Stephh0701
Songster
So one of my 6 ISA browns laid their first egg three days ago and then a second egg the next day. Yesterday she was huddled in the corner,wouldn't come out of the the roosting box. She didnt eat all day and just layed around refusing to come out. She drank a ton of water but no food at all. Today she was behaving the same way. I read up on her symptoms and it seems she was either egg bound or egg yolk peritonitus. I ruled out it being a stuck egg with an external and internal "feel" but soaked her in an Epsom salt bath and separated her from the others. She was getting more lethargic over the hrs and I finally decided to blend some of her soaked scratch with a scrambled egg and water and dropper it I to her mouth. She didnt resist at first, and just huddled back in a corner of the pen I had her in for another he or so until she perked up a bit and stood up. I felt her crop and it seemed empty so I dropper fed her again, this time she resisted a bit but was still a little weak. Within 3 minutes of that feed she excreted a huge puddle of clear, slightly slimy liquid
But at least she was slowly walking around and even pooing as before it was very few and far between. She went back into the enclosure I had prepped for her and rested again and I decided to give her some blueberries just to see what she would do. She pecked them and turned away again, so I left her be for a few hrs to rest and when I came back she was almost happily walking around.. still a bit slow and not 100% but significantly better. She pooed again and this time it had more mass to it
She was pecking at the door and cackling to be let out so I let her in the yard and she foraged a bit before getting a little tired and resting in the sun for about 10 minutes and then doing some more foraging. After that she's been totally fine other than not wanting to perch on the roost so I put her back with her "sisters" and left her be for the evening. Bedtime came around and I went out to do a quick check and I found a shelless egg without the yolk in their roosting box.
I took it out and snapped a quick photo before one of the girls jumped up and ate it... idk if I should be worried that their was no yolk in the shelless egg (because it seems maybe the yolk broke inside of her and it was egg yolk peritonitus). I'm afraid maybe she'll get an infection if that's the case and all will be lost. I did call the vet when reading up on what it could be to see if they could just prescribe DURAMYCIN-10 or the equivalent and they said we'd have to do an exam and a sample of the fluid in her abdomen and then they could write a prescription but the exam and sample would run about $150 and the prescription could only be ordered because they don't carry it and it would be another $50 at least and not be here till mid next week since they couldn't see her till monday. We live on an island so it seems chicken meds wont come easy (or cheap for that matter) and I'm worried she might take a turn for the worse. Any thoughts? I'm very new at this. Raised these girls from day old chicks but haven't ever had a chicken before let alone one that lays or is a new layer. Any advice would be appreciated. I also forgot to add that I added electrolytes to the water she was drinking but not very much as I was afraid the salt would be too much.
But at least she was slowly walking around and even pooing as before it was very few and far between. She went back into the enclosure I had prepped for her and rested again and I decided to give her some blueberries just to see what she would do. She pecked them and turned away again, so I left her be for a few hrs to rest and when I came back she was almost happily walking around.. still a bit slow and not 100% but significantly better. She pooed again and this time it had more mass to it
She was pecking at the door and cackling to be let out so I let her in the yard and she foraged a bit before getting a little tired and resting in the sun for about 10 minutes and then doing some more foraging. After that she's been totally fine other than not wanting to perch on the roost so I put her back with her "sisters" and left her be for the evening. Bedtime came around and I went out to do a quick check and I found a shelless egg without the yolk in their roosting box.
I took it out and snapped a quick photo before one of the girls jumped up and ate it... idk if I should be worried that their was no yolk in the shelless egg (because it seems maybe the yolk broke inside of her and it was egg yolk peritonitus). I'm afraid maybe she'll get an infection if that's the case and all will be lost. I did call the vet when reading up on what it could be to see if they could just prescribe DURAMYCIN-10 or the equivalent and they said we'd have to do an exam and a sample of the fluid in her abdomen and then they could write a prescription but the exam and sample would run about $150 and the prescription could only be ordered because they don't carry it and it would be another $50 at least and not be here till mid next week since they couldn't see her till monday. We live on an island so it seems chicken meds wont come easy (or cheap for that matter) and I'm worried she might take a turn for the worse. Any thoughts? I'm very new at this. Raised these girls from day old chicks but haven't ever had a chicken before let alone one that lays or is a new layer. Any advice would be appreciated. I also forgot to add that I added electrolytes to the water she was drinking but not very much as I was afraid the salt would be too much.
