Happy Hill Farmstead
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- Oct 22, 2021
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My daughter has a 1 year old bearded bantam d'uccle hen that she LOVES.
She weighs no more than 1.5 pounds.
Over the last couple of weeks we have found a few blood stained eggs, but couldn't figure out who was laying them even with vent checks daily. Yesterday we found another bloods stained egg and this hen had a tiny bit of a prolapse.
I put preparation h on her and she acted normal all day eating and drinking fine. Today she laid another blood stained eggs and her vent was very irritated; I held a tucks witch hazel pad on her for several minutes and then rubbed her with preparation h.
We put electrolytes in her water and I thought maybe she needed some poultry cell; I read on the directions that the chicken dosage is 1cc to 3cc so I gave her 1cc directly in her mouth in approximately 1/3 cc increments. Immediately she began breathing gurgly and acting like her throat burned. I gave her another 1cc of electrolyte water which seemed to help some, but now she is clearly uncomfortable and not interested in food or water. I held her head as straight up as possible and she swallowed when I gave her the poultry cell.
With the electrolytes I didn't have to hold her mouth open because she likes the taste of it so she drank it when I gave her drops at the sides of her mouth. After still seeming gurgly I remembered that we had vetrx so I put 3 drops in her mouth and a few drops under each wing. Their coop is covered and they are on a bark mulch flooring.
We have been feeding Kalmbach feeds 17% protein.
Should I stop worrying or should I be looking at pneumonia as a possibility?
Also, what could be causing the blood stained eggs? I would like to prevent this in the future if at all possible.
We also have another coop with the exact same setup that has Nankin Chickens in it; we have gotten a few blood stained eggs from them over the last month as well.
Thanks so much!!!
She weighs no more than 1.5 pounds.
Over the last couple of weeks we have found a few blood stained eggs, but couldn't figure out who was laying them even with vent checks daily. Yesterday we found another bloods stained egg and this hen had a tiny bit of a prolapse.
I put preparation h on her and she acted normal all day eating and drinking fine. Today she laid another blood stained eggs and her vent was very irritated; I held a tucks witch hazel pad on her for several minutes and then rubbed her with preparation h.
We put electrolytes in her water and I thought maybe she needed some poultry cell; I read on the directions that the chicken dosage is 1cc to 3cc so I gave her 1cc directly in her mouth in approximately 1/3 cc increments. Immediately she began breathing gurgly and acting like her throat burned. I gave her another 1cc of electrolyte water which seemed to help some, but now she is clearly uncomfortable and not interested in food or water. I held her head as straight up as possible and she swallowed when I gave her the poultry cell.
With the electrolytes I didn't have to hold her mouth open because she likes the taste of it so she drank it when I gave her drops at the sides of her mouth. After still seeming gurgly I remembered that we had vetrx so I put 3 drops in her mouth and a few drops under each wing. Their coop is covered and they are on a bark mulch flooring.
We have been feeding Kalmbach feeds 17% protein.
Should I stop worrying or should I be looking at pneumonia as a possibility?
Also, what could be causing the blood stained eggs? I would like to prevent this in the future if at all possible.
We also have another coop with the exact same setup that has Nankin Chickens in it; we have gotten a few blood stained eggs from them over the last month as well.
Thanks so much!!!
