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staceyj said:
@FlyingNunFarm

Nunny I’ve been out his afternoon and have been thinking of you and sugar.

Is she due to lay any eggs?
My chickens are switched off right now, but if sugar’s been laying, be on the look out for that or the problem of eggs backing up.

Questions in my mind:
Would vitamin e and selenium help in this type of case where you suspect possible head trauma, to give specific nutritional support during healing?

Would a baby aspirin help with pain and possible inflammation or ..........would it possibly cause a bleed?

Since you have dogs, I’ll throw this out there:
Would you by any chance have any tylosin soluble powder (such as to treat for dog diarrhea)?
It is the same med as Tylan that we can buy at tsc , but is by rx. It’s in a powder form and is meant to be sprinkled on a dog’s food.
In addition to being an antibiotic, it is supposed to have anti-inflammatory properties.
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Vit e and selenium are for wry neck caused by a vitamin deficiency. Brain injuries can be help by anti inflammatory medicine--like aspirin. It does not sound like anti biotics are needed for her.

I would get an eye drop into the eye though. It might be too late for it to be delivered but there is

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staceyj said:
@FlyingNunFarm

Nunny I’ve been out his afternoon and have been thinking of you and sugar.

Is she due to lay any eggs?
My chickens are switched off right now, but if sugar’s been laying, be on the look out for that or the problem of eggs backing up.

Questions in my mind:
Would vitamin e and selenium help in this type of case where you suspect possible head trauma, to give specific nutritional support during healing?

Would a baby aspirin help with pain and possible inflammation or ..........would it possibly cause a bleed?

Since you have dogs, I’ll throw this out there:
Would you by any chance have any tylosin soluble powder (such as to treat for dog diarrhea)?
It is the same med as Tylan that we can buy at tsc , but is by rx. It’s in a powder form and is meant to be sprinkled on a dog’s food.
In addition to being an antibiotic, it is supposed to have anti-inflammatory properties.
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She seems to be molting so I doubt any eggs are due. She's so thin too so I'm not sure she could produce an egg if she wanted.
I'd be more then willing to give vit e and or selenium. She gets nutri-drench with all her slurry. I honestly don't think she's in pain. I think she's really really weak. She has always been at the bottom of the pecking order. It's not that she's bullied by one, she is bullied by all. I had wanted to set up an area in the new coop as a hospital and general segregation area. I had read about separating the victim to boost their confidence. I really think that's what she needed. To be in the flock but safe from them.
I wonder if her original eye injury was from a flock member. I've never been able to figure out what happened to that eye or why it wont go away. I know chickens can adapt quite well even being completely blind but maybe her low status made it that she just couldn't.
I feel so bad that I should have acted sooner. A million reasons I had put off doing something about her now seem so stupid. I had started out with really watery food. I made it a bit thicker today but not much. I was planning on giving her some eggs. And if I think she's ready, some fish. We've been doing small meals frequently. The act of eating seems to make her tired. But as long as she tries I won't give up on her. I did tell her it was ok to let go if she wanted. I'd understand. Slow is the pace and that's fine with me. She can live in the laundry room.
 
ronott1 said:
Vit e and selenium are for wry neck caused by a vitamin deficiency. Brain injuries can be help by anti inflammatory medicine--like aspirin. It does not sound like anti biotics are needed for her.

I would get an eye drop into the eye though. It might be too late for it to be delivered but there is

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I had looked at the eye drops before. I never thought infection. The eye itself was fine until it just wasn't. If she perks up in a day or two I may try the eye meds just to see. At this point it won't hurt.
 
21hens-incharge said:
Nunny,
She's getting really great supportive care now.
We cannot beat ourselves up with the shoulda coulda woulda stuff. Just have to handle the what is stuff.
:hugs
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Yes!

You are doing all that I would do for her. They either recover or do not recover from things like this.

You are doing great!
 
FlyingNunFarm said:
I know. They are so good at hiding their symptoms under all those feathers.
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Those feathers hold way to many secrets.

I wonder if being thin and going into molt was just more than she was ready to handle. Her being weakened would have drawn unwanted attention from the others too.

Poor little Sugar. :hugs
 
FlyingNunFarm said:
I know. They are so good at hiding their symptoms under all those feathers.
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Yes they are! But now you know what is going on and the extent so that is great for Sugar. I have to take Tucks to the side to eat most days since she started molting, if not she can't eat so I know how rough they are on the lowest one.:hugs
 

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