I found my 5 month old silkie pullet, Sookie, acting strange in the coop 5 days ago.
Hunched neck, cold feet, empty crop, looking weak and just "not herself".
She has always been a happy, chirpy, talkative and active little girl so I put her in isolation with some Tylan in water as she had a faint wheezing. Eyes clear, nose clear.
A day later she had not touched food or water and wasn't standing anymore, just laying still with droopy wings.
I brought her in the house and have been syringing food and liquids down her throat every few hours the past two days as she will not eat or drink by herself, she seems to have lost the use of her legs and is balancing herself on her wings. Her poops have been green and now they have turned to what looks like undigested food in watery discharge - and it STINKS. I've been feeding her a mash of 23% protein turkey pellets, yogurt, water and iron-free poly-vi-sol. More Tylan in water as she was wheezing and gurgling this morning, which is gone now.
She has become completely quiet, not even a chirp
Could she be depressed at being separated from her flock??
Why isn't she eating or drinking at all?
If I put her on her side she doesn't even try to right herself up, she just lays there blinking and looking tired.
What is wrong with her legs?
Everyone else in the coop is super fine... and yes, it's been very very cold here, the coop is damp (it's a horse stable) but she's been fine all winter up until a few days ago. Nothing in their routine or food has changed, so I'm perplexed.
PLEASE HELP!!
I *love* this little girl and cannot lose her
Hunched neck, cold feet, empty crop, looking weak and just "not herself".
She has always been a happy, chirpy, talkative and active little girl so I put her in isolation with some Tylan in water as she had a faint wheezing. Eyes clear, nose clear.
A day later she had not touched food or water and wasn't standing anymore, just laying still with droopy wings.
I brought her in the house and have been syringing food and liquids down her throat every few hours the past two days as she will not eat or drink by herself, she seems to have lost the use of her legs and is balancing herself on her wings. Her poops have been green and now they have turned to what looks like undigested food in watery discharge - and it STINKS. I've been feeding her a mash of 23% protein turkey pellets, yogurt, water and iron-free poly-vi-sol. More Tylan in water as she was wheezing and gurgling this morning, which is gone now.
She has become completely quiet, not even a chirp
Could she be depressed at being separated from her flock??
Why isn't she eating or drinking at all?
If I put her on her side she doesn't even try to right herself up, she just lays there blinking and looking tired.
What is wrong with her legs?
Everyone else in the coop is super fine... and yes, it's been very very cold here, the coop is damp (it's a horse stable) but she's been fine all winter up until a few days ago. Nothing in their routine or food has changed, so I'm perplexed.
PLEASE HELP!!
I *love* this little girl and cannot lose her
