BelValleyDaisy
Songster
Hi, we recently adopted a chicken from a local animal sanctuary. They had two hens there but her friend died so I took her home as she was very lonely.
With the winter weather commencing here in the UK, at the sanctuary she was kept in a shed which kept flooding and although she could get up high onto bedding, her straw was damp and the wind just blew rain straight in... so she was kept in damp, cold conditions and it’s no surprise she got a cold
When I first brought her home she was sneezing pretty constantly and her breath was rattling. We have been keeping her in a dry, draught free shed with lots of fresh straw to keep her comfy as well as a microwaveable heat mat on a night for extra warmth.
2 weeks on and the rattling breath has gone and she’s definitely less snotty, but still sneezes every minute or so and her nares are snotty. When she arrived with us she had worms too (I know, came in a bad state) but has been treated and that’s cleared up now.
Ive been putting raw apple cider vinegar in her water and treating her with Nettex poultry nutri drops probiotic.
Can anyone recommend what I do now as she’s just not recovering as quickly as I’d hoped? Has anybody had anything similar and/or know what is wrong with her and knows what medicine etc I could get for her?
Thankyou! All helpful advice much appreciated!
With the winter weather commencing here in the UK, at the sanctuary she was kept in a shed which kept flooding and although she could get up high onto bedding, her straw was damp and the wind just blew rain straight in... so she was kept in damp, cold conditions and it’s no surprise she got a cold
When I first brought her home she was sneezing pretty constantly and her breath was rattling. We have been keeping her in a dry, draught free shed with lots of fresh straw to keep her comfy as well as a microwaveable heat mat on a night for extra warmth.
2 weeks on and the rattling breath has gone and she’s definitely less snotty, but still sneezes every minute or so and her nares are snotty. When she arrived with us she had worms too (I know, came in a bad state) but has been treated and that’s cleared up now.
Ive been putting raw apple cider vinegar in her water and treating her with Nettex poultry nutri drops probiotic.
Can anyone recommend what I do now as she’s just not recovering as quickly as I’d hoped? Has anybody had anything similar and/or know what is wrong with her and knows what medicine etc I could get for her?
Thankyou! All helpful advice much appreciated!