The EMERGENCY Thread!!!

[Yemimah]

I would not keep going in but can you monitor the situation somehow or move her in a cardboard box on it's side so they won't be able to continue doing this? I would make her scene more secure. It sounds insecure to me right now.

 

[masterhatcher]

I would not keep going in but can you monitor the situation somehow or move her in a cardboard box on it's side so they won't be able to continue doing this? I would make her scene more secure. It sounds insecure to me right now.

Thanks for the help. I decided to get the other chickens out of the coop and gave them some fresh hay to nest on under the coop away from the chicks.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

My feeling about it . I had a gut feeling about it too. Can someone please forward me the article by raven???? My little hen is eating the FF with yogurt. She also cranks her head out her pen and into big dry feed bin and chows down. Is she going to digest it. I think she is appreciating all the attention.

@Yemimah - I believe @Eggcessive gave you the link already, but just in case you missed it here's TwoCrows article:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/impacted-slow-and-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments

My one chicken has been sitting on a batch of eggs for about 21 days now and I started hearing them chirping today. I decided to put some food and water in the coop so the chicks could access it as needed, as I was doing so my other chickens got scared because it was dark so they ran into the corner where my one chicken is brooding the eggs and scared her out of the nest. They moved the eggs around and one got cracked and caused a chick to be exposed chirping and i saw a little blood. Will that chick die? And are the others going to be okay if she went back on them right after the whole incident happened? Please help I'm really worried

I'm sorry you're having trouble. There's no way to know the outcome. Hopefully the others will hatch no problem.

You may want to consider placing a temporary barrier after the chicks hatch to help protect them an Mama from the rest of the flock until they get a little older.
Let us know how it goes.

 

[masterhatcher]

@Yemimah
-  I believe @Eggcessive
gave you the link already, but just in case you missed it here's TwoCrows article:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/impacted-slow-and-sour-crops-prevention-and-treatments

I'm sorry you're having trouble.  There's no way to know the outcome.  Hopefully the others will hatch no problem.

You may want to consider placing a temporary barrier after the chicks hatch to help protect them an Mama from the rest of the flock until they get a little older.
Let us know how it goes.

Thanks for the tips. I'll make sure to take some pics and keep you updated

 

[Yemimah]

Good Morning. I am keeping my friends here updated so I can get help still. Put her to bed with moderately filled crop. Was not ballooning. I did not awake in time this morning to catch here before she got to the food. Found her with very full crop this morning. I checked for an egg...none. I gave her an epsom salt bath and towel and blowed her dry . Have her inside in an old ice chest that the lid broke off of. She has only water with a little ACV and no food . She is in my warm house. I am thinking to get the dulcolax. I discovered when bathing her that she is covered in new feather growth porcupine like. I am seriously wondering her age ! I called a breeder of these birds that is local to ask her. She raises them. I am mentioning this because I want to make sure I won't hurt this baby with dulcolax. I think the woman who sold her to me thinks she was laying but I really do not think so somehow.I think she must just be or about to be at egg laying . She is still getting her adult plummage! That woman has quite a few of these hens and could have made a mistake possibly.

 

[Yemimah]

Cochin bantam pullet with crop issue. I did have some hay in my nest boxes . She did go in there to escape the bigger birds.

 

[Yemimah]

Gave her the dulcolax in 1 teaspoon of sweet potato baby food.She had some droppings before that. I am encouraged to see droppings. They look like they have a small amount of coagulated blood in them. But it is encouraging that the color is more normal and there is the white which is urine. So her kidneys are working ! They were also more solid. Not sure if I really should continue with laxative. I do not want to go down the wrong path though. Maybe it is better safe than sorry. She is not lethargic. If this is not the ight path it could be parasites.What should I give her?

 

[Yemimah]

Oh sorry... She does have a little congestion. Any tips about that...I have always had poor results with respiratory issues. I do have vet RX. She probably needs to keep moving. She was having a hard time competing for food. My only concern is that maybe it has been slow crop with upset of flora and if she is now eating am I going to mess up by denying food. I do not feel objective in this.

 

[new2dotties]

Hooked beak at 1 week old?? This little chick eats and drinks but seems to stop and "gasp breath" a little pretty often, also his mouth stays pretty wet. Nothing coming from nose or eyes. Is this beak getting in the way? Its definitely more curved than my other chicks, will it fix its self??

 

[new2dotties]

So after some research I'm worried about subcutaneous emphysema... nothing is overly swollen but there is a spot on the vest that crackles when pressed, a small spot, nothing real obvious when looking.. the chick makes a clicking noise when breathing and stops often to rest and breath... then goes back to try to eat and drink.. act normal other than the resting and breathing... not as active as the others though. Should this heal on its own possibly?? It's the spot I'm touching, it deflated if you touch it