Seriously? I think he may be a QUACK!
I NEED YOUR HELP!
My hen: approx 4 yrs old. Larger serama. Was not getting oyster shell. On layer crumble. Went through long period on not laying. Began laying again for several weeks. All eggs have been normal.
She is a spoiled girl. Very tame. Sweet. Lives in my house in a well ventilated 55 gallon tank- no lid on it. She never escapes it so I dont have to have a lid.
I Saw her sitting like a broody hen yesterday. Decided to put eggs under her later that day. When I went to do so I found she wasnt broody- but weak.
She sat with her legs under her, or out in front of her. Feet open, or curled. Wings open and out to the sides- similar to a momma hen sitting on a nest on a hot day. If I moved her wings theys slowly fell back to this position.
I ***THOUGHT*** she was egg bound. 3 super warm baths. She wasnt laying an egg. I massaged. No egg. Her breathing became laboured. She still could not walk.
Eating crumbles, nutri drench water, gravel, & introduced oyster shell. She tore into it!
This is my pet hen. She lives in my house, in a cage so I doubt injury.
Took her to vet. He picked her up, manhandled her.... she squawked. He sat her down & said "I dont feel an egg. I dont think she is sick. I dont think you have a problem."
I said "but I thought I felt one. She is sick, she cant stand."
So....
He takes her temp.
He states she must have an infection because she had a fever of 106 in her vent and states this is too high....
He gives her albon sulfur antibiotics.
He leaves the room.
Receptionist comes in. She asks me if it was an egg. I told her the vet said it wasn't an egg...
Then....
My hen stands up and lays an egg.....
The vet walks in. The receptionisy shows him the egg.... His jaw drops....
And he asks
"Is it fertilized?"
I dont know whether to laugh or cry.
He says he thinks putting the thermometer in her caused the egg to get moving.
He said either she was too exhsusted to lay due to fever/infection.... or.... being egg bound caused her to have an infection.
Her egg looks normal- not to big.
So now I wonder...
It is 6 hours later...
She has had 2 rounds of albon now.
She still acts the same. Head alert, eating. Can barely stand up. Wont walk.
AND NOW I AM MAD!!!!
A LADY TOLD ME ON FACEBOOK THAT 106 F IS NORMAL TEMP FOR A HEN!!!!
This was a farm vet. He talked like he knew chicken anatomy... but... he said no animal birds included should get to 106f....
Meanwhile I paid $50 bucks to save my best friend and she is not any better.
Im soopo scared! I cant afford another vet! She is my baby!
I worry that something bigger is wrong!!!
Can anyone help???
VIDEOS POSTED AT
http://www.youtube.com/thedirtyfeather
That is a channel I made just for her
I NEED YOUR HELP!
My hen: approx 4 yrs old. Larger serama. Was not getting oyster shell. On layer crumble. Went through long period on not laying. Began laying again for several weeks. All eggs have been normal.
She is a spoiled girl. Very tame. Sweet. Lives in my house in a well ventilated 55 gallon tank- no lid on it. She never escapes it so I dont have to have a lid.
I Saw her sitting like a broody hen yesterday. Decided to put eggs under her later that day. When I went to do so I found she wasnt broody- but weak.
She sat with her legs under her, or out in front of her. Feet open, or curled. Wings open and out to the sides- similar to a momma hen sitting on a nest on a hot day. If I moved her wings theys slowly fell back to this position.
I ***THOUGHT*** she was egg bound. 3 super warm baths. She wasnt laying an egg. I massaged. No egg. Her breathing became laboured. She still could not walk.
Eating crumbles, nutri drench water, gravel, & introduced oyster shell. She tore into it!
This is my pet hen. She lives in my house, in a cage so I doubt injury.
Took her to vet. He picked her up, manhandled her.... she squawked. He sat her down & said "I dont feel an egg. I dont think she is sick. I dont think you have a problem."
I said "but I thought I felt one. She is sick, she cant stand."
So....
He takes her temp.
He states she must have an infection because she had a fever of 106 in her vent and states this is too high....
He gives her albon sulfur antibiotics.
He leaves the room.
Receptionist comes in. She asks me if it was an egg. I told her the vet said it wasn't an egg...
Then....
My hen stands up and lays an egg.....
The vet walks in. The receptionisy shows him the egg.... His jaw drops....
And he asks
"Is it fertilized?"
I dont know whether to laugh or cry.
He says he thinks putting the thermometer in her caused the egg to get moving.
He said either she was too exhsusted to lay due to fever/infection.... or.... being egg bound caused her to have an infection.
Her egg looks normal- not to big.
So now I wonder...
It is 6 hours later...
She has had 2 rounds of albon now.
She still acts the same. Head alert, eating. Can barely stand up. Wont walk.
AND NOW I AM MAD!!!!
A LADY TOLD ME ON FACEBOOK THAT 106 F IS NORMAL TEMP FOR A HEN!!!!
This was a farm vet. He talked like he knew chicken anatomy... but... he said no animal birds included should get to 106f....
Meanwhile I paid $50 bucks to save my best friend and she is not any better.
Im soopo scared! I cant afford another vet! She is my baby!
I worry that something bigger is wrong!!!
Can anyone help???
VIDEOS POSTED AT
http://www.youtube.com/thedirtyfeather
That is a channel I made just for her
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