very sick Chickie

[obe10]

i don't think i have ever had a chicken as old as 16 weeks aspirate but if that is what it is i hope she will make it

 

[threehorses]

I completely agree with Diana and wish to add that this should be done as quickly as possible. You can mix a crushed B-complex tablet into her nice little mash that you're giving. Only I'd curtail the tuna for now and give boiled egg yolks as they fall apart in water (tuna does not) and it's important to keep things in the range of foods that are very easily dissolved on their own. That way her system doesn't have to work to digest them.

Also, try putting some of her pellets in the blender and see if she doesn't like them a little better. It would be good for her to get that balanced nutrition that they contain.

It's possible if her crop was backed up (or when the crop was emptied) that she aspirated; it can even happen in adults, but usually then it becomes a lower respiratory problem rather than instant death.

Feel her chest with your hands and listen to her throat and chest with your ear for any rattling or sounds of breathing that are excess of normal.

 

[Kate Lawry]

Her breathing seems fine now, she has stopped opening and closing her mouth to breathe. She has also stopped dribbling when she drinks, so she is keeping it in. She has done lots of good poos too!
I am worried about her legs now, she has now given up trying to stand, but is eatng loads, pellets, tuna, the mash I made. I will try the B vitamins now!
Thanks.
Also changed the bedding of the other chickens for wood shavings (instead of straw) and was a bit worried as they were interested in eating them!

 

[Judy]

Watch closely -- you may find they eat very very litle. Mind do this at times, too, but I promise you, when they are processed, I can't find wood shavings in the gizzard for the grit, grass and feed.