Mumsie Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I have a rescued sick chicken. She has been fine until yesterday. She is all plumped out with her feathers, her head is retracted, her wings down, and she is not eating or drinking.................help! Any ideas. I looked up a site that said she might be egg bound and to put her in warm water up to her abdomen which I did yesterday, but it hasn't helped. I am a desperate woman! The other 3 are fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Its hard to tell whats wrong, they show those symptoms for pratically everything which is not easy for us owners I'd suspect that she has a softie (soft egg) on the way, this makes them very down and quiet for a day or two, once its laid they will bounce back in 6 hours or so You could try Nutridrops from Nettex, these are quite good for perking a sick hen up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumsie Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 Thanks for support Tasha, The Tramp is still poorly but hanging on in there. I have put her out to sleep with the others but brought her in during the day. She is drinking a bit, and eating a bit, but not fussed. All her feathers are still fluffed out and her neck retracted, but perhaps a bit less than yesterday. Have put her in another warm water bath to clean her up and hoipefully help if she has a softie on the way. Never knew a hen could disrupt the life of a family so much! And I work in a childrens respite hospice so I should be good at this. Even the husband who grumbles about the girls is caught up in this life or death situation! Mumsie. GNR's 3, The Tramp [the poorly rescued one], Ginger Rogers and Geri Halliwell. Mel B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumsie Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 Well, it is the end for The Tramp. I reckon it is old age that has got her. All week I have teased her with treats, and her appetite has gone down and down. I have kept her in the warm, and everyone has visited her, with grapes, and she has enjoyed their company. But yesterday saw a great deterioration, and today she is all but dead. She is just sleeping away on a nice fluffy rug, and I just wish she would breathe her last. She has been a pleasure to know, and since being rescued has lived a very lovely and loved life. She has had an acre of organic garden to peruse with the other 3. Fresh mealworms, melon, grapes, in fact all her favourite things. The 4 of them live in a purple cube with extended run until midday when they are let out to roam. My dachshund, Frankie Furter, who is an honorary hen has guarded them from intruders, and has shared the soil with them that she has dug up from visiting moles! All in all it has been a good life..........but I will miss her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickichicky Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 just lost one of my Exbatts to egg peritonitus Had 3 softshells in her adomen, vet phoned a short while ago to confirm after post motem results. Had to have her put to sleep on thursday. Your description sounds quite similar, but haven't had any experience of losing girls to anything else bar kidney failure (bad limp). Very sad, hope you are ok (hug) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambles Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 oh I am sorry. a lot of our lovely girls have passed lately. They have led good lives. x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumsie Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 Thanks for the messages of condolence. She breathed her last during the night, which was a relief in the end. Ginger Rogers and Geri Halliwell Mel B Dashshund Frankie Furter Husband and 4 children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Sorry to hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceychristie Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Mumsie ((( HUGS )))) Just lost one of ours. She'd had crop problems, which we'd solved by visits to the vet, and magots (Yewww). She'd been slow and sleepy for weeks, and eating and drinking very littel. We'd taken her away with us twice in the caravan (as I thought it unfair to leave her with my siste-in-law who looked after the rest). Finally she couldn't walk far and lost stability. Vet (who's a specialist, thank heavens) suggested PTS as soon as she was out of her box, then he found she had a tumor. It is very sad, but as you say, she'd had a bit of a life after her 'working life'. It would have been selfish of me to keep her going for my own peace of mind (this is what I keep telling myself anyway) BUT I still keep thinking it was like signing a death warrant when I had to sign the vets papers Hugs Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
