AngelinaThePekin8
Crowing
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
Hen 7-9 years old, and is really skinny.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
Comes out of the coop last and is not eating much if at all. I think she is drinking.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
For about 5 days now, but she was eating and drinking a lot more than she is today, she is just standing around right now. She showed interest in the food for a little bit but after she pecked at it a couple times she walked away.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
No.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
No.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
Old age, I don't exactly know.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
Country companion all flock, mixed with layer feed and some scratch grains. (I am going to have them completely on all flock once we run out of the layer and scratch). They were on layer and scratch grains for almost all there lives (not when they were chicks they were on the proper feed for chicks when they were chicks).
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Lime green with some wight, I believe normal consistency.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
Nothing.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I want to treat it myself.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
This picture isn't very good let me know if you need a better one.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
Pine wood shavings. Coop is too small for all the birds in it, and has poor ventilation. (I am working on the coop situation). They free range from 8:00am till the sun goes down.
Thank you for any help, I want to make sure all my birds are in good health and live long happy lives. And that entails a lot of work for me, as our setup isn't very good I really want to make everything better though. I am working on building a coop for my ducks that way there is more space for the chickens in the coop that we currently have.
Broken toe is the name of the hen that is having the issues, I don't want to lose her, but the way she is acting is telling me she is probably not going to live much longer I want to know if she can be helped, I don't want her to die and then learn that I could have helped her live longer (live longer as long as she wouldn't be in pain or anything like that). I love all my chickens and ducks, I really want to improve there lives. Thank you so much for any and all advise suggestions, opinions, ideas, any info provided to help Broken toe.
This is her right foot, figured I would put this picture in here so everyone could see why she is called Broken toe, I also want to know if there is anything that I should do for her toe.
Hen 7-9 years old, and is really skinny.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
Comes out of the coop last and is not eating much if at all. I think she is drinking.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
For about 5 days now, but she was eating and drinking a lot more than she is today, she is just standing around right now. She showed interest in the food for a little bit but after she pecked at it a couple times she walked away.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
No.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
No.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
Old age, I don't exactly know.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
Country companion all flock, mixed with layer feed and some scratch grains. (I am going to have them completely on all flock once we run out of the layer and scratch). They were on layer and scratch grains for almost all there lives (not when they were chicks they were on the proper feed for chicks when they were chicks).
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Lime green with some wight, I believe normal consistency.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
Nothing.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I want to treat it myself.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
This picture isn't very good let me know if you need a better one.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
Pine wood shavings. Coop is too small for all the birds in it, and has poor ventilation. (I am working on the coop situation). They free range from 8:00am till the sun goes down.
Thank you for any help, I want to make sure all my birds are in good health and live long happy lives. And that entails a lot of work for me, as our setup isn't very good I really want to make everything better though. I am working on building a coop for my ducks that way there is more space for the chickens in the coop that we currently have.
Broken toe is the name of the hen that is having the issues, I don't want to lose her, but the way she is acting is telling me she is probably not going to live much longer I want to know if she can be helped, I don't want her to die and then learn that I could have helped her live longer (live longer as long as she wouldn't be in pain or anything like that). I love all my chickens and ducks, I really want to improve there lives. Thank you so much for any and all advise suggestions, opinions, ideas, any info provided to help Broken toe.
This is her right foot, figured I would put this picture in here so everyone could see why she is called Broken toe, I also want to know if there is anything that I should do for her toe.
