My first casualty :-( ?
- From: "keith kent" <keith3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:55:17 GMT
Hi have a poorly chook, before the hard frost last week i put vaseline on
the hens combs & wattles for protection.
The last couple of days a leg horn has become lethagic and comb /wattles
have become very floppy and purplish/dark.I noticed the comb/wattles first
i thought maybe the frost got to them as they are quite large, but now the
hen is pretty much lifeless is really worrying.
This morning i noticed how poorly she was so gave her the once over and
found the crop was still very full -suspecting crop impaction i gave her
warm water and massaged the crop and tried to empty the crop through the
mouth ,which failed .So after loosening the crop left her and later this
afternoon i checked her over again and the crop still had food in there .But
i do not know if she has had food this afternoon, i do not think so as corn
was scattered by my Wife and she said the hen wasnt interested.I think i
might lose this one ,i am dreading letting them out in the morning.
Looks like a trip to the vets tommorrow if she is o.k.
Any advise appreciatted.
Regards Keith
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