Life threatening event and now yellow urates

[jonalisa]

A LP so add acv to her water

LP?

 

[Nuffy]

LP?

Sorry my phone adds in letters or words I did not mean. Billed out is when chickens sort through their feed looking for the right tidbit. Kind of like Goldilocks.

 

[jonalisa]

Sorry that she is not digesting her food. My hen only seems to spit up if I massage her full crop, and that can cause choking. I have stopped treatment on my hen, just letting her do what she wants to do, and offering her bits of scrambled egg daily. I don’t think that she will be alive much longer.
I would agree that your hen sounds like she could have a blockage perhaps in her gizzard or crop preventing anything going through. Tumors in the crop or elsewhere can sometimes be present.

I think I am just going to try the sour crop treatment - although as I said, I haven't felt a full crop on her.
I'm sorry about your hen - it's so hard.

 

[jonalisa]

Sorry my phone adds in letters or words I did not mean. Billed out is when chickens sort through their feed looking for the right tidbit. Kind of like Goldilocks.

Oh, I see. Well, the feed is mixed with pedialyte so it's like wet sand.

 

[jonalisa]

A LP so add acv to her water

ACV added, and she's drinking it.

 

[Nuffy]

ACV added, and she's drinking it.

I just went back over your first post you have done an outstanding job with your hen. 5 years old is old in chicken world, especially for a high production hen, they always seem to develop reproduction issues for me after the first hard molt. The Mennonites in my area only keep them a year some only six months now of laying. You will know soon if the antifungal is starting to work but her eating is a good thing. Good luck and prayers.

 

[jonalisa]

I just went back over your first post you have done an outstanding job with your hen. 5 years old is old in chicken world, especially for a high production hen, they always seem to develop reproduction issues for me after the first hard molt. The Mennonites in my area only keep them a year some only six months now of laying. You will know soon if the antifungal is starting to work but her eating is a good thing. Good luck and prayers.

Thank you so much!

 

[jonalisa]

Status...mainly standing with eyes closed. I've noticed she won't sit on the roost, she will only stand. I have a dog bed stuffed with wool - since she doesn't want to lie down, I prop her up with wool...

 

[Nuffy]

Status...mainly standing with eyes closed. I've noticed she won't sit on the roost, she will only stand. I have a dog bed stuffed with wool - since she doesn't want to lie down, I prop her up with wool...

You have done a wonderful job with your girl, it sounds like the end may be near. Remember these types of hens were bred to lay eggs early and often, you gave a hen 5years of good life. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is let go. Hopefully I don't come across as uncaring. I will treat a hen up to death if I have to, they work hard for us that is the least I can do.Prayers

 

[jonalisa]

You have done a wonderful job with your girl, it sounds like the end may be near. Remember these types of hens were bred to lay eggs early and often, you gave a hen 5years of good life. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is let go. Hopefully I don't come across as uncaring. I will treat a hen up to death if I have to, they work hard for us that is the least I can do.Prayers

Well thank you so much for your kind words and for your prayers. I've prayed a lot this week. Charlotte is lying down, eyes closed for some time now. I put her near a window so she's getting some soft sunlight. I was trying to give her pedialyte via syringe, but she fought me so I stopped. I guess she knows better than me at this point and I feel obliged to follow her wishes.