Landerb
Chirping
Hello all,
Newish chicken owner & first time poster. I’ve found so much help on this site just by reading the threads, but I’m at my wit’s end and am desperate. I have a 6 month old serama frizzle who laid her first eggs on Saturday. I know chickens don’t usually lay two eggs in a day, but I know she did at some point bc she laid 3 (the last was soft shelled) in a 48 hr period. Since then, she hasn’t laid and has shown all the signs of being eggbound— thrusting her butt, pulsating vent, lethargy, trouble standing, sitting a lot, penguin walking, barely eating or drinking, and spending all day in the nesting box.
We began isolating her Saturday. When I woke up Monday morning, I found her underside hard, caked with the poop and “pee” she had been sitting in all night. I closed her in the coop alone yesterday during the day, hoping maybe she’d lay on her own. Last night when I got home from work around 5:30, she was STILL in the nesting box, though, so I knew it was getting bad. I took her inside & gave her a warm epson soak bath for 15 minutes, lubed her vent, and gave her 1 cc of liquid calcium. I couldn’t feel the egg, but she was sensitive around the area and she’s so little and super fluffy, so it’s hard to tell.
This AM she looked even worse— more droopy, hadn’t eaten or pooped (last poop, which was normal) was around 5:30pm last night), so I rushed her to our local vet. I was convinced she was eggbound, but he said no. She’s not dehydrated. He started her on oral speclinx 50 & told me to keep hand feeding her and giving her syringes of water.
But she’s getting worse. And the more research I do, the more I think he misdiagnosed her. Idk. Could she possibly be eggbound before the egg got it’s hard shell? Or hypocalcemia? We messed up and didn’t start her on calcium before she started laying, so that’s my main concern. How do Her eyes are still alert and she cocks her head and looks around, but it’s like she can’t hold up her own head.
I feel like I’m running out of time to save my girl.
I have injectable tylan and injectable calcium gluconate. Should I try either of those?
@dawg53 and @TwoCrows — your advice on here has saved me so many times, I’m hoping you can help me out again now. I need a Hail Mary. Please help me save my baby
Newish chicken owner & first time poster. I’ve found so much help on this site just by reading the threads, but I’m at my wit’s end and am desperate. I have a 6 month old serama frizzle who laid her first eggs on Saturday. I know chickens don’t usually lay two eggs in a day, but I know she did at some point bc she laid 3 (the last was soft shelled) in a 48 hr period. Since then, she hasn’t laid and has shown all the signs of being eggbound— thrusting her butt, pulsating vent, lethargy, trouble standing, sitting a lot, penguin walking, barely eating or drinking, and spending all day in the nesting box.
We began isolating her Saturday. When I woke up Monday morning, I found her underside hard, caked with the poop and “pee” she had been sitting in all night. I closed her in the coop alone yesterday during the day, hoping maybe she’d lay on her own. Last night when I got home from work around 5:30, she was STILL in the nesting box, though, so I knew it was getting bad. I took her inside & gave her a warm epson soak bath for 15 minutes, lubed her vent, and gave her 1 cc of liquid calcium. I couldn’t feel the egg, but she was sensitive around the area and she’s so little and super fluffy, so it’s hard to tell.
This AM she looked even worse— more droopy, hadn’t eaten or pooped (last poop, which was normal) was around 5:30pm last night), so I rushed her to our local vet. I was convinced she was eggbound, but he said no. She’s not dehydrated. He started her on oral speclinx 50 & told me to keep hand feeding her and giving her syringes of water.
But she’s getting worse. And the more research I do, the more I think he misdiagnosed her. Idk. Could she possibly be eggbound before the egg got it’s hard shell? Or hypocalcemia? We messed up and didn’t start her on calcium before she started laying, so that’s my main concern. How do Her eyes are still alert and she cocks her head and looks around, but it’s like she can’t hold up her own head.
I feel like I’m running out of time to save my girl.
I have injectable tylan and injectable calcium gluconate. Should I try either of those? @dawg53 and @TwoCrows — your advice on here has saved me so many times, I’m hoping you can help me out again now. I need a Hail Mary. Please help me save my baby
If you can't feel an egg with your gloved index finger within the first 1 1/2 to 2 inches, she is not egg bound. The Shell Gland or Uterus is about 2+inches back. But she could have an oviduct infection or possibly be internally laying. Seems like every bird I have ever had that layed more than 1 egg/yolk a day, yolks or eggs off the roost bar at night, ended up internally laying. And you can't fix an internal layer either. But this could still be just an oviduct infection.
do you have any suggestions for my girl in the meantime? This is probably a dumb question, but if I have leftover amoxicillin that was prescribed to me, could I give her that? Or is there a more readily available alternative?
