My hen is acting off!

[Themellowyellows]

My hen is acting weird, she is panting after we gave her a epson salt bath because she has bumble foot. During the epson soak, she was trying to get out and was in a rush to get back to her friends. She drank water but was sitting in a corner. Now she is just panting. Is this a sign of feaver?

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

How long ago was the bath? Did her face go under at all? How warm was the water and is she still wet? What's the current temperature?

 

[Themellowyellows]

How long ago was the bath? Did her face go under at all? How warm was the water and is she still wet? What's the current temperature?

Her bath was probably 15 minutes ago, it was 20ish minutes long. No her head stayed up the entire time. The water wa pretty warm i soaked it up to the fuz on there legs. No shes not wet. The temps like 79, she is completly black, chunky and big.

 

[Themellowyellows]

Shes acting better now. I think the water was a little bit on the hotter side, so it shocked her a little bit. But now, shes better

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Shes acting better now. I think the water was a little bit on the hotter side, so it shocked her a little bit. But now, shes better

Ok, this is good to know. I was thinking she was either stressed or too hot or both. Chickens don't typically like baths, so it stresses them out a lot. Then add too much warmth (or too cold) and they're really not liking it. It might be helpful to dry her off some, but be warned that will stress her out more. If you use a hair dryer, use the cool setting only.

For future soaks, try doing it in the evening (if you only soak her feet once a day) after she's roosted for the night and do it in a semi-dark room. She will be calmer then, so she won't get so stressed out. Only use enough water to soak the area so her feathers aren't getting wet and make sure she doesn't sit in it. That way you don't have to worry about drying her feathers off or she getting cold when she's returned to the coop.

 

[Themellowyellows]

Ok, this is good to know. I was thinking she was either stressed or too hot or both. Chickens don't typically like baths, so it stresses them out a lot. Then add too much warmth (or too cold) and they're really not liking it. It might be helpful to dry her off some, but be warned that will stress her out more. If you use a hair dryer, use the cool setting only.

For future soaks, try doing it in the evening (if you only soak her feet once a day) after she's roosted for the night and do it in a semi-dark room. She will be calmer then, so she won't get so stressed out. Only use enough water to soak the area so her feathers aren't getting wet and make sure she doesn't sit in it. That way you don't have to worry about drying her feathers off or she getting cold when she's returned to the coop.

Okay! Do you think she will be okay? She is still panting, but so are all my hens

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Okay! Do you think she will be okay? She is still panting, but so are all my hens

I think she'll be ok. Keep treating her bumble foot though! You may want to separate her from the flock until it's healed, keeping her on constantly clean shavings to protect against further infection.

 

[Themellowyellows]

I think she'll be ok. Keep treating her bumble foot though! You may want to separate her from the flock until it's healed, keeping her on constantly clean shavings to protect against further infection.

Her bumble is doing good, besides the fact that I cant get the puss out. I have a thread started for it.