purple comb

[dmccann]

help please, hen aprox 22 weeks old ,has been acting strange for 4 days now.Not moving around like others,her comb is now turning purple.Is this a disease? I have her seperate now she shows I no signs of interest in food or water. Shw was wormed at 14 weeks. any help please I d not know if she is laying or not

 

[chickenlady08]

I have read and heard that if there are purple combs that there is a respiratory problem. I have a rooster that has a little bit of purple on his comb when it is hot and humid outside and lets face it I know we have had outrageous heat indexes this summer. I am sorry to say that I am not sure if there is a treatment for this. I lost a hen with the same thing and I took her to the vet and nothing.

to you and

that she will be ok.

 

[dmccann]

Thank you ,I can not afford vet visit,last time it was egg bound hen.I with the help of old posts saved her. I wonder if my husbands c pax machine would help? I again thank you.

 

[chickenlady08]

is the hen inside the house or still outside. Maybe if you are able to move her inside with the air conditioning she may recover. I am not sure if it has been super hot like here but it prob has been hotter than the norm. is a c pax machine an oxygen tank type?

Your welcome

 

[dmccann]

I brought her in the garage ,it is cool there.She is in a crate. Yes the c pax is an oxygen machine,i would be afraid to use it on her.Would egg binding be possible? The machine is not a tank type. and again Thank you.

 

[CMV]

Have you checked for mites? If a hen goes pale and has no signs of respiratory problems then I would be checking for something affecting her blood's ability to carry oxygen. If mites have sucked her dry then she has no blood to carry oxygen. I don't think a CPAP machine would be any help because it doesn't actually use oxygen or concentrate oxygen out of the air, it just provides air pressure to alleviate sleep apnea.

 

[dmccann]

I will check her again for mites. Thanks for the imfo on c pax. thank you