Problem With A Hen

[Guest geordiejen]

i have a hen thats gone off food,her droppings are wet and only yellow,she doesnt seem too happy but not sitting blown or listless.ive tried metronizadole but made her vomit and she is now on fural but im thinking it might not be bacterial.maybe a yeast infection or a lack of some sort of vitamin.

[Guest geordiejen]

i have a hen thats gone off food,her droppings are wet and only yellow,she doesnt seem too happy but not sitting blown or listless.ive tried metronizadole but made her vomit and she is now on fural but im thinking it might not be bacterial.maybe a yeast infection or a lack of some sort of vitamin.

[Guest geordiejen]

the pic on the left was yesterdays droppings but today it is dark green in the centre.3 days of antibiotics has done nothing.im suspecting its salmonella but had this in the past but only greed droppings and wet droppings its the yellow i dont understand.gave her one doze of abaytril today.

[Guest peter4pm]

geordie thats how my birds went with the para mucker same looking droppings all yellow and slimmy

[novo10]

if its a old hen could be calcium defiencey

[dal2]

Do you have white sesqui?

[Tony C]

Whatever the problem is its effecting the digestive system big time. I've seen droppings like this with a pigeon that was infested with worms also seen an egg bound hen with similar droppings. I wouldn't like to hazard a guess as to what the problem is here,

[Guest geordiejen]

trying her for cocci now.not a happy pigeon but no sign of any fever.

[nogin]

trying her for cocci now.not a happy pigeon but no sign of any fever.

EMPTY YOUR PM,S

[REDCHEQHEN]

You should have took her to the vet - chopping and changing the medication is not going to do her any good at all - you are not giving her a course of anything

 

If you took her to a vet he would give you advice on what to give in the meantime - which might change once cultures and sensitivity tests are done

 

I hope she is quarantined and away from the rest of your birds

[Wiley]

You should have took her to the vet - chopping and changing the medication is not going to do her any good at all - you are not giving her a course of anything

 

If you took her to a vet he would give you advice on what to give in the meantime - which might change once cultures and sensitivity tests are done

 

I hope she is quarantined and away from the rest of your birds

top answer

[JohnQuinn]

i have a hen thats gone off food,her droppings are wet and only yellow,she doesnt seem too happy but not sitting blown or listless.ive tried metronizadole but made her vomit and she is now on fural but im thinking it might not be bacterial.maybe a yeast infection or a lack of some sort of vitamin.

 

 

Tell me this, what good will this hen be if you are able to get her health back? The Truest saying in pigeon racing is GOOD DOOS ARE NEVER SICK!! Its difficult enough to win with birds who are robust and healthy with no health issues let alone one who has been doctored just to stay alive.

You can't breed from it either, because chances are, it will breed the same weakness into its youngsters. jmo's

[Wiley]

Tell me this, what good will this hen be if you are able to get her health back? The Truest saying in pigeon racing is GOOD DOOS ARE NEVER SICK!! Its difficult enough to win with birds who are robust and healthy with no health issues let alone one who has been doctored just to stay alive.

You can't breed from it either, because chances are, it will breed the same weakness into its youngsters. jmo's

 

John i understand what your saying and heard the saying many times, but nine times out of ten its because the fancier is good and doesnt give his birds the oppotuinty to get sick. Does Usain Bolt Never get Sick?

[JohnQuinn]

Not life threateningly sick, i'm sure of that, but he probably gets one eye cold

[gulkie]

first of all stop treating blindly ,send some droppings of to be

tested . am sure there is someone on here that can give you a testing

centre. I dispose of sick birds they will never make good racers

[Guest geordiejen]

its not a racing pigeon its a horseman pouter.as for taking it to the vet ive done this in the past with no results soon enough.i know the vet will give me baytril and this is all he can give for me.ive also took dropping samples to be tested and it too 3 weeks to come back so thats no good either.probably the best thing to do is to give her baytril and see what happens.the vet also told me i should get in touch with an avian vet and the closest is in falkirk.lol what a joke man.

[dal2]

Tell me this, what good will this hen be if you are able to get her health back? The Truest saying in pigeon racing is GOOD DOOS ARE NEVER SICK!! Its difficult enough to win with birds who are robust and healthy with no health issues let alone one who has been doctored just to stay alive.

You can't breed from it either, because chances are, it will breed the same weakness into its youngsters. jmo's

Hope yer wrong John my Bourges hen lookin a lot better now.

 

its not a racing pigeon its a horseman pouter.as for taking it to the vet ive done this in the past with no results soon enough.i know the vet will give me baytril and this is all he can give for me.ive also took dropping samples to be tested and it too 3 weeks to come back so thats no good either.probably the best thing to do is to give her baytril and see what happens.the vet also told me i should get in touch with an avian vet and the closest is in falkirk.lol what a joke man.

 

 

Did you hunt out some white sesqui?

[Guest geordiejen]

whitesesqui is that the old hand stuff mate.if so then i think the doo shop sells it.will go in tomorrow and see if i can get some.

[JohnQuinn]

Hope yer wrong John my Bourges hen lookin a lot better now.

 

 

I fear the worst when she comes under stress of a hard race, but there are always the exceptions to a rule and i hope your hen proves to be one

 

 

 

 

[dal2]

whitesesqui is that the old hand stuff mate.if so then i think the doo shop sells it.will go in tomorrow and see if i can get some.

 

 

Ye thats the one

 

Hope yer wrong John my Bourges hen lookin a lot better now.

 

 

I fear the worst when she comes under stress of a hard race, but there are always the exceptions to a rule and i hope your hen proves to be one

 

Me to John

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

BIN

[gulkie]

BIN

tooshy your just back [ be gentle].

[Guest geordiejen]

hen has started eating again.how many days should she be on antibiotics?

[JohnQuinn]

hen has started eating again.how many days should she be on antibiotics?

 

Seeing as your determined to try to sort her, Same as human beings, no less than 5 days and no more than 7.