Luck Girl rescued from the highway

[BatesFarm]

I rescued this girl 2 weeks ago from the middle of a highway.
She was pretty banged up, but she is eating and resting well. It sounds like she has a cough. But I’m not seeing a runny nose.
I’ve been providing her with nutrition-drench, oil of oregano, and electrolytes, in her water.
I would like to introduce her to my other girls. Currently, she is sectioned off with a wire fence from then.
It appears her feathers are coming back. If you look at the pics. The red spot on the top of her wing stays red.
Thank in advance for your thoughts , for Lucky Girl.
Donna

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I rescued this girl 2 weeks ago from the middle of a highway.
She was pretty banged up, but she is eating and resting well. It sounds like she has a cough. But I’m not seeing a runny nose.
I’ve been providing her with nutrition-drench, oil of oregano, and electrolytes, in her water.
I would like to introduce her to my other girls. Currently, she is sectioned off with a wire fence from then.
It appears her feathers are coming back. If you look at the pics. The red spot on the top of her wing stays red.
Thank in advance for your thoughts , for Lucky Girl.
Donna

Can you get a video of what she sounds like - you mention a cough.
Upload video to Youtube and provide a link.

The pattern of feather loss she has is indicative to mating. Any feathers that are broken or if the feather shaft is intact in the skin will not be replaced until she molts which may be in the fall depending on her age. (so...those wing tips may not feather back out until molt).

She's been near your flock separated only by a fence, so if she does have anything contagious like respiratory illness, it would be spread by now.

Check her crop to see that it's emptying overnight, look her over for lice/mites and give a good look inside the beak for any signs of canker or lesions.

If you introduce her, observe heavily, your flock may be perfectly fine with a fence between them, but sometimes if they can make contact they can get nasty. With her bare spots, they may take the opportunity to peck her there, hard to know. Chickens react differently, so you'll just have to observe. IF they go for her bare spots, putting a saddle with wings on her may help.

 

[BatesFarm]

Can you get a video of what she sounds like - you mention a cough.
Upload video to Youtube and provide a link.

The pattern of feather loss she has is indicative to mating. Any feathers that are broken or if the feather shaft is intact in the skin will not be replaced until she molts which may be in the fall depending on her age. (so...those wing tips may not feather back out until molt).

She's been near your flock separated only by a fence, so if she does have anything contagious like respiratory illness, it would be spread by now.

Check her crop to see that it's emptying overnight, look her over for lice/mites and give a good look inside the beak for any signs of canker or lesions.

If you introduce her, observe heavily, your flock may be perfectly fine with a fence between them, but sometimes if they can make contact they can get nasty. With her bare spots, they may take the opportunity to peck her there, hard to know. Chickens react differently, so you'll just have to observe. IF they go for her bare spots, putting a saddle with wings on her may help.

Thank you, this sounds like great advice.
I will work on getting a video of the cough.
I’ve checked for the live and mites and there is nothing that we see.
I’ll have to look up, crop , and canker. I’m not sure what that is.
I will let you know. Thank you!!!

 

[BatesFarm]

Can you get a video of what she sounds like - you mention a cough.
Upload video to Youtube and provide a link.

The pattern of feather loss she has is indicative to mating. Any feathers that are broken or if the feather shaft is intact in the skin will not be replaced until she molts which may be in the fall depending on her age. (so...those wing tips may not feather back out until molt).

She's been near your flock separated only by a fence, so if she does have anything contagious like respiratory illness, it would be spread by now.

Check her crop to see that it's emptying overnight, look her over for lice/mites and give a good look inside the beak for any signs of canker or lesions.

If you introduce her, observe heavily, your flock may be perfectly fine with a fence between them, but sometimes if they can make contact they can get nasty. With her bare spots, they may take the opportunity to peck her there, hard to know. Chickens react differently, so you'll just have to observe. IF they go for her bare spots, putting a saddle with wings on her may help.

Can you get a video of what she sounds like - you mention a cough.
Upload video to Youtube and provide a link.

The pattern of feather loss she has is indicative to mating. Any feathers that are broken or if the feather shaft is intact in the skin will not be replaced until she molts which may be in the fall depending on her age. (so...those wing tips may not feather back out until molt).

She's been near your flock separated only by a fence, so if she does have anything contagious like respiratory illness, it would be spread by now.

Check her crop to see that it's emptying overnight, look her over for lice/mites and give a good look inside the beak for any signs of canker or lesions.

If you introduce her, observe heavily, your flock may be perfectly fine with a fence between them, but sometimes if they can make contact they can get nasty. With her bare spots, they may take the opportunity to peck her there, hard to know. Chickens react differently, so you'll just have to observe. IF they go for her bare spots, putting a saddle with wings on her may help.

 

[BatesFarm]

Thank you, this sounds like great advice.
I will work on getting a video of the cough.
I’ve checked for the live and mites and there is nothing that we see.
I’ll have to look up, crop , and canker. I’m not sure what that is.
I will let you know. Thank you!!!

I have a video but I’m not able to post it to YouTube. I’ll keep trying.

 

[LaFleche]

Don't forget to deworm her before letting them all mingle.

If you do not see any nasal discharge or bubbly eyes on her the coughing could be caused by gape worms.

 

[BatesFarm]

Don't forget to deworm her before letting them all mingle.

If you do not see any nasal discharge or bubbly eyes on her the coughing could be caused by gape worms.

This gape worm sounds like what she has. What is the best to use?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you, this sounds like great advice.
I will work on getting a video of the cough.
I’ve checked for the live and mites and there is nothing that we see.
I’ll have to look up, crop , and canker. I’m not sure what that is.
I will let you know. Thank you!!!

This gape worm sounds like what she has. What is the best to use?

Good that you are not finding external parasites!

OK. Anatomy photo below. The Crop is located on the right side of the breast. It's like a pouch that holds food/water. During the day as your hen eats/drinks you will be able to feel the pouch "grow" or get bigger. Sometimes depending on how much she eats, it may be very obvious as you just look at her. But you can take your hand an feel downward on the right side of her breast and feel for the crop. It shouldn't hurt her or be uncomfortable for you to touch her (She may be shy or not used to handling, that's another behavior).
Most hens fill their crop at night before roosting, you can feel of it then if you wish, usually that's the "fullest" time. As she sleeps, the food is processed through the digestive system. Birds poop a lot at night. In the morning if you feel the crop again (before she eat/drinks) you should feel that it's flat or empty.
Since you have other hens, practice on them if you wish. I used to run my hands down their breast quickly when they went to roost, then first thing to become familiar. Now after all these years, most of the time I can just look at them and see if they've been eating/drinking, the crop size and if it's empty in the mornings, but if one concerns me, I certainly do check.

Canker. You'd open the beak and take a look inside for any yellow or white lesions/plaques. There would also be a foul odor. Canker is not that common, but with an unknown history, it's best to check. Canker is contagious, but it can also cause plaques in the airway and esophagus which can cause some respiratory symptoms, gaping, etc.

Deworming is a good idea, even if it's not Gapeworm, you'd want to eliminate common worms like roundworm, cecal worms, etc.

Are you in the U.S.? If so, then follow these instructions.

To treat most worms that poultry can have except for Tapeworm you can use Safeguard Liquid Goat Dewormer or Equine Paste (Fenbendazole) or Valbazen (Albendazole). Both are given orally by weight; they do not mix well with water.

Safeguard dose is 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally once a day for 5 days in a row.
---OR---
Valbazen dose is 0.08ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeated in 10 days

Here's how to give oral medications:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/



If you're struggling with video, you could try using the BYC Gallery, just let us know where to find it.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-to-upload-videos-to-the-gallery.1631126/

 

[BatesFarm]

Good that you are not finding external parasites!

OK. Anatomy photo below. The Crop is located on the right side of the breast. It's like a pouch that holds food/water. During the day as your hen eats/drinks you will be able to feel the pouch "grow" or get bigger. Sometimes depending on how much she eats, it may be very obvious as you just look at her. But you can take your hand an feel downward on the right side of her breast and feel for the crop. It shouldn't hurt her or be uncomfortable for you to touch her (She may be shy or not used to handling, that's another behavior).
Most hens fill their crop at night before roosting, you can feel of it then if you wish, usually that's the "fullest" time. As she sleeps, the food is processed through the digestive system. Birds poop a lot at night. In the morning if you feel the crop again (before she eat/drinks) you should feel that it's flat or empty.
Since you have other hens, practice on them if you wish. I used to run my hands down their breast quickly when they went to roost, then first thing to become familiar. Now after all these years, most of the time I can just look at them and see if they've been eating/drinking, the crop size and if it's empty in the mornings, but if one concerns me, I certainly do check.

Canker. You'd open the beak and take a look inside for any yellow or white lesions/plaques. There would also be a foul odor. Canker is not that common, but with an unknown history, it's best to check. Canker is contagious, but it can also cause plaques in the airway and esophagus which can cause some respiratory symptoms, gaping, etc.

Deworming is a good idea, even if it's not Gapeworm, you'd want to eliminate common worms like roundworm, cecal worms, etc.

Are you in the U.S.? If so, then follow these instructions.

To treat most worms that poultry can have except for Tapeworm you can use Safeguard Liquid Goat Dewormer or Equine Paste (Fenbendazole) or Valbazen (Albendazole). Both are given orally by weight; they do not mix well with water.

Safeguard dose is 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally once a day for 5 days in a row.
---OR---
Valbazen dose is 0.08ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeated in 10 days

Here's how to give oral medications:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/



If you're struggling with video, you could try using the BYC Gallery, just let us know where to find it.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-to-upload-videos-to-the-gallery.1631126/

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Thank you very much! This is so helpful and detailed information. I appreciate it very much!