Hen Cannot Walk or Stand

[Eggcessive]

I would try to get a rolling magnet to go over your soil and bedding. They are used to pick up nails after roofing a home or building. We have used them a lot at home. I hope that your hen recovers.
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[WendyTestaburger]

I would try to get a rolling magnet to go over your soil and bedding. They are used to pick up nails after roofing a home or building. We have used them a lot at home. I hope that your hen recovers.
https://www.harborfreight.com/22-in...Z5j2Nicg9MDesyGwF6njXP2erM6gF6tIaAnayEALw_wcB

Thank you, I'll get one!

 

[Razzlefrazzle]

@WendyTestaburger Just wondering if your hen made it?

 

[WendyTestaburger]

@WendyTestaburger Just wondering if your hen made it?

She is at the vet and has been for a week. They're letting her eat and tube feeding as needed, she's getting fluids 2x a day. We're waiting for metal toxicity results to come back in to decide next steps.

 

[Razzlefrazzle]

She is at the vet and has been for a week. They're letting her eat and tube feeding as needed, she's getting fluids 2x a day. We're waiting for metal toxicity results to come back in to decide next steps.

Thanks for the update... I'm always curious how these things turn out

Hoping for the best.

 

[Eggcessive]

Please let us know how she gets along. Hoping for a good outcome.

 

[WendyTestaburger]

Please let us know how she gets along. Hoping for a good outcome.

Update: Miss Pepper Potts came home on 12/13, finished her second round of antibiotics about a week ago? I ended up tube feeding her 2x a day up until Christmas and then all the sudden Christmas morning she had a full crop and her appetite was back with a vengeance! She's pooping normally now too. I let her free range with the other girls today and she was scratching and very vocal. She took a dust bath with her bestie Samantha and seems to be really happy to be back outside.

I have her and Sam in a sectioned off portion of the run just because she has a bit of beef with one of my hens- sorting out the pecking order, the rest of them seemed to either remember her or sort it out right away (Pepper chased one back in the coop! She's so feisty). I'm going to continue to have those two in the garage at night until we're above freezing at night. I'll do this for a few days and see how Pepper is holding up. She seems to be doing really well!

 

[WendyTestaburger]

I forgot to mention. Metal toxicity tests all came back negative. Her blood work pointed to a pretty bad infection and we redid it before she left the vet and the numbers showed that the meds were working. I was really worried when she finished her other antibiotics and still wasn't eating so this is a huge surprise. I wasn't sure how long I'd have to tube feed her

 

[Eggcessive]

Glad to near that she is back home and doing well. Hopefully, the reintegration will go well eventually. Thanks for the update.

 

[WendyTestaburger]

Does anyone know the withdrawal period for some of the veterinarian prescribed medications? We're 3 weeks out, my daughter saw her in the nest box yesterday but I have no idea what her eggs look like I could've sworn the vet said 2 months (could've been eggs, could've been meat consumption?) but everything I'm reading online says 2 weeks (3 weeks to be safe) for eggs