she is older hen.. red sex link. has been slowing down lately but I figured it was her age.
she is very thin almost weighless... really
her crop is totally empty i can feel nothing in there.
i can not feel any thing in her crop.
her egg belly seems to be empty. very empty
she lives with 34 other hens in a secure new chicken house. no one else is sick.
she has hay bedding tho it is wet now because we have had a lot of rain and i dont know why the floor became so wet. it has never done that before. could be seeping in under the walls of the house.
it is a dirt floor. insulated and plenty of roost and nest. plenty of room.
she is older... got her from a woman who does not take proper care of her hens.. feeds them garbage from the kitchenand from local restaureant and i kinda rescued her.. she was broody when i got her.
a year ago..
she was fine.. til lately.. just a week or so maybe two.. just slowed down and then today i noticed that she was really sick. i figured it was just old age.. but then i picked her up and saw how terribley light she is and the empty crop and empty belly.
the mouth is filled with yellow stinking stuff kinda like some stuff i have coughed up from sinus but yellow and stinks so badly.. i got lots of it out. and gave her warm water in veggie oil with a syringe and also sucked some out with a baby thing i forget what its called blue rubber with spout on it to suck liquid from babys mouth and nose..
fot lots of it out but stopped when i noticed some blood on the q tip i was using.
i did get some liguid down her with activia yogert.. she coughed at it.. i wanted to stick the qtip down and get a better hole going to the cr op but was scared to do that very far.. should I
i cant take her to the vet i took a chip monk once and he turned and left the room.. i hate him to.
only one available. and hes probably not available at this time of day.
whew
she is very thin almost weighless... really
her crop is totally empty i can feel nothing in there.
i can not feel any thing in her crop.
her egg belly seems to be empty. very empty
she lives with 34 other hens in a secure new chicken house. no one else is sick.
she has hay bedding tho it is wet now because we have had a lot of rain and i dont know why the floor became so wet. it has never done that before. could be seeping in under the walls of the house.
it is a dirt floor. insulated and plenty of roost and nest. plenty of room.
she is older... got her from a woman who does not take proper care of her hens.. feeds them garbage from the kitchenand from local restaureant and i kinda rescued her.. she was broody when i got her.
a year ago..
she was fine.. til lately.. just a week or so maybe two.. just slowed down and then today i noticed that she was really sick. i figured it was just old age.. but then i picked her up and saw how terribley light she is and the empty crop and empty belly.
the mouth is filled with yellow stinking stuff kinda like some stuff i have coughed up from sinus but yellow and stinks so badly.. i got lots of it out. and gave her warm water in veggie oil with a syringe and also sucked some out with a baby thing i forget what its called blue rubber with spout on it to suck liquid from babys mouth and nose..
fot lots of it out but stopped when i noticed some blood on the q tip i was using.
i did get some liguid down her with activia yogert.. she coughed at it.. i wanted to stick the qtip down and get a better hole going to the cr op but was scared to do that very far.. should I
i cant take her to the vet i took a chip monk once and he turned and left the room.. i hate him to.
only one available. and hes probably not available at this time of day.
whew
