HELP HEN IS DYING

[azygous]

I think, and it's just a hunch and I have no way of knowing of course, that this is more than just a stuck egg. The closed eyes tell me this hen is on the brink. That she's in the nest also tells me it's related to egg laying.

There is a condition called hypocalcemia where calcium levels are critically low and when a hen starts to lay an egg in this condition, when the egg reaches the shell gland to get a shell built, it draws the last remaining stores of calcium out of the blood stream and the shock of this can stop the heart.

The closed eyes and being in the nest are two clues that point to a possible life ending crisis unless intervention occurs immediately.

If I'm wrong, which is certainly possible, no harm done, and these measures may revive her and help her lay an egg that may be stuck.

 

[Buffy Brahma Mama]

Ok great, so hopefully the emergeny calcium will help if it is that. It's hard to know without bloodwork of course. Hoping she makes it!

Also, she is 3, so laying an egg last week may be normal for her. It's really hard to tell. Look for patterns and see if you remember anything that is now different.

 

[Raysal]

If she won't drink the sugar/calcium water, you must syringe it into her esophagus. Like this. View attachment 2650138

Ok great, so hopefully the emergeny calcium will help if it is that. It's hard to know without bloodwork of course. Hoping she makes it!

Chickens can swallow a calcium tablet whole. Place it in the back of her throat. Sugar water or electrolytes would be good to offer. If she is overweight, she might be suffering from heat stress or something like fatty liver disease. Get her cooled off. If she seems hot and panting, standing in cool but not freezing water can help. I hope that she gets better, but time will tell.

Thankyou guys so much! she started opening her eyes. still a bit weak but atvkeast she opend her eyes more in giving her sugar water with calcium little by little thankyou hope she is better tomorrow

 

[micstrachan]

Thankyou guys so much! she started opening her eyes. still a bit weak but atvkeast she opend her eyes more in giving her sugar water with calcium little by little thankyou hope she is better tomorrow

Excellent job taking advice and jumping into action! I hope she hangs in for you.

The photo of the flock in the run... her abdomen looks swollen and pink. I suspect a laying problem, possibly related to carrying too much fat.

After she is stable, can you gently feel her abdomen (downy area) and describe if it’s swollen? If so, is it tight or squishy?

After the crisis, you might reevaluate their diet. I had a hen who seemed perfectly healthy due of a ruptured, fatty liver (fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome) and have been slimming down my flock since.

 

[Raysal]

Excellent job taking advice and jumping into action! I hope she hangs in for you.

The photo of the flock in the run... her abdomen looks swollen and pink. I suspect a laying problem, possibly related to carrying too much fat.

After she is stable, can you gently feel her abdomen (downy area) and describe if it’s swollen? If so, is it tight or squishy?

After the crisis, you might reevaluate their diet. I had a hen who seemed perfectly healthy due of a ruptured, fatty liver (fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome) and have been slimming down my flock since.

Yeah she is a huge hen i saw that pink swollen area on the back and it felt kinda tight not really sure what it is do. Do you think only crushed corn should be given sometimes i give them whole corn maybe not giving them whole corn can help

 

[Buffy Brahma Mama]

Corn, scratch and treats should make up no more than 10% of the diet : )

 

[Raysal]

She passed away this morning did not make it

 

[Jeanw]

I’m sorry...

 

[Raysal]

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[Raysal]

This was her at night she looked sad and weak