ginge Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 hey all i noticed a hen hunched up in loft,lookin a little sorry for her self,she has been eatin and drinkini looked in her throat and did notice sum saliva,and she struggles to fly to her box any ideas,am out of work at the mo so struggling to get a vet in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDYELLOW Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 hen = is she egg bound ???? or calcium deficient ( just going by time of year ) or perhaps knocked herself , calcium tablet down throat and cod liver oil capsule , then see if any change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geordiejen Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 doesnt sound good mate.what are the droppings like?best to get her away from the rest of the birds.if she is sitting hunched up then she is either over heating with a temperature.or if she is hunched up and pulling her tail into the body then she has pain inside her somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joshdonlan Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 has she gone light (cocci)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulkie Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 here we go again the guessing game .as u have said u cant afford the vet.go to an experienced fancier in your club and seek his advice it could be a number of things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDYELLOW Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 here we go again the guessing game .as u have said u cant afford the vet.go to an experienced fancier in your club and seek his advice it could be a number of thingscould be a whole hosts of things without knowing the full details hard to say , but your right a guessing game we don't know enough about the hen , is she paired is she fat , could be worms could be canker could be going light , also could be far worse or a simply a knock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest strapper Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 hey all i noticed a hen hunched up in loft,lookin a little sorry for her self,she has been eatin and drinkini looked in her throat and did notice sum saliva,and she struggles to fly to her box any ideas,am out of work at the mo so struggling to get a vet in she would have to be very highly infected with a resp problem to make her sit around as you say.if you cant afford to have the bird seen too by a vet then i would suggest taking her droppings to them..if thats ok.for her to be stressed as this it can be anything and no one on here could diagnose whats up with her without seeing her or her droppings. if the bird is valuble to you then i would ask the vet if you could pay something down then pay the rest in a week or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just ask me Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 maybe there someone around you that knows how to use a microscope a good experienced fancier is my advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginge Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 here we go again the guessing game .as u have said u cant afford the vet.go to an experienced fancier in your club and seek his advice it could be a number of things sorry didnt mean to start a guessin gaame? i just thought i would ask,i know it was a long shot.....but i thought id posted this in "wots wrong with ur bird section"no harm in askin thanks for ur replys...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginge Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 luckily for me it was just a calcium defeiency,so been to shop n picked up sum renee, thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDYELLOW Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 luckily for me it was just a calcium defeiency,so been to shop n picked up sum renee, thanks againwell was just a guess but a good un Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geordiejen Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 mate birds dont go sick with a clacium deficiency.its usualy hen that dont have enough calcium to produce eggs or of they do then they go off their legs for a while.so unless you are depriving your birds of calcium i would get some advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulkie Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 well done ginge glad you got it sorted weren't ribbing you in any way but U need a lot of information before U can give a diagnoses sometimessymptoms are very similar and there's not a lot of vets in the UK that no it's head from its ass good luck m8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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