HELP PLEASE! All the bad things at once...EGG BINDING

[casportpony]

I will post some sources when I get back on the computer.

 

[bsides2007]

Thank you @casportpony I am holding off on antibiotics for now. I gave June (my swedish) a warm epsom soak and let her rest for a while, gave her some meal worms. She perked right up and when I put her back outside she started foraging and eating her feed with the rest of them. I am hoping she's okay but I'm still worried about infection from a broken egg. I didn't feel inside @Lil Drake40 I was afraid I'd hurt her more :/

 

[Miss Lydia]

@casportpony ? I know there are places you can buy Baytril but can't remember the names

 

[Lil Drake40]

How are they doing to day. Does your duck that has the eyes Gunked up have a way to clean out her eyes dep bowl etc? Have you heard of Terramycin eye salve. Might want to try some in and around her eyes

 

[bsides2007]

@Lil Drake40 thanks for asking! I did get some veterycin eye gel that is antibacterial for her, so I've been putting that in her eyes and they do seem better. Not foamy anymore, just a bit swollen and slightly crusty. My hen who was egg bound yesterday laid an egg this morning and was acting like her usual self. Hopefully if an egg did break inside her, she is healthy enough to fight off infection? Is that possible? Otherwise I can hopefully get my hands on some Baytril somewhere...

 

[Lil Drake40]

That awesome. !

 

[Miss Lydia]

https://www.shagbarkbantams.com/the-many-uses-of-oxine-ah-animal-health/ this is what I use for disinfecting my coops.

 

[bsides2007]

Thank you @Miss Lydia I will definitely have to get some. I read the article about biosecurity and it's honestly overwhelming...Do people really have time for all of that?

So here's an update- June (my egg bound swedish) seems perfectly normal again today and she also laid an egg which was normal, so she might just be okay (I hope).

Gollum's eyes are not foamy, but they are still kind of sticky looking and a bit swollen. I have been putting opthamalic eye gel in them every morning and night. I am wondering if I should go ahead with antibiotics?

And, someone in the flock has pooped another dark green glob. I haven't seen this in a couple of days so I'm not sure who it is and it doesn't seem to be consistent...But it is a very dark greenish black....Could this ever happen and be normal?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Mine poop some odd stuff too depending on what they have foraged on that day right now a lot of mud since it's been raining so much. Not saying it couldn't be something else but how are they all acting? Eating good? running around like healthy ducks.

As for antibiotics that is a decision you'll have to make if you think it's an infection maybe you should Does she dunk her head a lot when she is drinking?

 

[bsides2007]

They all seem to be acting fine, it's just a really weird poo that I haven't seen before and they really haven't gotten to forage other than under piles of leaves because the grass isn't up in their run yet.

Gollum does dunk her head, but maybe it isn't enough? I will try to give her a deeper water bowl and see if she does it more. She can dunk now, but maybe she doesn't like the dish? I also give her baths and she dunks then too.