Help needed asap!

[MrsC]

Hi Guys

Been out this morning to do the weekly big clean. One of Warrens isn't looking well at all. Didn't even want to free range, she eventually came out and stood there all fluffed up, didn't want to come back in even for corn. Her bottom is messy. Going to bring her in and bathe her. Any other suggestions please? Don't know if she's egg bound or not? Popping a post on now as I don't want to spend hours searching threads. Hope you can help. Will stay online to see if there are any replies. Think I will keep her inside tonight, is there anything else I can do?

[RichmondHens]

Messy bottoms can be a number of things. Has she been wormed recently? Any blood in the poo? She is unlikely to be egg bound unless you have noticed her going in and out of the nestbox a lot but not laying anything. Poo that is white only and very runny can indicate kidney infection.

Isolate her in her own coop or a sturdy box and keep an eye on her. Encourage her to take a little food and water. If they don't eat they go downhill fast so if she is no better in a day or so then you will need to get her examined by an experienced keeper or a vet.

[Bramble-Poultry]

has she had a lot of green food recently? we find that excessive amounts of brassica can scour them out making them feel a bit rough.

as richmond says, explore the possiblility of worming etc. Keep her isolated, keep her warm and start giving water and food (or even glop - look in the sticky thread for the recipe) to keep her nutrition up.

Sometimes, if they get damp and cold they go downhill for a day or two then pick up again. I am afraid its a case of watch and react.

[MrsC]

Hi guys, just bathed her and dried her off, she's now in a large box in the kitchen keeping me company. Will see how she gets on.

[Snadger]

Hi guys, just bathed her and dried her off, she's now in a large box in the kitchen keeping me company. Will see how she gets on.

Why are you sitting in a large box in the kitchen MrsC?

[frias]

Snadger, you have a wicked sense of humour.

[MrsC]

Why are you sitting in a large box in the kitchen MrsC?

Lol...........

[MrsC]

On a more serious note. Daisy was egg bound. 4 hours later she produced a huge soft shelled egg after a bit of a performance. What a difference now, straight away sat on my knee eating porridge and corn and generally being noisy. Now settled back in her box looking very happy (on her own!) so she can go back in with the other girls tomorrow

[RichmondHens]

Good to hear Mrs C and glad it was nothing serious after all. Noisy and eating is a good sign!

[MrsC]

Good to hear Mrs C and glad it was nothing serious after all. Noisy and eating is a good sign!

Hi Richmond, thanks, got to agree, noisy and eating is a good sign!

[Suechooks]

Thats great Mrs C. I just LOVE those warm baths - they've worked every time for my girls. So glad your girl's ok now.

[tlck9]

certainly a bath worked for my souffle also she didnt lay quite as quick as yours but it certainly helped and she has been my best layer since

[Flummery]

One of ours, Topaz, has had a couple of soft eggs in her early laying days. She goes downhill in the afternoon and once laid the egg in the house, once under it in the feeding area. She got locked out at bedtime too poor thing, because she obviously didn't feel like going up the ramp. We checked and brought her out from under the house where there was a sticky mess of shell-less egg. We put her in the house with the others and next morning you'd not have known there was a problem.

Glad yours turned out well too.