Stuck Impaction, please help!

[-Clementine-]

Another update on Sage: I believe he has an infection in his crop/or other area. His external incision looks great, it's healing up wonderfully.

He has been pancaked out like a broody, he sits in one position for the whole day in his coop, doesn't move or roost etc.
I put him in a confinement cage, and then a few hours later my mom told me he was dead because he was flipped on his back and was looking very dead.

My mom is going to get injectable penicillin at tsc, most antibiotics are illegal. I am going to feed him some nutri-drench and b vitamins, is there anything else I should do to help him? Also how does one inject penicillin into a chicken?

 

[azygous]

You inject it into the breast muscle, changing the jab site each time.

 

[cate1124]

Another update on Sage: I believe he has an infection in his crop/or other area. His external incision looks great, it's healing up wonderfully.

He has been pancaked out like a broody, he sits in one position for the whole day in his coop, doesn't move or roost etc.
I put him in a confinement cage, and then a few hours later my mom told me he was dead because he was flipped on his back and was looking very dead.

My mom is going to get injectable penicillin at tsc, most antibiotics are illegal. I am going to feed him some nutri-drench and b vitamins, is there anything else I should do to help him? Also how does one inject penicillin into a chicken?

Please, what happened? You were so brave in your attempts to help the little guy.

 

[-Clementine-]

Please, what happened? You were so brave in your attempts to help the little guy.

Right now, he doing a lot better. Started him on tetracycline to help, and it's actually been working. Today is his last day on it

 

[cate1124]

Right now, he doing a lot better. Started him on tetracycline to help, and it's actually been working. Today is his last day on it

Glad to hear this! Way to hang in there with him! I hope his crop issue does not re-arise. I have a nearly 7-year-old buff Orpington hen who had crop problems last year -- recovered with several non-surgical protocols -- but seems prone to them again this year. I don't know how old your boy is, but I'm getting the sense that this is another issue more likely to occur with age.

 

[-Clementine-]

Glad to hear this! Way to hang in there with him! I hope his crop issue does not re-arise. I have a nearly 7-year-old buff Orpington hen who had crop problems last year -- recovered with several non-surgical protocols -- but seems prone to them again this year. I don't know how old your boy is, but I'm getting the sense that this is another issue more likely to occur with age.

he's a 1-2 years old, bought him from a breeder who bought him from another breeder, so I'm not sure his exact age.

I sure hope these antibiotics will help him get better again, and I won't have to deal with anymore crop problems in him; I love him like a pet

 

[cate1124]

It shows in your care for him. Best to both of you!