in her pen she banged into the wall which is why I’m assuming now the problem is she’s blind.. may have tiny bit of sight but not much.