Please help! Dying chicken fast onset

[Eggcessive]

That is good that she is up and alert. Just keep babying her with some wet feed, chopped egg, or a little rinsed tuna or salmon. I hold a measuring scoop up to the beak and sometimes dip their beaks once or twice to get them drinking. I use my clawfoot bath tub for a pen or a dog crate. Dog crates (with food and water,) are good for placing them back into the flock, so they slowly get use to her again. A roost can even be placed just off the floor in the wire ones. That surely is some black eye she has. Some chickens can be real bullies. I have given away a few beautiful ones with bad habits.

 

[yellowbee0110]

Thank you again everybody!
I would say that Marigold is definitely no longer dying!

I brought her with me to work and although I was somewhat concerned about the stress involved with that, I wanted to be able to baby her and monitor her. Hubs said he'd take care of her, so I'll let him tomorrow. I played classical music for her as well as the Avett Bros on the 45 minute commute and I was also sure to take it easy.

She spent most of the day here under my desk. (I wore my special chicken socks to help pull for Team Marigold).



She eventually ended up pigging out on scrambled egg and water with a bit of gatorade mixed in.


This is her bad eye now:

I think she's going to be alright!!

Damn freaking animals!

I'm going to stop at CVS and pick up more cotton balls and some saline. Also need to figure out a better hospital cage for her.

 

[theoldchick]

 

[yellowbee0110]

Dudes.

I think I'm off. I think it may be her crop.

I'm going to go physically examine my healthy chickens for a comparison after the kid goes to bed. And I'm going to read. And I'm going to call the vet in the morning and see if he'll look at a chicken.

But the thingsthat don't add up are:
1- why is her entire head so bruised, not just the "pecked eye" side
2- why does she have a big weird thing fluffing out the front of her neck area
3- also weird mobility issues

The fluffy thing sticking out is actually really hard.

So either its a broken sternum? and some animal tried to rip her head off and she probably just needs euthanasia
Or
It's her freaking crop!!!!

Ok so that's where I'm at with this. I did try and massage it.

She honest to god is a million times better than last night so i think she'll make it to tomorrow

 

[theoldchick]

http://www.chickenvet.co.uk/health-and-common-diseases/digestive-problems/index.aspx

 

[Eggcessive]

It could be a very full crop. Be sure and feel of it in early morning to see if it has gone down. Her crop did not look distended in her first pictures. Maybe her whole head was bruised when she was bullied.

 

[yellowbee0110]

@theoldchick
Thank you, yes it doesn't seem like any crop problem reading about weight loss,etc.
@Eggcessive thank you for saying she didn't look distended.
I think I'm just a cuckoo head right now. I need to sleep.
Husband and i went and thoroughly felt her chest and neck and he's probably right, that it's just her S shaped chickeny neck and she's hunching down into her shoulders.

I've finally tucked her in for the night. She's doing better. Just leave the poor dear alone and think about something else, me.

 

[yellowbee0110]

Hey I just wanted to post an update. Everything is good. Marigold is fully recovered and is back with the flock. Of course reintroduction was necessary, but Rosie was still being a big jerk so I isolated her for a day, once it seemed like Marigold and Clementine would be ok together. It really seems to have helped. Today they're getting some time out and about and seem like a happy flock.

 

[Skipper81]

Thank God she looks great

 

[rebrascora]

So pleased for you and her. Well done