Help! My last barred rock is on one leg! Literally!!!!!

[Stajemahal]

I think I'm a wee bit addicted to this site. There's another forum site I am supposed to go look into joining. Something with feathery butts...or fluffy butts.. I'm not sure.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

That's okay, my husband encouraged me to join here for years. Now I think he would check me into "Betty Ford for chicken addicts" if he could. LOL and it's only been less than 2 weeks

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm glad she was able to lay her egg, you did a good job.

If a hen is egg bound, you should generally not push the egg back in.

Being dehydrated and injured is going to make it harder on her. Do your best to get fluids into her. If you can get some poultry vitamins, add those to her water or use Poultry Nutri-Drench (PND). You can direct dose the PND at 1cc per 3lbs one time a day.

She may need some calcium now too - this will help with contractions. Even though she got this one out, there is more than likely another developing. Crush a TUMS fairly finely and sprinkle it over some chopped egg to see if she will eat it. This is the easiest way I have found to get the TUMS in.

 

[Kiki]

http://aav.site-ym.com/search/newsearch.asp, type in your state and it will show all the Avian vets in your state.....

I used this link yesterday an contacted the closest again vet listed to me.
They didn't see fowl. Yet me dog vet who also doesn't see fowl tests my chicken poop for me.

 

[Leighe]

I used this link yesterday an contacted the closest again vet listed to me.
They didn't see fowl. Yet me dog vet who also doesn't see fowl tests my chicken poop for me.

Wait one second....They were listed on the Avian Vet site but nobody saw birds?????

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Surprised there are no farm animal vets in your neck of the woods, would have thought there would be a few. Are you in a more urban area? That's our problem, all small animal vets (read cats and dogs).

 

[Stajemahal]

Upon first waking up this morning (to very chilly temps. Where'd summer go?) I went and checked in my BR. Some eggs were being cooked up, so I grabbed what was left and mixed in a tumz. She hasn't touched it or seemed even slightly interested in it.
She also still has quite the amount of white mucusy drainage coming from her vent. I don't know if this is just stuff coming out since she is no longer egg bound or if it's from her eating cucumbers and grapes.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Upon first waking up this morning (to very chilly temps. Where'd summer go?) I went and checked in my BR. Some eggs were being cooked up, so I grabbed what was left and mixed in a tumz. She hasn't touched it or seemed even slightly interested in it.
She also still has quite the amount of white mucusy drainage coming from her vent. I don't know if this is just stuff coming out since she is no longer egg bound or if it's from her eating cucumbers and grapes.

@Stajemahal can you post some photos of the drainage?
Are you getting fluids into her?


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Side note about vets - even if you have a lot in your area, they may not help, prices can be out there too, so getting care is not always an option.

I looked at the link, there are quite a few listed in NC, but none near me.

A while back, just for "kicks" I looked up all the vets/clinics near me. There are 15 offices with an average of 3 vets per office. That's 45vets within about a 20mile radius of me. I have now called 12 offices, including my own vet. Not one is willing to perform a test or see a chicken. I have even been laughed at and hung up on. (Average price here for fecal float for dogs is $48 and cat is $43).

IF you have a state lab near you, this may be your best bet for tests. Some state labs perform fecal tests, while others don't. NC has 4 state labs (satellite labs - one is fairly close to me), every one of them will take walk-in samples (tissue, poop, birds) - fecal tests are $5-15 at the NC labs. I have yet to have a need for testing. Now, this is NC where necropsy is $15 for up to 8birds as well. Most states only have ONE lab and depending on where you live testing and necropsy can be on up toward $200.00

It pays to do some investigating to see what's available in the state that you live in.
Here's a list of most labs - just google them - most have their own website along with services provide, fee charts and instructions on what and how they test.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/nahln/downloads/all_nahln_lab_list.pdf

 

[Stajemahal]

What are the
"IAV-A, ND, CWD*"
In red below the numbers mean?

 

[Stajemahal]

@Wyorp Rock
I can get pictures of it after awhile. As of right now I am leaving her be so in hopes that she will eat some eggs without us bothering her.
She smells like death. Going to soak her later, check out her wounds and make sure there's no infections occurring. I think it's just the discharge though that smells so rank.