Sadly we dont have any great poultry vets in my area. The few vets that will see a chicken at all charge insane amounts that I can't afford. $300 just to get in the door!
I tried to put her outside today to see how she was doing, but my usually independent and frisky hen was so clingy she just wanted to make quiet cheeping sounds and sit on my foot. I brought her right back in after that and have her in another bath next to me right now.
Oh, I hope your girl recovers! Let the sweet thing stay inside with you. A warm blow dry should really feel good after a warm bath. My Silkie was not eating and puffed up and we stayed up with her all night - wound up she had a digestive bacterial infection and thank goodness an injection and follup medication snapped her right back. Another time she got knocked off the nestbox ledge and fell to the dirt floor (Silkies can't fly well) so she got bruised enough to not eat and not able to move. I thought she had a broken bone or something. The vet gave some medication for hurt/bruising and she snapped out of that too.
As for my vet he is not an avian vet per se but he advertises as treating cats/dogs/exotics/birds. Unfortunately for us bird owners vets get more business with cats/dogs but if you can find a dog/cat vet that happens to treat exotics and birds you'll get a good Doc. I investigated strictly avian vets only in my city/county and some charged almost double my vet. My vet charges $40/visit with a discount down to $35 for me as a senior. Of course, shots, medicines, surgeries are additional and one visit can get over $100. He's not strictly an avian specialist so he takes extra care to diagnose my birds correctly and as one post said the waiting room stares are priceless when they see a Silkie waiting for an exam.
