Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[no fly zone]

 

[Iluveggers]

So it is confirmed Skeksis has EYP. Vet estimates she has a 30% chance to live. I am a mess right now.

I am so sorry! I’m sure you will do everything you can to give her the best chance possible! Hopefully she will be in that 30%

 

[no fly zone]

Done at the vet's. She looks so weak. I have this horrible feeling she will not make it through the night. Got a broad spectrum antibiotic, which hopefully does well enough until the culture comes back, and she can get something more suitable.

 

[ManueB]

Done at the vet's. She looks so weak. I have this horrible feeling she will not make it through the night. Got a broad spectrum antibiotic, which hopefully does well enough until the culture comes back, and she can get something more suitable.

Sending good thoughts for her and for you. We all know how much you care for her.

 

[MaryJanet]

Done at the vet's. She looks so weak. I have this horrible feeling she will not make it through the night. Got a broad spectrum antibiotic, which hopefully does well enough until the culture comes back, and she can get something more suitable.

One of the hens at my house (Joyce) recently had EYP and her treatment was a long course of broadsprectrum antibiotic, followed by surgery. She's doing much better now.

I think you have taken very quick action with Skeksis and that's a huge help. Perhaps her antibiotics will be all she needs.

 

[MrsNorthie]

have you tried sugar and borax? Many years since I've needed/used it (chickens eat the ants that live here) but it works with ants here; mixed in equal quantities and left on one of their trails, the sugar attracts the workers to take it back to the nest and feed to the youngsters, which the borax kills. I wouldn't use it where chickens can get it though.

We also have dogs and wild critters (rabbits, geese, etc) so I would be hesitant to use anything that could be toxic, but that may be good to try around the edge of the house, thank you. I will let you know how that works.

 

[MrsNorthie]

Done at the vet's. She looks so weak. I have this horrible feeling she will not make it through the night. Got a broad spectrum antibiotic, which hopefully does well enough until the culture comes back, and she can get something more suitable.

sending you and Skeksis positive thoughts!

 

[no fly zone]

One of the hens at my house (Joyce) recently had EYP and her treatment was a long course of broadsprectrum antibiotic, followed by surgery. She's doing much better now.

I think you have taken very quick action with Skeksis and that's a huge help. Perhaps her antibiotics will be all she needs.

Was it oviduct removal?

 

[MaryJanet]

Was it oviduct removal?

Yes.

When he opened her up he saw her oviducts had detached from her cloaca and had started rotting. So he removed everything dead or dying and tied off the rest. He saw her a week later and said she was doing well. Her next follow up is in 3 weeks from now, which is a month after the surgery.

 

[MaryJanet]

The hens at my house go to a skilled and experienced avian specialist vet.

However, like all vets he has to make educated guesses (educated, as in 5 years at university). It's when a case goes as far as surgery that he sees what's really wrong. From three surgeries on hens he has found Peggy's fractured liver, Mary's hernia, and Joyce's detached oviducts.

I almost wish we could do surgery first when a hen gets sick. But antibiotics are far easier for the hens to recuperate from.