I found one of my chickens (Amelia is her name) basically just sleeping in the middle of the day and woke up for a second but couldn’t care less that I was right beside her (they all usually try to run from me at first). I picked her up, which woke her up, and within seconds she was asleep in my arms. My first thought; heat exhaustion (avg. 90 degrees here). We just had another chicken die of this a few days before, so I had already done some reading up on what to do if I spot it before they die.
I ran Amelia to the house and gave her some water. Her comb was finally getting a little red (it had been very pale) and she seemed to be feeling much better, but she was so tired. She kept falling asleep but was much better than when she was outside in the heat - much more alert and would stay awake for minutes at a time. She stayed inside for at least 2 hours with us but we had to leave, so I put her back in the coop. At this time, it was getting dark and about 80 degrees outside so I felt she would be fine. When I went to check on them this morning, she moved about 8” from where I put her originally and she had developed wry neck.
I took her back inside the house. At this time, she was standing on her feet no big deal, just twisting her neck. Went to the store and purchased a supplement that the feed store said would help with her deficiencies that is causing wry neck - gave her 2 big gulps of it like they said she needed asap. When I got home from work a few hours later, she was laying out on the floor (I thought she was dead) on her side. She was still alive but now she can’t stand up, she has only opened her eyes once and I was only for a second. She will swallow the drops of water I give her from the syringe, but it also seems like she throws a little bit up too. She is literally limp. She’s breathing but that’s it. I have to hold her head up, open her mouth, and give her drops. She doesn’t open her eyes.
I can’t give up on her! But she hasn’t eaten anything since about 5pm yesterday (it’s 11:40pm right now). I try to give her water soaked feed, but it’s not much at all. She has swallowed a little and seemed to keep it down, but I just don’t know what to do or if this is basically the last thing that happens before they die.
Please help!
I ran Amelia to the house and gave her some water. Her comb was finally getting a little red (it had been very pale) and she seemed to be feeling much better, but she was so tired. She kept falling asleep but was much better than when she was outside in the heat - much more alert and would stay awake for minutes at a time. She stayed inside for at least 2 hours with us but we had to leave, so I put her back in the coop. At this time, it was getting dark and about 80 degrees outside so I felt she would be fine. When I went to check on them this morning, she moved about 8” from where I put her originally and she had developed wry neck.
I took her back inside the house. At this time, she was standing on her feet no big deal, just twisting her neck. Went to the store and purchased a supplement that the feed store said would help with her deficiencies that is causing wry neck - gave her 2 big gulps of it like they said she needed asap. When I got home from work a few hours later, she was laying out on the floor (I thought she was dead) on her side. She was still alive but now she can’t stand up, she has only opened her eyes once and I was only for a second. She will swallow the drops of water I give her from the syringe, but it also seems like she throws a little bit up too. She is literally limp. She’s breathing but that’s it. I have to hold her head up, open her mouth, and give her drops. She doesn’t open her eyes.
I can’t give up on her! But she hasn’t eaten anything since about 5pm yesterday (it’s 11:40pm right now). I try to give her water soaked feed, but it’s not much at all. She has swallowed a little and seemed to keep it down, but I just don’t know what to do or if this is basically the last thing that happens before they die.
Please help!
