Author Topic: Well we THOUGHT she was egg bound... (Read 4130 times)

egglady · « **on:** November 22, 2010, 08:25:10 pm »

we didnt have any vaseline so hubby oiled his pinkie with vegetable oil and had a gentle poke around.....loads of runny pooh came squirting out - kind of like kids projectile diahorrea - it was truly stinking and hubby says it was also a bit grainy. he says her croup is also full and her back end is really sparse feather wise and her breast bone is really protruding.

she was bright enough yesterday and was out and about with her sisters.

her eyes are bright and her comb is still red - although slightly crooked if that makes sense.

anyone any ideas? will the projectile pooh have helped??

where is gillian mckeith when you need her!!!!!!!?

!!!!

Rosemary · « **Reply #1 on:** November 22, 2010, 09:10:14 pm »

Never mind the hen - that's a man in a million

egglady · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2010, 10:13:57 pm »

yes he is.....but we don't EVER tell him that!

Womble · « **Reply #3 on:** November 23, 2010, 11:43:21 am »

ROFL!!

northfifeduckling · « **Reply #4 on:** November 23, 2010, 11:53:09 am »

my respect to John!!! Peter would leave this to me

maybe that was all she needed and she'll be as new now? Sorry I have no better idea about hennie's problem...

egglady · « **Reply #5 on:** November 23, 2010, 01:02:26 pm »

just found her dead in the coop. No idea at all what the problem was, but whatever it was, she wnet downhill really, really quickly

northfifeduckling · « **Reply #6 on:** November 23, 2010, 01:17:13 pm »

so sorry to hear that, Laura. sometimes there is just nothing you can do. How old was she?

egglady · « **Reply #7 on:** November 23, 2010, 01:59:18 pm »

i think she had only started laying when we bought her and we've had her for about a year, so not that old really

northfifeduckling · « **Reply #8 on:** November 23, 2010, 02:35:42 pm »

that's a real shame, no age to go, really. You did what you could! I find that hens are so much more delicate in their health than ducks...

doganjo · « **Reply #9 on:** November 23, 2010, 06:11:50 pm »

Yes, I've found that too, Kerstin. I'm tempted not to buy any more chickens when these demise.
Sorry about your hen, Laura but at least she didn't suffer long.