Sick hen. Help!

Money_maker

When my last hen was poorly I spent a fortune on things I thought might help. There is a poo chart somewhere on the net which gives you an indication of the problem if she's passed anything recently. There's also an instant remedy which I have somewhere but can't find to give the name. Think it works over 24hours even in very poorly hens.

Money_maker

Ah, found it. Poultry Nutri Drops http://www.chicken-house.co.uk/acatalog/Nettex_poultry_nutri_drops.html . Couldn't find it locally and arrived too late for me but held in standby for my other girls. Where abouts are you?

pickledtink

Money_maker wrote: »

When my last hen was poorly I spent a fortune on things I thought might help. There is a poo chart somewhere on the net which gives you an indication of the problem if she's passed anything recently. There's also an instant remedy which I have somewhere but can't find to give the name. Think it works over 24hours even in very poorly hens.

Thanks so much but I can't tell her poo from the others.

pickledtink

Money_maker wrote: »

Ah, found it. Poultry Nutri Drops http://www.chicken-house.co.uk/acatalog/Nettex_poultry_nutri_drops.html . Couldn't find it locally and arrived too late for me but held in standby for my other girls. Where abouts are you?

East Sussex
Just checked on her. Seems a tad better. Crop felt OK. So knackered now myself can barely type. Will look into this but just want to see Miss Williams ( named after a redoubtable elderly lady of sharp wit but utter gentility who I adored) survive.
I was close to taking her into bed with me until she farted with such resounding pungence I decided I was mad....

Money_maker

Will PM you.

Molly41

Hope the chicken made it through x

the_cake

pickledtink wrote: »

East Sussex

I was close to taking her into bed with me until she farted with such resounding pungence I decided I was mad....

Delighted she made it through the night .... maybe it was trapped wind?!

mardatha

With sick hawks you can use an eye dropper of rescue remedy in the corner of the beak. But I dono anything about hens, will no doubt have that to come on day when mine get ill.

pickledtink

She's still alive but barely. Not eating, drinking, pooping or moving just standing and blinking. It doesn't look good. I've isolated her and will check the coop for mites then go and get some Nopex which is supposed to sometimes pull a poorly hen through.

Starstream

It could be lice,there are some...which don't live on the hens but in the coop and straw,they are nocturnal so bite during nightime,and gradually make the hens Ill.
Have the eggs got tiny blood flecks on them?
Is her comb grey coloured or less pink/red than it would normally be?

Feather loss could be quite normal at this time of year,and are you quite sure the eggs being laid are from her?

I have heard marmite on toast is a great pick me up for poorly hens,perhaps it might tempt her.

Best of luck x