I hope your girl pulls through! My sick hen is the sweetest and most docile of the bunch so the others have been brutal to her when she joins them. I’m always appalled at how awful they can be!
Anyways she’s still walking around and hanging on though she’s barely eating… We are taking it day by...
I should mention that when I say, let nature take its course, I don’t mean to let her starve to death. We have a vet that can euthanize her peacefully. Of course I hope she will start eating a bit more though!
I have not yet tube fed. But I did come across this link, I believe it was recommended on this site, but I looked through a bunch of different ones, so I can’t say for sure.
https://bitchinchickens.com/2022/05/16/gavage-tube-feeding-chickens/
I ended up stopping my hens pain...
Thanks, I was thinking this too… I’m going to try to find supplies locally tomorrow. As the pain meds wore off this evening she did take a few bites and was slightly more alert so that’s hopeful but I think to be safe I’m going to have to figure out tube feeding.
We’ve been to the vet, she likely has a reproductive issue. Probably Salpingitis. She was given an anabiotic and an anti-inflammatory/pain med. She was eating just a bit yesterday but not nearly enough. Today she won’t eat at all and I think it has something to do with the meds. I’m going to...