Hen Losing Weight

[BayBay Peepers]

Do you think it's true that we can't consume her eggs ever again? I was trying to look further, but so far I found just opinion. It said 30 days, but there was no actual site/resource attached. If that's the case we'll have to deal with it, but if we got that far along I don't know how I would pick out her egg from a bunch. hmmm.

 

[JensChickies]

Do you think it's true that we can't consume her eggs ever again?  I was trying to look further, but so far I found just opinion. It said 30 days, but there was no actual site/resource attached.  If that's the case we'll have to deal with it, but if we got that far along I don't know how I would pick out her egg from a bunch.  hmmm.

I don't work for the FDA or I'm not a vet, but my opinion is yes you can. I would wait 30days just to be safe. I get the whole antibiotic resistant thing passing from eggs to humans. I get it, but you only have one hen for the first time needs antibiotics. Why wouldn't they leave her system?? I can understand a whole flock requiring antibiotic multiple times. Once again that is my opinion, lol.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

Makes sense to me.

 

[casportpony]

My vets made me sign the paper and then said "we wait 30 days to eat the eggs". Of course that's off the record, but that's what the vets and their staff do.

-Kathy

 

[BayBay Peepers]

Ok, 30 days it is. Not that it's a huge concern anyways as she is not laying right now. I was just surprised at the "never eat them again" I can't imagine something would stay in there forever.

 

[casportpony]

Ok, 30 days it is. Not that it's a huge concern anyways as she is not laying right now. I was just surprised at the "never eat them again" I can't imagine something would stay in there forever.

Can you call the vet and ask them what type of bacteria they think it might be?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

A table here shows how effective some antibiotics are against a few different bacteria:
http://www.octagon-services.co.uk/articles/poultry/gamebirds.pdf

-Kathy

 

[BayBay Peepers]

She said peritonitis, but when I asked if there would be a yellow substance coming out her vent she said it's not egg yolk peritonitis. I've tried several different wordings to see if there is a difference and every time I search peritonitis it comes up as egg peritonitis.

I'll be calling her soon so I'll have to ask more questions.

 

[casportpony]

She said peritonitis, but when I asked if there would be a yellow substance coming out her vent she said it's not egg yolk peritonitis. I've tried several different wordings to see if there is a difference and every time I search peritonitis it comes up as egg peritonitis.

I'll be calling her soon so I'll have to ask more questions.

Call back and ask if she thinks it's E. coli peritonitis. If so, I'm pretty sure the best treatment would be Baytril, not the one they gave you.

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/artic...on-breeder-chicken-farms-in-the-united-states


-Kathy

 

[JensChickies]

Call back and ask if she thinks it's E. coli peritonitis. If so, I'm pretty sure the best treatment would be Baytril, not the one they gave you.

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/artic...on-breeder-chicken-farms-in-the-united-states


-Kathy

You know, I have been looking up e.coli since last night and I'm highly suspecting that this is what my chicken had. I read somewhere that birds with e.coli have green poop, which is what mine gad. Just last night her poop turned brown again. She was listless, no appetite what so ever, lethargic, something was really bugging her, that's for sure. Now with baytril, she wants food and I even saw her drink. My husband and I think she is showing improvement. E. Coli can come on right at the POL, and that's exactly where she is at. I find this all very interesting.