I think my girl is dying

[SurferchickinSB]

Her vent looks a little bit shrunken and dry compared to my other hens.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Is there any way you could post a video?

 

[SurferchickinSB]

Is there any way you could post a video?

I don’t know how to do that but she is just sleeping in a box next to my bed. I am hoping she will be OK in the morning, but I feel like she’s probably not gonna make it too much longer. Whatever is happening to her, seems like it is making her go downhill really fast, but yesterday evening she looked like their was something wrong, So I gave her a Tums and then this morning she looked all perky in the nest and had an egg. I decided to bring her in tonight because she was hiding in a bush and I was afraid if it got dark I wouldn’t be able to find her out there if she didn’t go to the coop with the other girls and I know there’s a lot of animals that come into my yard at night.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

She is normally really perky, vocal and active until yesterday late afternoon.

 

[ChicNmom]

I think in that situation I might give a hen something for pain. I have Meloxicam on hand but if you don't have it try some aspirin. 1/2 of an 81g tablet just in case she's having some internal discomfort. I would give her anything she would eat and also keep giving the tums or calcium in case she's trying to pass an egg as the pulsing seems to indicate. I don't think you have anything to lose by trying.

Also the poop looks a little eggy. Did you notice if it smelled like raw egg?
She could have dropped on that didn't get a shell on it or there could be something further up in her system.

Maybe do a search here for yellow foamy poop and see if any symptoms match up.

Hope she pulls through.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

@casportpony

 

[SurferchickinSB]

I think in that situation I might give a hen something for pain. I have Meloxicam on hand but if you don't have it try some aspirin. 1/2 of an 81g tablet just in case she's having some internal discomfort. I would give her anything she would eat and also keep giving the tums or calcium in case she's trying to pass an egg as the pulsing seems to indicate. I don't think you have anything to lose by trying.

Also the poop looks a little eggy. Did you notice if it smelled like raw egg?
She could have dropped on that didn't get a shell on it or there could be something further up in her system.

Maybe do a search here for yellow foamy poop and see if any symptoms match up.

Hope she pulls through.

Thank you for your response. I will do as you suggest and hopefully in the morning she will have passed the egg if there is one.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

Thank you for your response. I will do as you suggest and hopefully in the morning she will have passed the egg if there is one.

The poop had a slight yellow tinge and I thought it could possibly be an egg so I did smell it, but it didn’t smell like egg to me. It didn’t really smell like anything.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

I think in that situation I might give a hen something for pain. I have Meloxicam on hand but if you don't have it try some aspirin. 1/2 of an 81g tablet just in case she's having some internal discomfort. I would give her anything she would eat and also keep giving the tums or calcium in case she's trying to pass an egg as the pulsing seems to indicate. I don't think you have anything to lose by trying.

Also the poop looks a little eggy. Did you notice if it smelled like raw egg?
She could have dropped on that didn't get a shell on it or there could be something further up in her system.

Maybe do a search here for yellow foamy poop and see if any symptoms match up.

Hope she pulls through.

She just passed away just now.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm sorry to hear she died.
If you want to see if you can find out what happened, a necropsy would be in order.
Some of us do our own informal necropsy at home, if you feel up to doing that, then post some photos of what you see.
UC Davis is your state lab, so you could also send the body for necropsy if you want to find out more.