The EMERGENCY Thread!!!

[abbychickok]

So, let's talk about humane ways to euthanize a chicken. I'm not sure poor Daisy will even make it to the vet tomorrow. But, she is definitely waning. Her poop has become more solidified and brown in color (yeah) and her comb has started to get redder but I thinks she's doing worse
1. She's not singing as much when we are around
2. When Im feeding her she randomly nips all over the place, the air, the cage, it's like she can't see and is just randomly trying for food.
3. She is eating with less enthusiasm
4. Still cannot stand or walk
5. Probably most concerning. I'm going to try to bathe her later but she has developed a large round nodule by her vent. I couldn't tell if it was just a ginormous poop that has gotten stuck and surrounded by feathers - or something else.

Anything else I should do? Thoughts on euthanizing? I don't want the poor girl suffering any more than she has already.

 

[casportpony]

So, let's talk about humane ways to euthanize a chicken. I'm not sure poor Daisy will even make it to the vet tomorrow. But, she is definitely waning. Her poop has become more solidified and brown in color (yeah) and her comb has started to get redder but I thinks she's doing worse
1. She's not singing as much when we are around
2. When Im feeding her she randomly nips all over the place, the air, the cage, it's like she can't see and is just randomly trying for food.
3. She is eating with less enthusiasm
4. Still cannot stand or walk
5. Probably most concerning. I'm going to try to bathe her later but she has developed a large round nodule by her vent. I couldn't tell if it was just a ginormous poop that has gotten stuck and surrounded by feathers - or something else.

Anything else I should do? Thoughts on euthanizing? I don't want the poor girl suffering any more than she has already.

Do not bathe! bathing sick birds is often enough to kill them!

-Kathy

 

[LynSage]

I bought 1 cockerel, 1 hen, and 1 pullet old English game bantams a week ago from a breeder. They all started sneezing this weekend. I have other black Wyandotte bantams and Buff Orpington standards. But none of them sneeze. What do I do for sneezing birds?

 

[Isaac 0]

No other symptoms?Quarantine the sick birds and give them Tylan 50.

 

[LynSage]

No other symptoms. Eating just fine. Alert as they have been but I've only had them a week.

 

[Isaac 0]

Sounds like acute respiratory problem.Tylan 50 for treatment.

 

[LynSage]

Ok! Thank you.

 

[casportpony]

No other symptoms. Eating just fine. Alert as they have been but I've only had them a week.

Welcome to BYC!

Just sneezing? No discharge or other respiratory sounds?

-Kathy

 

[LynSage]

Kathy, thank you!

I didn't know to look for discharge. Yes, the little pullet does. The other two do not.

 

[LynSage]

No other symptoms?Quarantine the sick birds and give them Tylan 50.

Thanks for your help! It took me forever to find it. Due to the new FDA regulations we had to give it IM. But it's done now.