I need some advice...egg bound hen? Infection?

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Ok, can I get that at the store? I just gave her a tums at 12. Can I give her another round of it when I get home. I give her baytril around 6:30/7 so if I go home and give her more calcium that should be enough time between dosing.
 
JensChickies said:
Ok, can I get that at the store? I just gave her a tums at 12. Can I give her another round of it when I get home. I give her baytril around 6:30/7 so if I go home and give her more calcium that should be enough time between dosing.
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It's in the cattle section of Tractor Supply. When my hen is eggbound, the vet has me give 50 mg per pound every 12 hours, but she also has me give fluids at 25 ml per pound once or twice a day subcutaneously. Talk to your vet about this.

-Kathy
 
That looked like a lash egg to me and that means salpingitis. Mine is just recovering from a very similar situation and is starting to look pretty chipper. She moulted heavily and has looked in a real sorry state for the past few weeks.
I doubt she will ever lay again though.
I'm a big believer in the benifits of turmeric as a general tonic (supposed to be good for cellular repair) and all the hens are now on a daily sprinkle (1/4 teaspoon each with a pinch of black pepper.) By all accounts most hens don't survive salpingitis for more than 6 months and its a complex infection so antibiotics are a waste of time. But the claim that most chickens die from it is overstretched I think. Commercially it's fatal because they won't lay and so are culled, which is fatal of course.
 
Ok I will. I can do SQ fluids, not my first rodeo. I will ask my vet about those two things. I told my vet about the Avian vet and them not willin g to do surgery. Right now, my hen is not doing too bad, still pooping, that's one of the main goals. My vet agreed that when it's time, and we have exhausted all other avenues, that she will attempt to go get the egg. It's really risky, but unfortunately my hen will die if its left in there.
 
Thank you for your response. The vets are pretty sure it's a stuck egg, bit it's farther up the oviduct then where they typically get stuck at. I was worried about salpingitis too, but the Avian vets put mind at ease about that.
 

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