sweetsilkies
In the Brooder
- Jul 30, 2017
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My almost six month old silkie hen has been looking a bit sorry for herself, she hasn't eat a thing for two days now and I haven't seen her drink anything for a day. Initially I thought she may be egg bound as she's very small and due to lay any time soon, so I let her soak in some warm water. I couldn't feel an egg though. On Thursday she drank a LOT more than usual. I felt her crop and it's really squidgy — feels like it's full of water. I did some research and it seemed to point to sour crop, so I've been massaging it and took her food away, but it won't come out. I don't want to tip her upside down and make her be sick, as I've read some frightening stories. She's also been passing blood and not much faecal matter (coccidiosis?) I took her to the vets for a second opinion but unfortunately he said he doesn't get many chickens and doesn't know much about them but he examined her anyway. He weighed her, looked inside her beak, felt her crop, took her temperature which he said was quite high and felt around her cloaca in case she was egg bound, which he said she wasn't. He gave her an anti-inflammatory and some antibiotics and I've bought some probiotics and coccidiosis treatment. I need some advise please on what to do or if I'm doing anything wrong, as I've never dealt with any of these problems before. This particular hen means the world to me, I can't lose her