My chicken had a large egg removed by the vet, and she’s not doing well.

[Don Lawrence]

 

[Eggcessive]

Glad that you are able to get knowledgeable vet care. I hope she passes the rest of the shell. Many of us have hens with broken eggs and may never see it. Is the vet giving an antibiotic to help prevent infection in the oviduct?

 

[staceyj]

Glad that you are able to get knowledgeable vet care. I hope she passes the rest of the shell. Many of us have hens with broken eggs and may never see it. Is the vet giving an antibiotic to help prevent infection in the oviduct?

Yes to antibiotics. Buried deep in Post #1

 

[Kathy Golla]

Most vets tend to use meloxicam for pain and inflammation in animals and birds. Has your hen taken any water or electrolytes this morning? Most sicks hen I have treated will at least take cooked scrambled egg. If you drop some water on that she can get a little water as well. Reproductive problems laying eggs, stuck eggs, and broken eggs make them feel lousy. The calcium helps them pass the eggs. There can be inflammation and infection, and an antibiotic may be needed. Let us know what happens.

Respectfully, some vets but not all. My avian vet that treats chickens prefers the pill form of carprofen and tramadol. He says the avian practice's experience is carprofen and tramadol are a) more cost effective b)easier for the owner to administer, very small pills c) their experience is that these manage avian pain better d) Meloxicam is formulated for mammals and d) most vets dont have the dosage correct for chickens. The correct dosage for a reg sized bird is somewhere upward of 4 ccs liquid twice a day which is both cost prohibitive and very difficult for the owner to administer and a danger for aspiration in a more novice owner. Meloxicam was incredibly expensive for me, even the generic version was $75 for a 32 ml bottle (4 days worth of dosage).
Carprofen alone would be for a standard amount of pain and inflammation like a foot injury. Carprofen and tramadol together would be for a large amount of pain and inflammation like surgery or a predator attack.

 

[Eggcessive]

@Kathy Golla that is good to know. I don’t take chickens to the vet, but my vet uses meloxicam for pain on my pets. Since all of those are prescription only, we all have to learn how vets use these drugs by what others have experienced. So I learned something new today. I know doctors are reluctant to prescribe trammadol sometimes because it can be abused.