Amid the three ring circus that is my household right now, I have a hen that is acting a bit off. She didn't come out with the others this morning. I found her sitting below the nestboxes, just sitting there.
1) What type of bird , age and weight. She's a bantam buff brahma, 21 months old, approx. 5 lbs. Maggie is my accidental bantam. The rest of my flock is LF.
2) What is the behavior, exactly. She's just not moving around. Not fluffed up, eyes are clear, no drainage from the nostrils, not egg bound as far as I can tell.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? She was fine and feisty when they went to roost last night.
4) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. no
5) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. Nothing
6) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. Layer pellets, treats of bread, yogurt and scratch, water at all times. She will move around if I put some bread just out of her reach. She'll walk over to get some.
7) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. Normal
8) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? None. She was wormed with a broad-spectrum wormer in Nov. 09
9 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? Completely home treated
10) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
11) Describe the housing/bedding in use Draft proof coop. Flock free ranges all day, locked in the coop at night. Pine shavings on the floor, hay in the nestboxes.
Edited because I forgot to mention that her comb and wattle color is only slightly pale.
1) What type of bird , age and weight. She's a bantam buff brahma, 21 months old, approx. 5 lbs. Maggie is my accidental bantam. The rest of my flock is LF.
2) What is the behavior, exactly. She's just not moving around. Not fluffed up, eyes are clear, no drainage from the nostrils, not egg bound as far as I can tell.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? She was fine and feisty when they went to roost last night.
4) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. no
5) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. Nothing
6) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. Layer pellets, treats of bread, yogurt and scratch, water at all times. She will move around if I put some bread just out of her reach. She'll walk over to get some.
7) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. Normal
8) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? None. She was wormed with a broad-spectrum wormer in Nov. 09
9 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? Completely home treated
10) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
11) Describe the housing/bedding in use Draft proof coop. Flock free ranges all day, locked in the coop at night. Pine shavings on the floor, hay in the nestboxes.
Edited because I forgot to mention that her comb and wattle color is only slightly pale.
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