Hi everyone -
We have a 2 yr old Isa Brown who is not well and has survived a fox attack. All of the other chickens were taken by a fox/es unfortunately.
There are no obvious injuries to her, she was found hiding, and has not moved much since the attack about 4 days ago. She will not eat, she refuses absolutely everything i've tried to give her and i've tried a lot of things this forum has suggested. She is drinkng after much encouragement but she mostly just sits and close her eyes. Her comb is still nice and red but fading the last day. She seems to be very unstable on her feet and falls over when trying to walk, she uses her wing to stablse herself so maybe she does have an injury but she doesn't make a fuss if you touch her or anything. She is not laying, and her poop has changed a lot it was dark greena nd smelly, and now is very yellow at times and is becomng watery as she is not eating only drinking ( i have put electrolytes in her water). Her crop seems to be so enlarged but she also doesn't let us touch her really so haven't been able to do much for that.. i don't know what to do. Neighbours and housemates are thinking of putting her down and i don't want to because i feel that she has improved over the last couple of days. It would be very strange if she had another problem such as with her crop that appeared at the same time as the fox attack? I took her outsde today and she tried walking around which she seemed to like but she was just stumbling around a lot. Any advice would be great. We are keeping her inside in a warm open box with some mushed up food and water..
We have a 2 yr old Isa Brown who is not well and has survived a fox attack. All of the other chickens were taken by a fox/es unfortunately.
There are no obvious injuries to her, she was found hiding, and has not moved much since the attack about 4 days ago. She will not eat, she refuses absolutely everything i've tried to give her and i've tried a lot of things this forum has suggested. She is drinkng after much encouragement but she mostly just sits and close her eyes. Her comb is still nice and red but fading the last day. She seems to be very unstable on her feet and falls over when trying to walk, she uses her wing to stablse herself so maybe she does have an injury but she doesn't make a fuss if you touch her or anything. She is not laying, and her poop has changed a lot it was dark greena nd smelly, and now is very yellow at times and is becomng watery as she is not eating only drinking ( i have put electrolytes in her water). Her crop seems to be so enlarged but she also doesn't let us touch her really so haven't been able to do much for that.. i don't know what to do. Neighbours and housemates are thinking of putting her down and i don't want to because i feel that she has improved over the last couple of days. It would be very strange if she had another problem such as with her crop that appeared at the same time as the fox attack? I took her outsde today and she tried walking around which she seemed to like but she was just stumbling around a lot. Any advice would be great. We are keeping her inside in a warm open box with some mushed up food and water..
. I think most of what you are doing is good - keep her warm, in a dark quiet place. If you have Nutridrench, try giving her some of that (I had a sick two-week old chick this spring and was withholding food for a few days because every time she ate, her crop would swell up with gas like she had sour crop, so I was giving her Nutridrench to help her through).
