HELP - Weird Noise and not eating - WHAT'S WRONG

[fatcatx]

Pictures were just to help you understand what you're looking at, but I'm thinking maybe you don't need them, lol. However, if she were mine, I would be tube feeding her. Info on how to here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/805728/go-team-tube-feeding
There is now way to safely syringe enough fluid to her (10% body weight per day), so tubing is what I would recommend if she isn't drinking or is losing weight.

-Kathy

Oops! That should have been obvious - lol! They don't have a forehead-slapping emoticon to insert on my behalf!

 

[lithiachick]

Is Marek's a possibility?

 

[fatcatx]

Ethel was acting and eating fairly well, no apparent changes from the last two days, but suddenly went into respiratory distress at 5:00pm that didn't stop. My husband put her down for me.

Thank you all for your help and support. This is the un-fun part of chicken keeping.

 

[casportpony]

So sorry.

-Kathy

 

[Eggcessive]

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. Poor Ethel! I hope you can do a necropsy or have one done by the state vet to find out what was wrong. Casportpony has lots of instructions on her links about shipping for necropsy. Take care.

 

[casportpony]

Free necropsies for CA residents, but I understand why people would rather bury them instead.

This is how I send them:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/799747/how-to-send-a-bird-for-a-necropsy-pictures

Using the Davis Fed Ex number will save a bunch on shipping. Most it cost me was $19 to overnight a nine pound hen. If you send to the Turlock or Tulare lab you'll have a preliminary report the day the receive them. Of course if you're close enough to Davis you could drop her off at the Davis lab.

-Kathy

 

[fatcatx]

I was going to take her in but my 12-yr-old is very upset about the whole thing so we are doing a burial. We've been lucky enough that all our animals so far have died quietly of old-age at home. (Hopefully I won't come to regret not having it done.

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[Michael Apple]

Yes, very sorry. I know how it feels to become attached to the birds you raise, then have to end suffering.