EmilyH23
Hatching
- Sep 4, 2015
- 6
- 0
- 7
Noticed my hen straining really bad a few days ago and thought she was constipated, she became really lethargic and wouldn't leave her nesting box so took her inside. She had a seeping vent- constant yellow/ white liquid dripping from it. She was in terrible pain everytime she strained trying to poo. We followed everything we were reading online to treat chicken constipation and vent gleet which her symptoms also matched the description. This included feeding her yoghurt, warm bath, hemerroid cream etc. We did this for a few days but still no difference.
We then decided we had to get out the poo- we thought maybe it could be a big grassy lump blocking her.. We read online about squirting warm olive oil up there so we tried this.. Then started using tweezers to grab what she was trying to push out. We pulled out some grassy bits of poo and then eventually found egg shell!!!
We took her to the vets the following day who was great and they stuck their hand in and pulled out the rest of the Brocken egg! She was bleeding a lot- it must have caused a lot of damage in there. They then gave her an enema and we took her home and gave her antibiotics. The rest of the day she cheered up and has been almost like normal again, leaving us very hopeful!
The vet wanted to see her again the following day (which is now today). We woke up this morning and went into the kitchen where we have been keeping her and there was a lot of yellow liquid on the floor and a seeping vent again- but she seemed quite happy still. So we took her to the vet (different vet this time who saw her) and had a quick feel inside and could feel another broken shell... She said that its just going to keep on happening and we should put her down....
I couldn't bare the thought of doing that... Especially there and then. I had felt to hopefull that she was going to make it through. So we took her home and now she's happilly running around the garden.
Has anyone else been in this situation??
I am feeling desperate because she is such a loved chicken. She is an ex- bat who I got in March so I feel like she's has already had a crappy life and I don't want her happy new life to end so shortly.
We then decided we had to get out the poo- we thought maybe it could be a big grassy lump blocking her.. We read online about squirting warm olive oil up there so we tried this.. Then started using tweezers to grab what she was trying to push out. We pulled out some grassy bits of poo and then eventually found egg shell!!!
We took her to the vets the following day who was great and they stuck their hand in and pulled out the rest of the Brocken egg! She was bleeding a lot- it must have caused a lot of damage in there. They then gave her an enema and we took her home and gave her antibiotics. The rest of the day she cheered up and has been almost like normal again, leaving us very hopeful!
The vet wanted to see her again the following day (which is now today). We woke up this morning and went into the kitchen where we have been keeping her and there was a lot of yellow liquid on the floor and a seeping vent again- but she seemed quite happy still. So we took her to the vet (different vet this time who saw her) and had a quick feel inside and could feel another broken shell... She said that its just going to keep on happening and we should put her down....
I couldn't bare the thought of doing that... Especially there and then. I had felt to hopefull that she was going to make it through. So we took her home and now she's happilly running around the garden.
Has anyone else been in this situation??
I am feeling desperate because she is such a loved chicken. She is an ex- bat who I got in March so I feel like she's has already had a crappy life and I don't want her happy new life to end so shortly.