Dynamissa
Chirping
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
Delaware, 22-23 weeks? She feels hefty.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
not eating / drinking that I can see, won’t eat from hand, slightly interested in egg but mostly grit and eggshell. Staying by herself, not moving, slow but standing. Won’t rush to me like normal, not scratching. She will not protest much when picked up. Will run a little bit to get away.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
Less than 12 hours as of posting
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
No
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
No
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
no idea
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
yogurt in the AM around 10ish. Wasn’t interested in mash around 3-4 .. don’t think she ate at all after that aside from grit and a little scrambled egg with eggshell
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Image included
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
administered some nutridrench (not much.. a couple drops) She has what seems to be water and maybe grit in her crop?
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
Going to make an emergency appt at the vet assuming she makes it. I’m on edge because I had one die suddenly from FLHS
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
Photos included
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
Wooden coop with pine flake.
Run is dirt with some straw.
This morning she was fine, had yogurt with the others, scratching around, she didn’t want much mash, didn’t think anything about it. She had a slow emptying crop
For a few days but it seemed to clear up. She laid an egg this morning I think.. Had normal
Poop overnight the night before.
Came out before bed and she is sitting in the back corner of the run staring into space. Doesn’t want food or water, isn’t going into the coop for the but with the others… she has hardly any poop like She hasn’t eaten at all… she’s going in the coop last which is unlike her .. do I separate?? I have no idea what’s happening. She seems to only be interested in grit — fed scrambled egg with eggshell and she ate a little bit was mostly interested in the eggshell.
I did find two screws that weren’t ours in the water and in the run today… please, any help or insight appreciated
I feel like I want to rehome them all because I have been having one bad thing after another with them.
Included some photos of her and her poo.. poo photo is blurry because it’s so small.
She usually has big honkin’ poops.
Delaware, 22-23 weeks? She feels hefty.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
not eating / drinking that I can see, won’t eat from hand, slightly interested in egg but mostly grit and eggshell. Staying by herself, not moving, slow but standing. Won’t rush to me like normal, not scratching. She will not protest much when picked up. Will run a little bit to get away.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
Less than 12 hours as of posting
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
No
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
No
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
no idea
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
yogurt in the AM around 10ish. Wasn’t interested in mash around 3-4 .. don’t think she ate at all after that aside from grit and a little scrambled egg with eggshell
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Image included
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
administered some nutridrench (not much.. a couple drops) She has what seems to be water and maybe grit in her crop?
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
Going to make an emergency appt at the vet assuming she makes it. I’m on edge because I had one die suddenly from FLHS
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
Photos included
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
Wooden coop with pine flake.
Run is dirt with some straw.
This morning she was fine, had yogurt with the others, scratching around, she didn’t want much mash, didn’t think anything about it. She had a slow emptying crop
For a few days but it seemed to clear up. She laid an egg this morning I think.. Had normal
Poop overnight the night before.
Came out before bed and she is sitting in the back corner of the run staring into space. Doesn’t want food or water, isn’t going into the coop for the but with the others… she has hardly any poop like She hasn’t eaten at all… she’s going in the coop last which is unlike her .. do I separate?? I have no idea what’s happening. She seems to only be interested in grit — fed scrambled egg with eggshell and she ate a little bit was mostly interested in the eggshell.
I did find two screws that weren’t ours in the water and in the run today… please, any help or insight appreciated
I feel like I want to rehome them all because I have been having one bad thing after another with them.
Included some photos of her and her poo.. poo photo is blurry because it’s so small.
She usually has big honkin’ poops.
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