HELP SICK BIRD!

[Noraaaaa]

Let us know if her upright posture changes, or if she lays an egg. In many of the articles I posted in your two threads, the ones with upright posture sometimes occasionally became more normal, but most did not. I would guess that she has a chronic reproductive condition that may eventually kill her. So I would try to help her eat and be as comfortable as possible.

i am helping her eat. I need to syringe some water into her mouth. I am not choking her and just opening her mouth (shes very good about it) and putting a piece of egg or some mash that I squished together on her tongue. She seams to want to eat but she doesn't want to get food herself. Sometimes she will peck and eat a bit of whats in my hand then look proud and look up at me to make sure I saw then she doesn't try again.

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

i am helping her eat. I need to syringe some water into her mouth. I am not choking her and just opening her mouth (shes very good about it) and putting a piece of egg or some mash that I squished together on her tongue. She seams to want to eat but she doesn't want to get food herself. Sometimes she will peck and eat a bit of whats in my hand then look proud and look up at me to make sure I saw then she doesn't try again.

This article by casportpony is helpful btw!
Here!

 

[Noraaaaa]

This article by casportpony is helpful btw!
Here!

TYSM!

 

[Squawkers]

I’m so sorry

 

[Eggcessive]

It is always very difficult to have a sick chicken, especially if you might lose them to it. Most of us on here are much older than you, and have kept chickens for many years, so we have lost somewhere and there. It is inevitable in keeping chickens. Sometimes we have to try to prevent them from suffering, and put them down ourselves. I always recommend that if you lose a bird (or put them down,) that you get a necropsy through your state vet, or at least do a home necropsy and take pictures of the major abdominal organs. We post those pictures here for opinions, to determine if anyone sees something that may explain what illness they may have had. No one likes to do a necropsy, but I have learned a lot from the ones I have done. I have seen one case of fatty liver disease, and cancer, water belly (ascites,) sour crop and possible gizzard blockage, salpingitis, and other things. There are good videos online which help you to identify the organs, and see what is normal. See my next post below for a video.

 

[Eggcessive]

Tube feeding is easy to learn to make it easier and less time consuming for a chicken that won’t eat. Hens can have reproductive disease and live for days, weeks, month or even 2 years as a couple of mine did. Here is a good video for doing a necropsy:

 

[Squawkers]

Yes! A tube is a good idea. That way at least you can make sure she is getting the proper nutrients and water to help her get over it.

 

[Noraaaaa]

It is always very difficult to have a sick chicken, especially if you might lose them to it. Most of us on here are much older than you, and have kept chickens for many years, so we have lost somewhere and there. It is inevitable in keeping chickens. Sometimes we have to try to prevent them from suffering, and put them down ourselves. I always recommend that if you lose a bird (or put them down,) that you get a necropsy through your state vet, or at least do a home necropsy and take pictures of the major abdominal organs. We post those pictures here for opinions, to determine if anyone sees something that may explain what illness they may have had. No one likes to do a necropsy, but I have learned a lot from the ones I have done. I have seen one case of fatty liver disease, and cancer, water belly (ascites,) sour crop and possible gizzard blockage, salpingitis, and other things. There are good videos online which help you to identify the organs, and see what is normal.

oh yes i know all about losing birds. i have had batches of silkies where 9/10 are boys and no one wants them so they have to be killed. i have had my fair share and usually I am fine with it but this is my favorite girl she is trained to jump on my shoulder when I point to it and she loves me. its so hard

also I will try and get a necrospy!

 

[Noraaaaa]

Tube feeding is easy to learn to make it easier and less time consuming for a chicken that won’t eat. Hens can have reproductive disease and live for days, weeks, month or even 2 years as a couple of mine did. Here is a good video for doing a necropsy:

thank you for the link!

 

[Eggcessive]

Amazon sells baby lamb feeding tube sets, and I would get a 12-14 French tube size for silkies. Here is a good link to get started on how to tube feed:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ng-guide-pictures-under-construction.1064392/