Im sure she will be fine, dont panic!
Youre doing everything you can for her and thats what is important. Now she needs lots of love and care
Severely Dehydrated Chicken!!! OMG
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Thank you for that 
The poor baby was eating her own feathers, I am just sick to my stomach about this... How many times did I walk by her under there
I'm not a religious person, but please God, let her be ok.
The poor baby was eating her own feathers, I am just sick to my stomach about this... How many times did I walk by her under there
I'm not a religious person, but please God, let her be ok.
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She loved the egg! I gave her 1/3 of it & will give her more in an hour or so. She can now stand and walk without stumbling & falling over and is still very alert. I am cautiously optimistic that she will be ok. Going to town soon & will see what I can find at the feed store. Thank you all so much!
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did your girl survive, I am nursing back to health two of my girls and one just started drinking on her own after 2 weeks of feeding them with a dropper.
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Hi, yes she made a compete recovery & is doing well. Best wishes to you & your girls!
Somthing is wrong with my polish pullet! She is about 4 months old. I found her when I came home, I got all of the girls and boy fresh water and food, then discovered she wasn't eating and drinking as much as usual, she would eat a few crumbles, then just sit there all puffed up with her wings and tail drooping. I brought her inside, and after about an hour of letting her eat and drink I brought her back out and gave them some apple. Long story, but my silkie rooster started choking, so i had to help him and was paying no attention to her.. She is standing there puffed up again.. She didn't even walk up into the hen house inside area.. The two others that were raised with her (only one's in this pen) stayed down with her, but just cuddle with eachother like usual (they ignore her alot) What should I do?
Separate her from the others and put her in a crate with water and food. Describe your symptoms more thoroughly. It would help if you looked at her vent (bumhole) and check for color in her wattles and comb. Is she panting, flexing her muscles like she is trying t pass an egg, is she walking weird, anything you can give would help people hwere know what is going on. Keep us posted!
She is walking wobbly, and when I picked her up and set her up with her 'friends' she wouldn't move and if they moved, she would just get shoved.
Right now all three in the pen are sleeping. I isolated her from the rest of them for about an hour or so, but when I put her back in
she seemed to be doing much better. These three are very close to eachother, so they always get nervous when seperated.
She is usually the odd one out in the group. I don't want to bother her while she is sleeping, so I will
check up on her in the morning to see how she's doing. What I have to say about symptoms is..
- walking wobbly
- was falling down alot and slipping (not very much now)
- her feet seemed stiff, and she kept tripping over herself
- moving very slowely, not running away from the other like usual when I fed treats, sort of just sat there and ate
- seems very sleepy (is sleeping now)
-closing eyes/ squinting and fluffed up in a little ball
-wings and tail drooping down (not strong enough to hold up by herself)
That's all really. When she was eating and drinking while being isolated from her 'friends', I had to hold her up for quiete
a while so she could stand.
Right now all three in the pen are sleeping. I isolated her from the rest of them for about an hour or so, but when I put her back in
she seemed to be doing much better. These three are very close to eachother, so they always get nervous when seperated.
She is usually the odd one out in the group. I don't want to bother her while she is sleeping, so I will
check up on her in the morning to see how she's doing. What I have to say about symptoms is..
- walking wobbly
- was falling down alot and slipping (not very much now)
- her feet seemed stiff, and she kept tripping over herself
- moving very slowely, not running away from the other like usual when I fed treats, sort of just sat there and ate
- seems very sleepy (is sleeping now)
-closing eyes/ squinting and fluffed up in a little ball
-wings and tail drooping down (not strong enough to hold up by herself)
That's all really. When she was eating and drinking while being isolated from her 'friends', I had to hold her up for quiete
a while so she could stand.
Do you have anything she may have eaten in the last few days that might have no agreed with her? check her poop. Thats part of what separating her can do, help you isolate things like poop color and knowing who it belongs to. If its a contagious illness, she is putting the others at risk being housed with them. At this point, stress can often cause some serious issues, so isolation in the dark is a huge relaxing factor for her, sleep wont hurt her and dark and quiet will help until you have something to go on.
Check at the base of her feathers, look for mites or thick dander. The base of the neck, under the wings and around the tail are classic areas for infestation. She might have a mite problem. Permethrin powder will usually take care of these.
If her poop is bright green, she may have ecoli. Stumbling and loss of balance, unable to stand can be associated with botulism or hopefully no Mareks.
I just noticed that you said she is a polish. Polish do not ahve a full cranium like a normal chicken. their skull is open on top. As a result they are susceptible to knocks on the head that can make them go wonky. I had a silky that happened to, she got a good peck on the noggin from one of the other birds. It took a while, but she did recover, though was still wobbly for a long time after.
Try getting some yogurt down her, plain unflavored, no sugar and NO sugar replacements. Just natural. If she wont take that, you can use asidopholus pills crushed up. Fine powder is easier to get inside the mouth than something wet that might choke her. It might be something as simple as a tummy ache or a load of worms. If its worms bothering her, getting some dewormer can help. There are tons of articles on here on how to worm chickens. Acidopholus is natural and wont hurt her, its found in yogurt so it will be OK with other meds.
See if you can get some Corid or Amprol from your local vet, liquid is best if she is drinking. If she has coccidiosis, these meds can really turn her around.
Has she been laying? If so, it may be egg binding. Look it up here on this site, they have wonderful articles on how to help your bird.
Check for discharge from the nose, gasping, foul breath. She may have a respiratory infection or a sour crop. Check to see if her crop is empty, its the weird little bag in front of their breast. If she isnt eating much but her crop is full, it may be impacted.
There are so many resources here that can help.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/10/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures
This is a good area to browse through, it might help you find symptoms you didnt know to look for.
Read read read before treating. Make sure of what you have before you start pumping medications into her.
I hope she will be OK!! its good her "Mom" is so watchful and attentive!
Check at the base of her feathers, look for mites or thick dander. The base of the neck, under the wings and around the tail are classic areas for infestation. She might have a mite problem. Permethrin powder will usually take care of these.
If her poop is bright green, she may have ecoli. Stumbling and loss of balance, unable to stand can be associated with botulism or hopefully no Mareks.
I just noticed that you said she is a polish. Polish do not ahve a full cranium like a normal chicken. their skull is open on top. As a result they are susceptible to knocks on the head that can make them go wonky. I had a silky that happened to, she got a good peck on the noggin from one of the other birds. It took a while, but she did recover, though was still wobbly for a long time after.
Try getting some yogurt down her, plain unflavored, no sugar and NO sugar replacements. Just natural. If she wont take that, you can use asidopholus pills crushed up. Fine powder is easier to get inside the mouth than something wet that might choke her. It might be something as simple as a tummy ache or a load of worms. If its worms bothering her, getting some dewormer can help. There are tons of articles on here on how to worm chickens. Acidopholus is natural and wont hurt her, its found in yogurt so it will be OK with other meds.
See if you can get some Corid or Amprol from your local vet, liquid is best if she is drinking. If she has coccidiosis, these meds can really turn her around.
Has she been laying? If so, it may be egg binding. Look it up here on this site, they have wonderful articles on how to help your bird.
Check for discharge from the nose, gasping, foul breath. She may have a respiratory infection or a sour crop. Check to see if her crop is empty, its the weird little bag in front of their breast. If she isnt eating much but her crop is full, it may be impacted.
There are so many resources here that can help.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/10/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures
This is a good area to browse through, it might help you find symptoms you didnt know to look for.
Read read read before treating. Make sure of what you have before you start pumping medications into her.
I hope she will be OK!! its good her "Mom" is so watchful and attentive!
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