Yesterday I found my Bantam Easter Egger hen laying on her side in the pen. She could not stand up or walk at all. Just a few hours before she seemed just fine.
I have brought her inside and she is propped in a donut made from a towel with a wee pad covering it. She does try to stand up from time to time but just falls back over.
She is fully alert and will peck at food if I hold it in front of her and drinks water if I dip her beak in it.
So far I have given her .5ml of poultry nutri drench by mouth and fed her by hand and given her water.
Yesterday her poop was solid but today it is runny. I wonder if the vitamins caused that.
Two weeks ago I noticed she had a pasty butt. I cleaned her well and put her back out the next day. She just seemed a bit lethargic at the time.
My son had to go in the hospital and my husband took care of the birds while I was gone.
When I came home it had rained while I was gone and there was moldy feed in the feeder.
I dumped it and put fresh in but I am sure this is mold toxicity.
None of the other birds in the pen look off.
Her irises in her eyes are fully normal, her wings work and her neck is not floppy.
Do you recommend doing a molasses flush or epsom salt flush or will this just take time to fix itself?
I made her a sling of sorts to sit in with her legs poking through the bottom but she keeps turning herself sideways in it so I took her out and put her back in the donut I formed from a rolled up towel. This seems to keep her off of her side.
Can someone tell me what to do or what the prognosis might be?? This just came on so suddenly. I don't want to lose this sweet girl.
Thanks in advance!!
Cat
I have brought her inside and she is propped in a donut made from a towel with a wee pad covering it. She does try to stand up from time to time but just falls back over.
She is fully alert and will peck at food if I hold it in front of her and drinks water if I dip her beak in it.
So far I have given her .5ml of poultry nutri drench by mouth and fed her by hand and given her water.
Yesterday her poop was solid but today it is runny. I wonder if the vitamins caused that.
Two weeks ago I noticed she had a pasty butt. I cleaned her well and put her back out the next day. She just seemed a bit lethargic at the time.
My son had to go in the hospital and my husband took care of the birds while I was gone.
When I came home it had rained while I was gone and there was moldy feed in the feeder.
I dumped it and put fresh in but I am sure this is mold toxicity.
None of the other birds in the pen look off.
Her irises in her eyes are fully normal, her wings work and her neck is not floppy.
Do you recommend doing a molasses flush or epsom salt flush or will this just take time to fix itself?
I made her a sling of sorts to sit in with her legs poking through the bottom but she keeps turning herself sideways in it so I took her out and put her back in the donut I formed from a rolled up towel. This seems to keep her off of her side.
Can someone tell me what to do or what the prognosis might be?? This just came on so suddenly. I don't want to lose this sweet girl.
Thanks in advance!!
Cat
