MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

You can place buckets of water around your perimeter and put them in there. Seems a little counterintuitive to add water around, but my father has had great luck with this method.

That's a great tip, thanks!

 

[ManueB]

They've called to say she's awake and we'll discuss findings when I arrive to collect her at 4.

That's in two hours right ?
Sending good thoughts MJ for Katie and for you.

 

[MaryJanet]

That's in two hours right ?
Sending good thoughts MJ for Katie and for you.

Yes, just under two hours.

Thank you Manue

 

[Ribh]

Yes, just under two hours.

Thank you Manue

Love & best wishes for you & Katie

 

[MaryJanet]

I'm home again and Katie's in hospital for a few days.

She has either zinc or lead toxicity, but the images indicate zinc.

She's having chelation therapy for five days with crop feeds, hard food, and IV liquids because her kidneys are not functioning very well.

The chelation therapy is calcium edt. Or maybe she said calcium edta. I don't quite remember.

If the chelation works like a charm, it'll confirm zinc.if it works but not quite as well, it'll confirm lead.

If it's lead, I'll get the soil tested and remediated.

The hospital part of the practice is very impressive! I was allowed to visit her. She had her IV in and was a bit down.

I'm allowed to visit any time as long as I give prior notice so they can accommodate me. So I've booked in for tomorrow morning at 10.30 and I may take Christa with me to say hi. And I'll take a few pieces of tomato. She's allowed to have a friend stay with her in hospital and Christa is her bestie at this time, but I imagine Christa would pull out her IV. I imagine all of the hens would actually. So she'll have to soldier on solo for the time being.

 

[Ribh]

I'm home again and Katie's in hospital for a few days.

She has either zinc or lead toxicity, but the images indicate zinc.

She's having chelation therapy for five days with crop feeds, hard food, and IV liquids because her kidneys are not functioning very well.

The chelation therapy is calcium edt. Or maybe she said calcium edta. I don't quite remember.

If the chelation works like a charm, it'll confirm zinc.if it works but not quite as well, it'll confirm lead.

If it's lead, I'll get the soil tested and remediated.

The hospital part of the practice is very impressive! I was allowed to visit her. She had her IV in and was a bit down.

I'm allowed to visit any time as long as I give prior notice so they can accommodate me. So I've booked in for tomorrow morning at 10.30 and I may take Christa with me to say hi. And I'll take a few pieces of tomato. She's allowed to have a friend stay with her in hospital and Christa is her bestie at this time, but I imagine Christa would pull out her IV. I imagine all of the hens would actually. So she'll have to soldier on solo for the time being.

At least its treatable. Hope all goes well.

 

[ManueB]

I'm home again and Katie's in hospital for a few days.

She has either zinc or lead toxicity, but the images indicate zinc.

She's having chelation therapy for five days with crop feeds, hard food, and IV liquids because her kidneys are not functioning very well.

The chelation therapy is calcium edt. Or maybe she said calcium edta. I don't quite remember.

If the chelation works like a charm, it'll confirm zinc.if it works but not quite as well, it'll confirm lead.

If it's lead, I'll get the soil tested and remediated.

The hospital part of the practice is very impressive! I was allowed to visit her. She had her IV in and was a bit down.

I'm allowed to visit any time as long as I give prior notice so they can accommodate me. So I've booked in for tomorrow morning at 10.30 and I may take Christa with me to say hi. And I'll take a few pieces of tomato. She's allowed to have a friend stay with her in hospital and Christa is her bestie at this time, but I imagine Christa would pull out her IV. I imagine all of the hens would actually. So she'll have to soldier on solo for the time being.

It seems like she is in good hands.
Could it possibly be something she swallowed ?
Yes, being hospitalised isn't easy for chickens. Possibly the fact that she has already moved housing may help her to adapt more easily.

I hope the chelation works and Katie gets better ! Please update is tomorrow on how she is doing.

I don't know if you remember the picture I shared of a bantam Australorp from Instagram, Sassy. She had serious lead poisoning, and she made a complete recovery. It was from something she had ingested.

 

[MaryJanet]

At least its treatable. Hope all goes well.

Yes, a huge relief! And it seems the other hens are not experiencing toxicity, so that's good! But it's something I need to be looking out for now I know it's in their environment.

 

[MaryJanet]

It seems like she is in good hands.
Could it possibly be something she swallowed ?
Yes, being hospitalised isn't easy for chickens. Possibly the fact that she has already moved housing may help her to adapt more easily.

I hope the chelation works and Katie gets better ! Please update is tomorrow on how she is doing.

I don't know if you remember the picture I shared of a bantam Australorp from Instagram, Sassy. She had serious lead poisoning, and she made a complete recovery. It was from something she had ingested.

Yes, it seems it was ingested. Maybe a little piece of zinc has sat in her crop for a while, inducing statis. It could be the little bumpy thing the vet noticed when I took her in this morning. The vet said almost all suburban homes have little pieces of zinc here and there from when they were built. It's really hard to detect and remove them all.

 

[MaryJanet]

It makes sense that if her digestive system was almost in stasis, no wonder she had a pile up of spirochaetes. I assume in a normal digestive system, the bacteria would move on through and out the other end.