- Oct 17, 2009
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1) What type of bird , age and weight.- Barred Rock, 16 weeks, small for her age
2) What is the behavior, exactly. She is acting very lethargic, stands in one spot with her eyes closed, tail down and neck in- hardly moves.
3) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. No
4) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. She was getting bullied by an older hen.
5) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. Yes, but it seems like she has been doing so less and less
6) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. Not sure, it may be runny
7) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? Nothing, she has gotten to the point where she doesnt flintch when she gets picked up she just makes cooing sounds.
8 ) 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? Separate her from the other birds?
9) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. No sorry I can post one later
10) Describe the housing/bedding in use. They have a rather large coop and run- 6 birds. Aspen shavings are used as bedding for the coop. Thye are fed a mixture of scratch and laying pellets and always have fresh water.
I am not sure what to do for the last week she has just gotten worse. It started when she had just one eye closed, I thought she may have been injured by the bigger hen? But it has progressed to her just standing at one place with both eyes closed and barely moving. There is no discharge on her face or aroung her eyes.
2) What is the behavior, exactly. She is acting very lethargic, stands in one spot with her eyes closed, tail down and neck in- hardly moves.
3) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. No
4) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. She was getting bullied by an older hen.
5) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. Yes, but it seems like she has been doing so less and less
6) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. Not sure, it may be runny
7) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? Nothing, she has gotten to the point where she doesnt flintch when she gets picked up she just makes cooing sounds.
8 ) 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? Separate her from the other birds?
9) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. No sorry I can post one later
10) Describe the housing/bedding in use. They have a rather large coop and run- 6 birds. Aspen shavings are used as bedding for the coop. Thye are fed a mixture of scratch and laying pellets and always have fresh water.
I am not sure what to do for the last week she has just gotten worse. It started when she had just one eye closed, I thought she may have been injured by the bigger hen? But it has progressed to her just standing at one place with both eyes closed and barely moving. There is no discharge on her face or aroung her eyes.
