I think I failed my chicken baby...Impacted didn't make it.

[ANGELCHICK]

I don't understand what happened. I did a baking soda flush on my 13 wk old EE yesterday afternoon and now she's dead. Did I do it wrong? I gave her olive oil and massaged her crop then did the flush. 3 times and let her rest. We were able to get most of it out but some really hard stuff could still be felt in her crop so I gave her a little more olive oil directly in the crop hoping it would help soften and pass whatever was in there. I'm so upset I think I killed my child's favorite chicken.

She appeared ok when I put her back in the box after the flush. She was walking around and drinking some water. Its 90 degrees here for the last 2 days, is it possible she died of dehydration? She hasn't been drinking much water and I've been feeding her 1 slice of bread with olive oil 2x per day for 2 days and prior to that, yogurt mixed with a little feed and some tomatoes with bread/oil. Yesterday morning she didn't eat all her bread. I have 7 other girls, how can I keep them from having this problem?

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

don't worry you did not kill her you did all that you could but sometimes it doesn't help enough

 

[Wynette]

I agree with Hollywood; sometimes, you just never know for sure why they pass; you just need to know you did all you can. And it sure sounds like you did right by this bird. Sorry for your loss.

 

[Firework]

I'm sorry.

 

[ANGELCHICK]

Thanks guys, I really thought she was going to make it. I do have another flush question, is there a way to make sure the airway cleared after the flushing? As I said, she looked exhausted but otherwise OK when I put her to bed last night breathing fine; however, my mom said it appeared she had vomited in the box when she checked on her mid morning. I didn't think chickens could vomit. I just pray she didn't choke to death as a result of the flushing.

 

[Wynette]

If she had aspirated any fluid, she would have either died within about 30 seconds, or, if she couldn't cough up the fluid, she would have contracted pneumonia. Either way, you'd have known about it.

 

[Opa]

Sometimes, inspite of our best efforts, they will die and you will never know what caused it. The only thing I would have added to your treatment would have been to have given her so Poutry Drench. You open their beaks and place a few drops in the lower bill. Do this several times. The electrolytes and sugars can some times give them the extra boost they need. You made a supreme effort to save that bird and should take solace from the fact that you did way more than most would.

 

[ANGELCHICK]

Gosh, that makes me feel better.

 

[Julie08]

bread is "junk food" for chickens from what I understand just an FYI there.

I'm sorry to read about your chicken but I agree with the rest I'm sure you didn't kill it. I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[toredano]

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Actually, the bread and oil is used as a binding agent to get the impaction down to the gizzard.