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SouthDakotaLiving
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- Jul 20, 2022
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Thanks so much for all your help! Bernice is looking a tiny bit better. She's vocalizing a little bit and this morning even had a few bites of scrambled egg and yogurt. I froze coconut oil and offered pieces; I was shocked that she seemed to like it--she ate around 8 little pieces.
I really could not find her crop this morning. I'm hoping that means it has shrunk back to normal, but it could just be that I'm new at this.
I think the white substance has stopped leaking from her. At the very least, she is defecating less. I'm smelling no yeast, but there is a pretty strong urine odor, so I suspect @Wyorp Rock that she is leaking Urates. I could not find very much on Urates and chickens on the web. Does the odor mean it probably is not vent Gleet? I ask because I'm not sure whether the treatment I'm providing is adequate and whether there is anything more she needs. I will definitely need to bathe her when she is feeling better.
Your hypothesis about ruptured material possibly re-entering her oviduct certainly fits with her behavior the other day when she was screaming after having passed 2 no-shell eggs. Maybe this then interfered somehow with regular defecation?
Today I have the door open with the screen, so at least she can look outside and feel the breeze. She has a few more days of medicine, so I will have to keep her sequestered.
I really could not find her crop this morning. I'm hoping that means it has shrunk back to normal, but it could just be that I'm new at this.
I think the white substance has stopped leaking from her. At the very least, she is defecating less. I'm smelling no yeast, but there is a pretty strong urine odor, so I suspect @Wyorp Rock that she is leaking Urates. I could not find very much on Urates and chickens on the web. Does the odor mean it probably is not vent Gleet? I ask because I'm not sure whether the treatment I'm providing is adequate and whether there is anything more she needs. I will definitely need to bathe her when she is feeling better.
Your hypothesis about ruptured material possibly re-entering her oviduct certainly fits with her behavior the other day when she was screaming after having passed 2 no-shell eggs. Maybe this then interfered somehow with regular defecation?
Today I have the door open with the screen, so at least she can look outside and feel the breeze. She has a few more days of medicine, so I will have to keep her sequestered.
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