Please help me with my sick girl

[Tumbleweedlynn]

Getting the sugar water into her is very crucial. Try to get some into her every half hour until she wakes up and becomes alert enough to be interested in food. Tempt her with some soft boiled egg.

I put a little yolk in the syringe and gave her some, along with sugar water every 1/2 hr. She is breathing out of her mouth, and her nose holes looked plugged up? Could that be the issue, if so, how should I tackle that?

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

I put a little yolk in the syringe and gave her some, along with sugar water every 1/2 hr. She is breathing out of her mouth, and her nose holes looked plugged up? Could that be the issue, if so, how should I tackle that?View attachment 3383978View attachment 3383979

Also, her comb and waddles feel warm. Could she have a fever? Ugh… my first sick chicken

 

[kcan2]

I put a little yolk in the syringe and gave her some, along with sugar water every 1/2 hr. She is breathing out of her mouth, and her nose holes looked plugged up? Could that be the issue, if so, how should I tackle that?View attachment 3383978View attachment 3383979

One of the most effective ways I have found to clean their nose is some warm water with a drop of blue dawn dish soap. Mix water and soap in a small container and gently apply to one nostril at a time with a qtip. Go slowly, as the soap water soaks into any crusty residue, it will loosen it from the skin/nostril. Once the crusty part is mushy, you should then be able to gently pull out any surface plugs with a blunted toothpick.

Also can dip a qtip in peroxide, but I have found the warm soap water the best way to eat through accumulated buildup.

Hope your girl is better soon! It is good to see her eyes open!

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

One of the most effective ways I have found to clean their nose is some warm water with a drop of blue dawn dish soap. Mix water and soap in a small container and gently apply to one nostril at a time with a qtip. Go slowly, as the soap water soaks into any crusty residue, it will loosen it from the skin/nostril. Once the crusty part is mushy, you should then be able to gently pull out any surface plugs with a blunted toothpick.

Also can dip a qtip in peroxide, but I have found the warm soap water the best way to eat through accumulated buildup.

Hope your girl is better soon! It is good to see her eyes open!

Thank you! Do they look problematic to you? Would that be why she’s breathing out of her mouth? Thank you!

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

Wewes mouth breathing concerned me, and she felt hot so I put her in the crate. Her head went all the way down, she made a couple weird noises and all the sudden, very violently, her body slammed against the back of the crate. I could even get the crate open in time before she had some violent convulsions and then just died. I’m in shock. I don’t know what happened. And I don’t know if this will happen to my other chickens. Could I have drowned her with the sugar water, or could the tablets have gone down her airway? What happened?

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

Wewes mouth breathing concerned me, and she felt hot so I put her in the crate. Her head went all the way down, she made a couple weird noises and all the sudden, very violently, her body slammed against the back of the crate. I could even get the crate open in time before she had some violent convulsions and then just died. I’m in shock. I don’t know what happened. And I don’t know if this will happen to my other chickens. Could I have drowned her with the sugar water, or could the tablets have gone down her airway? What happened?

@azygous please come back

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

@azygous please come back

@Eggcessive can you help me please?

 

[Eggcessive]

Oh, I am very sorry for your loss of Wewe so suddenly. She looked very seriously sick in the earlier pictures. I don’t think you did anything wrong with water or pills. When a chicken is dying, they may go through the violent seizure-like activity and neck twisting normally. It is quite startling and scary when you see it the first time. What I would do is to keep her body cold (wrapped in clean garbage bags in refrigerator or cooler,) and send it off to your state vet in Albuquerque tomorrow. That way you will know if she had something that might affect your other chickens. Call them in the morning early with questions, and the contact info is here in this list:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry-labs.html

 

[azygous]

I'm so sorry she died. You didn't do anything to cause it. What appeared to be convulsions was just her nervous system shutting down after she died. When we experience it for the first time, it's pretty scary. But your hen didn't die because of your handling her. It was obvious to you and me both that she was slipping away.

The question will remain, why? For a very young bird who had only begun to lay, it is most likely a reproductive problem and probably genetic. You can just go with that, or you can get your questions answered by having an agricultural lab do a necropsy. Or you or a family member might cut into her belly and see what you can see. Often a reproductive issue will be easy to see.

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

I'm so sorry for your loss was her crop okay? it's so sad to lose a chicken. I lost a young pullet a few months ago and she died in my arms. was tremendously sad. I'm so sorry for your loss