letargic bantam hen with possible broken egg inside her infecting, I need advice please

[beautifulchick]

It's really hard to tell if they are eating the eggshells or oyster shell since they don't need very much of them, but if you put it out there the laying hens will take what they need.

I've been seeing poops with tiny crushed eggshells since they started laying but I can't remember if she was the most with those poops, and since the incident, I don't remember see them, however she was broody since October 29 (so not laying) for like a week and then in November 10 happened the issue. However there are three days that I'm not sure if she lay or not after stopping the broodiness

 

[BigBlueHen53]

You are doing the best you can for your chickens where you are, we see that it is not easy for you.

 

[beautifulchick]

You are doing the best you can for your chickens where you are, we see that it is not easy for you.

Thank you for your comforting words

 

[alinas2010]

Aw I’m sorry we didn’t realize you were somewhere feed is that hard to find. It does sound like you keep them well fed with what you have. How wonderful, but difficult to be a person who has pet chickens in a place where most do not consider them pets.

I have 500mg capsules and 1g tablets, if I cant, I will have to go with enrofloxacine.

Here is a trick for measuring your amoxicillin capsules if you are able to break them open. It was taught to me by @Wyorp Rock when my hen was sick:

What I do is empty the capsule out and mix it with a "known" amount of something like coconut oil (some use cream cheese or liverwurst).

In this example, let's use 1 teaspoon coconut oil. This is your known. Mix your powder into the coconut oil. You have 500mg powder, so if you half the coconut oil, then you have two, 250mg portions. You can then roll those up into a shape of a pill, put in the freezer to harden and then give it just like you do a pill.
If you needed a smaller dose, then divide your oil into 4 portions and so on.

Make sense?

I hope your hen improves with the antibiotic. Please keep us updated.

 

[alinas2010]

Also, if you happen to use enrofloxacin, there is a drug interaction with the dewormer you’re using, so just be aware of that:

Enrofloxacin:The metabolism of Albendazole can be decreased when combined with Enrofloxacin.

See more at: https://poultrydvm.com/drugs/albendazole

 

[beautifulchick]

Aw I’m sorry we didn’t realize you were somewhere feed is that hard to find. It does sound like you keep them well fed with what you have. How wonderful, but difficult to be a person who has pet chickens in a place where most do not consider them pets.


Here is a trick for measuring your amoxicillin capsules if you are able to break them open. It was taught to me by @Wyorp Rock when my hen was sick:



I hope your hen improves with the antibiotic. Please keep us updated.

Thank you! I remember reading this information before, but I completely forgot! It's very useful.

 

[beautifulchick]

Also, if you happen to use enrofloxacin, there is a drug interaction with the dewormer you’re using, so just be aware of that:

Enrofloxacin:The metabolism of Albendazole can be decreased when combined with Enrofloxacin.

See more at: https://poultrydvm.com/drugs/albendazole

Thank you, I wasn't aware of that, I usually don't read that part, I'm glad I've found this community

 

[beautifulchick]

Update: Today Sunday she woke up better, no dropped wings and not so slowly, she kept staring at the nest and I give her enrofloxacine and then she went there, after 30 min she was still there, so I came back one hour more later and I've found a broody pullet(not her) and below her there was an "rectangular" shaped egg, so I think if it's her egg, she used to lay more pointed eggs that their sister at the beginning of laying so I always recognize them but the last ones before going broody they were like the others. The right one in the picture is the egg, the other ones is her sisters for comparison, I think in real life the difference is more clear, the half above part looks the same as half below part (for me).

 

[alinas2010]

Update: Today Sunday she woke up better, no dropped wings and not so slowly, she kept staring at the nest and I give her enrofloxacine and then she went there, after 30 min she was still there, so I came back one hour more later and I've found a broody pullet(not her) and below her there was an "rectangular" shaped egg, so I think if it's her egg, she used to lay more pointed eggs that their sister at the beginning of laying so I always recognize them but the last ones before going broody they were like the others. The right one in the picture is the egg, the other ones is her sisters for comparison, I think in real life the difference is more clear, the half above part looks the same as half below part (for me).

So you think she may be getting better? That could be a good sign. Especially if she is well enough to lay a normal looking egg. Today will be her first day of antibiotics, then? I hope that she continues to improve!

My hen that went through a reproductive infection never went back to laying, although she occasionally goes through the motions of laying. I am thankful, though, because I believe she is an internal layer, so if she were to continue to “lay” on a regular basis, the material would just be deposited into her abdomen.

 

[beautifulchick]

So you think she may be getting better? That could be a good sign. Especially if she is well enough to lay a normal looking egg. Today will be her first day of antibiotics, then? I hope that she continues to improve!

My hen that went through a reproductive infection never went back to laying, although she occasionally goes through the motions of laying. I am thankful, though, because I believe she is an internal layer, so if she were to continue to “lay” on a regular basis, the material would just be deposited into her abdomen.

Yes, today it's the first day, she slowly become more active, before roosting she was making sounds, she is still making watery poop, I don't know if enrofloxacine acted so fast or she was already recovering by herself because in the morning she looked a lot better than yesterday but treatment says 3 to 5 days so I will continue to give her, however I notice a bit after she lay the egg she was sitting in the floor inclining to her right side around 45°. I notice her mom hen does the same thing sometimes, I don't know if I need to worry about.
I was reading about internal layers too and I was already sad thinking that will be her destiny and I panicked, I'm still worried tough. It's sad your hen never recover completely but a bless that she was not laying in case is an internal layer like you believe, is this the same hen you treated with amoxiciline? I'm sorry I'm not very good in english so I'm not really sure if she is alive or she still with you by reading the previous posts, how old was her when she had the reproductive infection, and how old she lived or is she still alive? I hope I'm not asking too much