Please help diagnose - pictures

[chkn]

Thanks for posting the picture. Keep us posted.

 

[Dave Z]

Update: After 7 days of metronidizole (125mg per day) I'm not seeing any improvement. In fact, she seemed worse today. I've been slipping her a pill every day in a mash made with egg and yogurt. She had been eating some on her own, and when I pop a pellet of the mash in her mouth, she's been swallowing eagerly. I've been able to get her crop full that way. Today she didn't have much interest. MOF, she kind of spit the pellets out. The mass in her beak is not any smaller and now she doesn't seem to have any growth or funny lookin patches in her throat (pics 1&2) but today I noticed the little pouches in front of her eyes are puffed out like her sinus cavities are packed full and swollen (pics 3&4). Plus her eyes don't look right. I'm afraid she may be hitting a point of no return, but I still have some hope. Any input would be appreciated.

 

[welasharon]

maybe switch to a different type of antibiotic? I feel so bad for you and her. It would be worth a shot.
sharon

 

[chkn]

So now it's turned into a respiratory infection? I wonder if a different antibiotic is needed? Here's a interesting piece on the second post for wet pox:

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7463

I am assuming you are swabbing out the goop with an iodine mix? So it doesn't look like antibiotics will clear it up, just prevent secondary infections.

 

[Dave Z]

Well, she looked considerably worse today, so I put her down. I used the rake method (first time) and pulled on her legs till I felt and heard a snap. She trembled and a few seconds later started to flap. It almost seemed like she continued breathing for maybe 30 seconds, so I held her chest to the ground to prevent that and her eyes finally closed and she stopped moving and went limp. But I'm not sure the broken neck killed her. Is a continued attempt to breathe normal?

 

[dawg53]

Sorry you had to put her down, but it was probably best.

 

[Suzie]

Dave Z

So sorry to hear that despite your best efforts you had to end her suffering - that must have been so hard for you but you are one very caring owner, not everyone would have had the courage to help her, you recognised that it was futile to continue, she is in a better place now - having read your comment about her continuing to breathe after your culling of her - I can only comment that after having used a "humane killer" (which is supposed to be 100 % effective) that one of my chickens (she was very ill) DID continue to "breathe" after her neck was broken, perhaps it was a bodily reaction, her neck was definately broken!

Please don't dwell on what you observed - you did the right thing for her! It is normal for them to continue flapping their wings after they have been euthanased - perhaps hence the expression " running around like a headless chicken"!

My thoughts are with you at this sad time

Suzie

 

[Miss Lydia]

Dave Z so sorry for what you and her went through, You did all you could and you made the right decision