hen not eating/drinking chest bone protruding

[LauLau_Mama]

THank u Cindy99! She seems to be doing much better today! She ate bread and mashed avocado, and I did give her the pedialyte, def. helped

I did baby her all week and we said our prayers. She's out today with the other girls and seems to be doing fine. I may bring her in for one more night, I want to make sure she is drinking independently. Thanks again for all the great advice

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Yay for Bluebell! So happy she is doing well!!!

I wonder what it was... ?

 

[Lorna R]

1) What type of bird , age and weight. Buff Orpington -- 3 months
2) What is the behavior, exactly. She is not eating or drinking -- not running around -- very sleepy -- chest bone seems to be more defined and protruding - skin is not broken.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? We noticed it this morning.
4) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. No
5) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. We have been told that it might be due to heat. Temps have been in the 90's
6) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. We have squirt some chicken gatorade in her mouth and coaxed her into eating a very small bite of egg yolk.
7) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. Normal but only once in over 5 hours.
8) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? We have tried to get her to eat/drink.
9 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? We need to treat this ourselves.
10) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
11) Describe the housing/bedding in use -- right now she is inside in a dog kennel with chicken fence around it. She has pine bedding. When she is outside - she is with 7 others and they are in a pen that is roughly 10' x 20' - covered - they can also go inside and their part of the inside is roughly 5' x 8'. They also free range outside - supervised for about an hour a day.i

Thank you for any help! We are worried about Bluebell. Right now she is standing up asleep. The only time she seems to sleep well is when she is snuggled in with me.