Second sick hen

[ZedikerStation]

It needs to go into the breast muscle. Even a millimeter. I hope she survives until tomorrow.

All who are reading along on your thread are experiencing your desperation. When we have a sick chicken that needs help immediately, it's a blessing beyond imagining to have an antibiotic on hand. I've had chickens come down with raging infections that would have killed them if I hadn't had amoxicillin on hand to get it into them fast. Most antibiotics have a pretty long shelf life. I keep an assortment on hand, but this is the one I use the most, and I strongly recommend you go ahead and order some to have on hand so you don't have to go through this stress the next time you have a sick chicken. https://www.kvsupply.com/item/aqua-mox-250mg-capsules-100-count/P06184/

Thank you!!! I'll get some. How do you dose this? They are capsules. I called PetSmart a few hours ago. They only had something for fish. I wonder if this is what they had. It says for fish...

 

[ZedikerStation]

How does everyone feel about starting some Covid 9.6 for the rest that seem okay?

 

[Banana01]

I don't believe this one has impacted crop or sour crop. That was the other one. I'm not sure what the chances are that I would have 2 in three days with that problem. I'm now starting to wonder if the picture looks more like Broken Egg. That might explain her not wanting to sit on the roost if by chance she's got broken shells. I didn't see it personally I only saw the picture.

Hope she pulls through. Chances are good they have the same problem if they eat the same food. The shape of the food can cause impacted crop. Have you changed food or eating habits recently? Has anything changed their eating habits?

When you massaged her crop, is it impacted? Coconut oil or other oil, mixed with vitamin water, and maybe some vitamin c water will help loosen it. After giving water, massage the crop and let her sleep an hour or two, then check the crop again and keep hydrating. Her resting and sleeping is very important for the crop to process, so keep checking and hydrating, and stop feeding for now.

I am appaled you can't find antibiotics in the USA but keep trying natural remedies and search for what is causing her diarrea. I buy amoxicillan and any antibiotics i need at the pharmacy where I live no prescription. Charcoal absorbs toxins in the crop, but that would be bad if her crop is impacted. She needs lots of water and sleep if it's impacted. Hope to hear she pulls through. Given her age her immune system is strong.

If it is a reproducrive issue, you need the crop to be functioning and doing its job. Help her with lots of water and rest.

 

[azygous]

Antibiotics are antibiotics. They sell them under labels for fish, pigeons, horses, pigs, etc. Even humans. But penicillin is penicillin and amoxicillin is, well you get the idea. If PetSamart has Fish Mox, get it. 250mg capsule right into the beak per day for ten days.

 

[Banana01]

In addition to the crop impaction treatment (stop feeding, hydrate with coconut oil and vitamin water, rest) I think you may have to start treatment for egg bound hens by reading the threads about the hens with white discharge. Maybe do the glove and vaseline treatment and warm bath treatments. Your problem sounds like a physical one, not an antibiotic bacterial one, but that depends on your location. If it is one egg, she may pass it if you do the treatments and get her resting ASAP. Did you fond out how the other hen died? Was it bacterial?

 

[ZedikerStation]

In addition to the crop impaction treatment (stop feeding, hydrate with coconut oil and vitamin water, rest) I think you may have to start treatment for egg bound hens by reading the threads about the hens with white discharge. Maybe do the glove and vaseline treatment and warm bath treatments. Your problem sounds like a physical one, not an antibiotic bacterial one, but that depends on your location. If it is one egg, she may pass it if you do the treatments and get her resting ASAP. Did you fond out how the other hen died? Was it bacterial?

We don't know what she had. I was going to send her off, but couldn't find anyone to do the necropsy. I'm pretty sure that one had sour crop. Based on the smell. This one seems different. Her crop is flat.... no golfball size lump like the other. I can't feel a bound egg anywhere on this one. I'm leaning towards bacterial. She is pretty hot.

 

[ZedikerStation]

Well....... she was standing at about 6:30 AM, thought she might make it long enough to get to Tractor Supply for Penicillin. She died at around 7:45 AM. Seems like it was around a 48 hour battle for her. Wife is devastated, only one in the flock that had a name.
**Thank you all for the help and suggestions!!!!

 

[ZedikerStation]

Now that we have time to get prepared, what might be the best antibiotic to keep on hand? Penicillin?? Someting else?? Hopefully we wouldn't need it, but tough to try and run around at night looking...

Will post back with the results of the fecal float when we get them.

 

[Banana01]

I know how you feel about this, I have lost half a flock that are loving pets because of what they ate or drank. Some went out fast with no symptoms, that was a powerful bacteria for sure. Some that show symptoms I give antibiotics and the survival rate is still low.

Please update if you can.

Well....... she was standing at about 6:30 AM, thought she might make it long enough to get to Tractor Supply for Penicillin. She died at around 7:45 AM. Seems like it was around a 48 hour battle for her. Wife is devastated, only one in the flock that had a name.
**Thank you all for the help and suggestions!!!!

 

[micstrachan]

Well....... she was standing at about 6:30 AM, thought she might make it long enough to get to Tractor Supply for Penicillin. She died at around 7:45 AM. Seems like it was around a 48 hour battle for her. Wife is devastated, only one in the flock that had a name.
**Thank you all for the help and suggestions!!!!

Aww, I’m sorry. Hugs to your wife.