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- Jan 10, 2020
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Can you help my Welsummer, Mavis? I can’t figure out what is wrong with her and I’m very worried.
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) welsummer. Less than a year and a half old.
2) What is the behavior, exactly. She’s lethargic. Low energy. Pale. Not eating or drinking. My husband found a cracked egg in the coop but he wasn’t sure if it was hers. She hasn’t been laying for weeks. She’s definitely molting but this behavior goes beyond molting behavior. This morning she seemed to have difficulty seeing and was squinting frequently.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? A day or two.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? No. But we lost another hen around the end of august who was behaving this same way.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. No
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. I have no idea.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. She hasn’t been interested in food today - not even her favorite treats. She was standing near the waterer once today but not drinking.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. see photo. Green. Slightly runny. No blood.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? Epsom salt bath for 20 minutes. Probed cloaca to see if she is egg bound but didn’t discover/feel anything. Massaged abdomen toward cloaca lightly while in the bath to help if egg is high in her abdomen.
10 ) 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? Whatever will help her live. I can’t lose another girl this year.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
coop bedding is sand. Sand in indoor run. Dirt in outdoor run.
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) welsummer. Less than a year and a half old.
2) What is the behavior, exactly. She’s lethargic. Low energy. Pale. Not eating or drinking. My husband found a cracked egg in the coop but he wasn’t sure if it was hers. She hasn’t been laying for weeks. She’s definitely molting but this behavior goes beyond molting behavior. This morning she seemed to have difficulty seeing and was squinting frequently.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? A day or two.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? No. But we lost another hen around the end of august who was behaving this same way.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. No
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. I have no idea.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. She hasn’t been interested in food today - not even her favorite treats. She was standing near the waterer once today but not drinking.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. see photo. Green. Slightly runny. No blood.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? Epsom salt bath for 20 minutes. Probed cloaca to see if she is egg bound but didn’t discover/feel anything. Massaged abdomen toward cloaca lightly while in the bath to help if egg is high in her abdomen.
10 ) 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? Whatever will help her live. I can’t lose another girl this year.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
coop bedding is sand. Sand in indoor run. Dirt in outdoor run.
(i had to order it bc I don’t have a tractor store nearby and I don’t own a car.)
