Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[alih]

I have been on this forum before about Iggy's crop, which has always been loose and had a tendency to overfill. Now she has sourcrop so I have just put some apples from the garden on to make sauce with and sent my daughter for some probiotic yoghurt. Is there anything else that will help her? I intend to not let her free range until she is better but she is not eating or drinking much. I have maggots! Will a diet of those, yohurt and apple sauce be enough or do I need to try and get pellets down her? She is not looking at all happy, poor girl

Edited October 28, 2008 by Guest

[Egluntyne]

Maggots are of more use in a case of impacted crop.

 

Daktarin Gel *not licensed for use in poultry in UK, obtained from the chemist is often suggested in cases of sour crop. It is an anti fungal agent.

[maggiesfarm]

My Little White Hen had a case of this earlier this week. I've been feeding her a diet of watery layers mash made up with Actimel yoghurt and Longley Farm yoghurt. I'm pleased to say she is now back to her old self.

 

Mags

[alih]

Thanks Mags, will restrict her diet. She has had yog and apple sauce and off to get some daktarin gel now. Yum!

[AnnieP]

My little Izzy had it about a month ago. Nasty. WHITE Maggots and a trip to the vets cured her. She wouldn't touch the yoghurt!

[alih]

have made an appointment for Monday as the chicken vet isn't in today. She is still not well but am continuing with the maggots, yog and apple sauce with a dash of Daktarin till then....yum!

[Jen&Rog]

Hello, where do you get white maggots? I'm running out of things to try for poorly Strawberry who's been miserable with a squishy crop for days now. (Vet thinks it isn't sour because it's not smelly, she took a sample of it for testing, it's still not emptying). Maggots should be worth a try? But I don't for the life of me know where to get them, help?

[Egluntyne]

Angling shops. They sell them by the half pint. The hens go mad for them

 

My supplier calls them "undyed". Costs about £1.25 ish.

[alih]

or from wormsdirect - they deliver really fast and are in solid tubs that can go in the fridge!!

[Jen&Rog]

We've given them maggots today - fingers crossed this does the trick

[half dozen]

Dont know how much truth is in this...........but a couple of weeks ago when one of our girls had impacted crop and we fed her live white maggots,we spoke to a vet who said that there is so little oxygen in there that the maggots die very quickly.And so do not particuarly help??? Unfortunatly saffy did not recover but I know others have x

[Egluntyne]

A few manage to bore their way through the blockage. They need to be fed to the hens several time a day to make an impact.

[alih]

Well I took Iggy to the vet this morning. She said not only did she have a blockage in her crop but that she was yellow- showed me inside her mouth and her vent and my goodness so she was. Liver failure apparently, unsure as to whether it was linked to the crop problem but probably congenital. Very thin and shaky. What a lovely vet she was - gave me my options: x rays/ operation to try to sort out the crop and meds to try and help the liver but no guarantee either would work. And very costly indeed. She did say she thought she was so poorly it may be better to let her go and I decided to do just that. Kept apologising to the vet for my floods of tears but she was fabulous and said there was no such thing as "only" a chicken. She has offered to do a post-mortem free of charge to find out exactly what was wrong. Poor Iggy. Still really upset but trying to console myself that she had a great life and until Friday seemed perky and happy. she was suchh an affectionate girl and will be missed. RIP

[Egluntyne]

Very sorry to hear it.

 

I am sure you have made the right decision.

[alih]

Thanks Egluntine. Thank goodness for this forum and the fact that "Ooops, word censored!"ody thinks we are mad for sobbing over chickens!

[Purplemaniacs]

Sorry to hear your sad news Alih, like Egluntine I am sure you made the right decision. You gave Iggy a great life, remember that

 

Chrissie

[alih]

Does anyone know how I can let Omlet know about my vet as they are excellent and avian specialists?

[Egluntyne]

I'd email barbara@omlet.co.uk

[Charlie_uk]

Im sorry to hear of your loss

Charlie x

[lisa33]

Sorry to hear about Iggy.

[half dozen]

So very sorry to hear your news x we only lost Saffy 3 weeks ago and we were exactly the same sobbing in the surgery(and at work the next day) x but these little girls have this effect on us! At least she is content now x x

[The Brown Clan]

Sorry to hear about Iggy hugs for you xx

[Christian]

Sorry to hear about Iggy Ali. You gave her the best chance possible.

[alih]

Thanks guys. Feeling a bit better today (as those who have read my other threads re getting MORE chickens will know ) and interested to see what the pm shows. Will add to this thread when I know as it may be of use. I did ask my 14-year-old this morning whether she thought Iggy was scratching away in chicken heaven and she said yes very earnestly rather than giving me her "oh god mum you're so embarrassing" look. My lovely husband was very sincere in his sympathy yesterday and said "I know how close you are to your chickens" which made me smile. Thanks for all your kind words

[alih]

Just fyi, the vet rang today with the post mortem result - it seems there was a tiny piece of metal in the crop which had caught up with grass etc and blocked it. The liver failure was down to her starving because of the crop blockage. I felt terrible until I was reassured that as she was perky until a couple of days before she died I could not have known and told that by the time they saw her it really was too late to save her. I guess it's a cautionary tale but shows that you can't keep them from ranging and picking up all sorts of bits and pieces - don't know where the metal had come from. At least I know now. Bless Iggy.