Ranting Chicken's Reproductive Ill health.

[SkyAJK]

Mint laid a lash egg today - Salpingitis. Now she is on antibiotic. I read more articles on BYC about Salpingitis.

The more I read, the more I feel that I am not feeling so positive.
Then came the part where it says Salpingitis can also be caused by mycoplastma......

I got a tiny pekin rooster from a poultry market and he was sick. I treated him almost 2 months now, he seems to be recovered well, but I don't know for certain that he has/not has or recover/not recover. If I integrate him with my flock..then they might be infected and all might have Salpingitis. This is a high risk.

So to be or not to be, that is the question. It is not simple to snap the living day light out of him while he is so cute,running, eating and enjoying his single roostery life.

Still ranting and ranting I am, I have no solution that will let me sleep peaceful at night.

There are so few things in life that ignorance is a bliss, this isn't one of them.

 

[SkyAJK]

.....condition has not improve, I will just rant on to release my stress and writing it out loud can bring some perspective to the situation.

 

[SkyAJK]

.......Mint's lash egg condition improved with antibiotic, then back to being sick again and so it went to 3 lots of antibiotic separately. Off antibiotic she pooped out a few lash eggs, but eating, running and looking rather ok.....

This morning she stopped eating, sitting there with eyes close, tail down. I love her all the way to the moon and back, I did all that I know how to..she got implant to stop laying egg last September.....

There isn't anymore can be done, there is no point of taking her to the vet because they will say...etc.. and operation...etc. scan, ultrasound, Xray and then what? ....kinder to put her down that would be the final after a big hole in my purse.

I know what need to be done...I am just sad that my girl is not going to be around, she is just a bit over 2 years old....For now I will watch to see how she is doing, if it gets to the stage where it is kinder to let her go, then off she goes.

This is the part I do not love about having chickens, the reproductive ill health, and to date non of my chickens live to their ripe old age, they all die of mostly reproductive issues.

I am not adding more to my current flock. This year, I can see that potentially 2 of my hens will die. Then this come to the part of me learning to off with their head myself instead of...the Vet.

 

[cavemanrich]

SkyAJK :hugs ​

Consider getting chickens from a different source/breed.
I never encountered such things as reproductive issues in my flock,,, for over 25+ years

 

[Bawkbok]

Then this come to the part of me learning to off with their head myself instead of...the Vet.

I'm sorry your girls are going through this. It is difficult to watch one deteriorate due to reproductive issues as they tend to wax and wane. They act better and then they dive and back up again. Only you know when the time is to let them go.
The first time is difficult....so difficult. You'll find the strength you need at the time when it is time.

We all know that they don't live forever. Seeing the massive egg they produce, we collect and what they go through to produce that scramble egg is painful.

I know how you feel. After our Golden Comet suffered with Salpingitis for so long and we had to send her on I told myself no more production birds.
Due to timing, availability and our flock, we now have a Cinnamon Queen who is phenomenally gorgeous, a happy, fun bird to have in the flock, a master bug thief, chatty and cheerful on the darkest days. She lays huge eggs - never missing a day. As I collect them, I often wonder how something so big can come out of something so small. It's like labor and delivery every day with no time off at all, including winter. ugh.
But, this is why she is here and I am grateful to have her and will enjoy her for however long she is healthy and living a large chicken life.

The pain is real with every loss but the heartache eventually goes away. Take joy in knowing you give your flock a good life and they know / feel your love.

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

I'm sorry you are going through this with your sweet hen. You can tell by your words how much you love your chickens. They have the best life a chicken can have with you. I have lost two hens in two years with he same problem as yours. Big hugs