paulinachickies
Chirping
- Dec 6, 2019
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1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
Olive egger puller, 6 months old, about 4 pounds. Is smaller than other ones in my flock. She is at the bottom of the pecking order, more or less.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
She is not eating and not laying. Also, looks like she is avoiding the rest of the flock. She is digging up dirt and foraging a bit, but when I put food near her, she just goes off to another corner. She has very watery poop -- almost looks like just milk.
Her abdomen feels a little swollen but doesn't seem dramatically much more than my other laying birds. She is not standing with her tail down.
She seems to be almost falling asleep while standing up. She also doesn't run as fast as she usually does if I try to catch her...
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
She has been acting more aloof for a day or so. I noticed the watery poop about 30 hours ago.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
No
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
No
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
I'm not sure what happened. She started laying last week, so I chalked up the lack of eggs over the past 3 days as just inconsistency in laying in a young pullet - but not sure if it's actually the case.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
She has been drinking but not eating, at least for today. She did eat yesterday.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Very runny. I did see a slightly foamy poop yesterday after I washed her poopy butt.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
I gave her an Epsom salt bath and dried her off. I gave her yogurt and oatmeal but she didn't eat either.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I'd be willing to take her to a vet but probably can't do so til tomorrow (Monday) - any first aid remedies would be great
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
I have an unheated coop (but it's not too cold here now), the bedding (pine shavings) has been used since they were young.
Olive egger puller, 6 months old, about 4 pounds. Is smaller than other ones in my flock. She is at the bottom of the pecking order, more or less.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
She is not eating and not laying. Also, looks like she is avoiding the rest of the flock. She is digging up dirt and foraging a bit, but when I put food near her, she just goes off to another corner. She has very watery poop -- almost looks like just milk.
Her abdomen feels a little swollen but doesn't seem dramatically much more than my other laying birds. She is not standing with her tail down.
She seems to be almost falling asleep while standing up. She also doesn't run as fast as she usually does if I try to catch her...
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
She has been acting more aloof for a day or so. I noticed the watery poop about 30 hours ago.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
No
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
No
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
I'm not sure what happened. She started laying last week, so I chalked up the lack of eggs over the past 3 days as just inconsistency in laying in a young pullet - but not sure if it's actually the case.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
She has been drinking but not eating, at least for today. She did eat yesterday.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Very runny. I did see a slightly foamy poop yesterday after I washed her poopy butt.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
I gave her an Epsom salt bath and dried her off. I gave her yogurt and oatmeal but she didn't eat either.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I'd be willing to take her to a vet but probably can't do so til tomorrow (Monday) - any first aid remedies would be great
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
I have an unheated coop (but it's not too cold here now), the bedding (pine shavings) has been used since they were young.