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[LottyJ1]

Hi All - just hoping for some advice.

 

I lost one of my ex-battery girls last night. She was rescued in October 2010 and had done really well to date but hadn't laid and egg for well over a year!

 

The last week she went through short periods of time where she would just sit on her own in a ball shape and be a bit depressed - then i would turn around and she was fine - eating and drinking fine. I gave her yoghurt in the morning and evening and some fav treats at the end of the day (sweetcorn, mixed corn etc). She seemed ok but then yesterday her tail was down she tried to eat but then just stopped and looked at me making a chattering sound. She settled under my tree and wouldn't move so I got her in and put her in a box in the house in the warm. However this morning she had died in the night. Very sad.

Just wondering if anyone could shed some light on what this may have been?

The symptoms were - short periods of depression with her looking fluffed up and her head tucked right into her body, eating and drinking fine until the end, tail down, comb still red but not as plump as normal, crop emptying fine, not egg bound as no eggs for a long time, she did drink more than the others.

 

Any suggestions?

[Plum]

Sorry for your loss but guess you would need a postmortem if she was showing no definate signs.

[counturchickens]

One of ours sounds similar. We took her to the vets who x rayed her, her oviduct was all wrong, and a problem with her lungs. The vet said we could try an op, but no guarantee of success. She had stopped eating, but after a few days of feeding her seperately with melon and grapes she has picked up, but I can't imagine we'll have her much longer. Sorry to hear about your girl, unfortunately I think from a lot of posts on here ex batts do sometimes have more issues. That said, Dora who we've had since may 2010 is still going strong, although she hasn't laid since xmas.

[LottyJ1]

Hi counturchickens,

 

Thanks for the reply - it is really hard to know what to do sometimes. Every time I take mine to the vet it seems there is nothing they can do. I might get some non-rescue chooks this time but then next time get some rescues as I do love watching them develop and become proper beautiful chickens. Even though they do make me sad sometimes.

[hippy chick]

So sorry for your loss, i'm currently nursing one of my ex-bats that i got in 2010. She too is really puffed up and very depressed. she has had peritonitis for a few weeks, but is now getting bigger by the day, my vet says there is nothing more they can do for her. The terrible shame is that most of the ex-bats I have had seem to die like this.

((((hugs))))

[LottyJ1]

Thanks hippy chick. I have got some herban and poultry spice so fingers crossed my other two will be OK. Good luck with the poorly chook.

[scubababe]

((hugs)) how sad. I hope your others are ok. I think a post-mortem is the only way you will find out for definite what was wrong.

 

((hugs))

[MedusA]

Comiserations and condolences.

 

I too have an ex-batt (from April 2010) who is off to the vet today (to be PTS). She has had peritionitis for a while and now her crop just isn't emptying (I think she has a tumour or blockage lower down - it's definitely not impacted).

 

I lost her rescue friend a few weeks ago. Sadly, the ginger ex-batts all seem to have the same problem come what may. When they stop laying, their egg-producing bits go wrong.

 

At least they have a loving, caring, free home for a while to enjoy being "normal" hens. We just have to be thankful for that time we have with them.

[LottyJ1]

Very well said MedusA - they do make such an impact on us no matter how long they live.