About a week ago we got a hen (rhoda) from a friend that lives new us. After a day, we noticed she was gasping so we immediately put her in the house and started to give her tylan50. At first we thought the gasping was from gapeworms, but she is still kicking after a week. She’s also eating and drinking on her own. After some research we believed she might have egg peritonitis. So we checked to see if she had any unusual bumps that could be a sign of this, but she appears as normal as our other hens physically. We are giving her another antibiotic via injection into her breast but even after a week she is still gasping desperately for air. When I put my hand underneath her, I can feel her lungs trying to get as much air as possible. She also doesn’t sprint away like the others but she still makes a faint attempt of not being carried. If you put her somewhere, she will just sit there and wait a couple of minutes before slowly walking around. Her gasping is off and on, but when she does gasp her head goes up and then back down. She also occasionally makes a larger gasp and it sounds as if she’s attempting to crow. She is eating and drinking, but not as much as she should be. She’s also part game chicken so she is smaller than average.
Note: my family are new chicken owners so we aren’t experienced in treating sick chickens. We would take her to the vet but my parents are low on money as they’ve spent it on college/bills.
Note: my family are new chicken owners so we aren’t experienced in treating sick chickens. We would take her to the vet but my parents are low on money as they’ve spent it on college/bills.
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