3.6m Omlet Chicken Run for sale, Brand New in Boxes, Milton Keynes (MK19)

[keyhole kate]

Apologies to the mods for posting both in Chickens and Chicken Clinic but thought this may be of interest to the wider audiences of those who like myself might only pop into the chicken clinic when we have a poorly hen

 

Cinderella my 1 year old little frizzle suffered a prolase on Tuesday despite putting it back several times and trying the bandage support advice I had to finally admit defeat and took her to my local vets who admit they are not experts on poultry but do frequently see chickens and the vet I saw has previously kept chickens herself.

There was the obvious option to have her pts or the no guarantee anasthetic purse string suture surgery at an approx cost of £100 Yep you have guessed it I am £137.85 worse off as of collecting her today I know lot of people on here will think I am mad to spend that much on a chicken especially as she now needs special care I have to watch and feel for signs of her laying at which point I have to loosen the nifty little toggles made by the vet to allow the vent to expand to allow her to lay But despite the cost I felt it was only right she had to have her chance ( vet said it looked good on paper and it very keen to see if it works in practise typically she hasen't laid whilst at the vets for 5 days ) Bless her little heart she was so pleased to see me today and looked as bright as a button Both the vet and I hope this is a temporary measure and hope that once she has put on a little weight and built up a little muscle the purse tring may be removed. He did suggest that the fact she has half moulted but carried on laying could be the cause due to using up more calcium than she was intaking as muscles need a lot of calcium and that extra supplements of limestone flour and minerals might be of benefit if I had another hen moulting and laying . I am in a right quandry now as I only seem to be able to get farmgate Layers pellets around here and wonder if these are nutritionaly good enough I feel I now want to source a better/different product

 

 

This thread has been locked as an identical one is running here - Egluntyne.