Introduction and question

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck in resolving the problem with your hen.

 

[Dr Evy]

Hi Emily! Welcome to BYC. We’re so glad you joined!
Best of luck.

 

[Grammy60]

Hello Emily and welcome to BYC So happy you have joined our flock.

Best of luck with your hen

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, Emily and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Best wishes in resolving the issue with your hen.
You might try getting some calcium citrate, liquid form. It is absorbed much quicker than the TUMS.

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[Boppo]

Glad to meet you, Emily. I hope your hen gets better and you get advice you need. (hardly anybody anywhere can find vets who know about chickens and treat them - not just Hawaii). Best wishes with the sick chicken and with your nursing school. Let us know what happens, please!

 

[Emilyjp]

Welcome to BYC! Hope your hen gets better.

Thank you!

 

[Emilyjp]

Glad to meet you, Emily. I hope your hen gets better and you get advice you need. (hardly anybody anywhere can find vets who know about chickens and treat them - not just Hawaii). Best wishes with the sick chicken and with your nursing school. Let us know what happens, please!

Thank you so much! So far she is still alive and looks pretty perky this morning. I am very confused by her

 

[Boppo]

I did look at your other messages, and saw that somebody else had a similar set of symptoms that just turned out to be a molting hen. But others told you how to check the abdomen to see if it's ascites. I hope it just turns out to be molting and she was feeling under the weather. You are taking good care of that hen.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! Good luck with your hen.