Budgies Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 That's a great bit of advice and easier for me to get hold of cuttlefish than limestone flour. I will get some today. Sounds like you have a good vet - I now have vet envy! Yes, I'm a very lucky lady! I tried calling lots of vets before I chose mine and am happy to drive quite a way to see them. When my girls were being helped by the vet a couple of weeks back, she (the vet) was then away on the day I decided to have the hens put to sleep. Two days later a "sorry for your loss" card came through the post from her which I found genuinely touching. She's a brilliant vet and incredibly passionate about chickens! Hope your little lady is doing okay today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker Betty Posted May 5, 2009 Author Share Posted May 5, 2009 Wow! Now I REALLY have vet envy - mine just tells me to have them PTS all the time - and she used to keep chickens herself! If only I still lived in Kent! Unfortunately that's a bit far to take my girls I reckon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hens@HalfMoonLane Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Really pleased she's passed it, was wondering how she was doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker Betty Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 Budgies - thanks for the advice with the cuttlefish bone and cod liver oil - that has really worked and I'm getting some really good hard shelled egs again now. My egg bound girl is still struggling to lay normally and keeps getting them stuck but it's getting better each time and she is really good and healthy in every other way so we're just persevering together - it seems to be working! I'm hoping that the next egg will be normal. It actually doens't seem to bother her at all though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Good news Biker Betty Thanks for your tip about Liquid Paraffin - have had to use today as one of my newies keeps getting eggs stuck. Hoping that I will be able to help her when she needs it now Such a worry ! Best wishes Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgies Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Good to hear that your girl is improving Biker Betty, got everything crossed for her here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker Betty Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 Thanks Budgies - well she is still swollen and I still think there might be a second egg stuck now - some liquid parafin may sort this out this weekend. Otherwise, by now, it's a touch of perotinitis. It's further back than I've seen before though - not between her legs but more near her vent - so she doesn't walk like john wayne thankfully. She seems completely and utterly normal and happy otherwise though - and is functioning like a normal chicken except for the eggs - in fact, she has definitely regained her appetite and has learnt a new trick that if she stands in the feed bowl, the others can't get to it so easily and she gets her pick of the goodies! She is a very entertaining little chracter. Thanks for your thoughts on her - she sends you all a happy cluck to say thanks! Bx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
