Tuna is Sick! 🙏🏻

[ANiceKaren]

No panting from anyone .. she isn’t panting either… everyone else is acting fine.

Are your chickens panting? Are any others acting differen

 

[ANiceKaren]

Hi friends! I came on this morning to post a new thread about my Tuna not laying well.. not feeling great AND to my surprise I found this thread from last September. 9 months ago she was going through the same issue! I’m hoping for some help! She isn’t 100% herself.. she eats.. drinks.. walks around but she has moments when she seems to be struggling.. butt kind of hanging lower than normal. She will visit nesting box and not lay. I don’t think Tuna has layed an egg for 2 weeks. It’s hard to tell because she has similar color to others and I’m not always home. I did find 2 weird soft twisted eggs from her recently. One 2 weeks ago and one this morning. They have egg white inside them and it looks as if more egg material came out over night on roost.. but they are soft and twisted! I’ve been giving her calcium tabs almost daily for 2 weeks? Should I continue giving her calcium citrate tabs? We are having a heat spell but this started before it got really hot. It just seems like Tuna has never been a good layer…? Like something isn’t right? Thoughts on how to help? How much calcium can I give her? How many days? I’m worried I’ve been giving it to her too much.. ? Here is a pic of the “egg” she laid last night She is currently in nesting box right now as well.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Hi friends! I came on this morning to post a new thread about my Tuna not laying well.. not feeling great AND to my surprise I found this thread from last September. 9 months ago she was going through the same issue! I’m hoping for some help! She isn’t 100% herself.. she eats.. drinks.. walks around but she has moments when she seems to be struggling.. butt kind of hanging lower than normal. She will visit nesting box and not lay. I don’t think Tuna has layed an egg for 2 weeks. It’s hard to tell because she has similar color to others and I’m not always home. I did find 2 weird soft twisted eggs from her recently. One 2 weeks ago and one this morning. They have egg white inside them and it looks as if more egg material came out over night on roost.. but they are soft and twisted! I’ve been giving her calcium tabs almost daily for 2 weeks? Should I continue giving her calcium citrate tabs? We are having a heat spell but this started before it got really hot. It just seems like Tuna has never been a good layer…? Like something isn’t right? Thoughts on how to help? How much calcium can I give her? How many days? I’m worried I’ve been giving it to her too much.. ? Here is a pic of the “egg” she laid last night She is currently in nesting box right now as well.

Hi! This looks like salpingitis, reproductive infection. My hen Sybi had it , she doesn't lay anymore. I would treat with fish mox on case there's anything left inside. 250mg twice a day for seven days.

 

[ANiceKaren]

I appreciate this! I actually have the fish amoxi. Thoughts about continuing calcium? I’m not concerned with her laying.. I just want her to be ok. so your girl recovered?

 

[ANiceKaren]

Perfect, once a day is good!

She's a cutie! Look at those cheeks!

Thanks for your help.. I wanted to share that Tuna passed today I think the reproductive/salpingitis was too much for her body.