Timeline of events:
April 8 - egg yolk landed on the roost board overnight
April 9 - my hen was hiding by herself all day
April 10 - I noticed my hen did not leave the roost this morning, and a broken egg shell was stuck in her partly prolapsed vent. I removed the shell and the prolapse went back in. I gave her 630mg calcium citrate and put her in a crate.
April 11 - Hen is not eating. Hunched up with eyes closed. I gave her .25mL 10% enrofloxacin, .3mL meloxicam, another 630mg calcium citrate (not at the same time as the antibiotics)
April 12 - Not eating or drinking. Hunched up with eyes closed. Tubed 30 mL fluids + .25mL enrofloxacin in the am. Tubed 30 mL Kaytee in the afternoon. Did not give calcium citrate because her crop was still full by the evening.
She is 7 years old. She started laying very thin shell eggs this year. No laying problems before, she was always broody. Any ideas what to do? Is it just the end of her time?
April 8 - egg yolk landed on the roost board overnight
April 9 - my hen was hiding by herself all day
April 10 - I noticed my hen did not leave the roost this morning, and a broken egg shell was stuck in her partly prolapsed vent. I removed the shell and the prolapse went back in. I gave her 630mg calcium citrate and put her in a crate.
April 11 - Hen is not eating. Hunched up with eyes closed. I gave her .25mL 10% enrofloxacin, .3mL meloxicam, another 630mg calcium citrate (not at the same time as the antibiotics)
April 12 - Not eating or drinking. Hunched up with eyes closed. Tubed 30 mL fluids + .25mL enrofloxacin in the am. Tubed 30 mL Kaytee in the afternoon. Did not give calcium citrate because her crop was still full by the evening.
She is 7 years old. She started laying very thin shell eggs this year. No laying problems before, she was always broody. Any ideas what to do? Is it just the end of her time?
