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Bhindi
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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Location: Rugby, Warwickshire
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Oh no thats so sad, I hope you can get another girl fairly quickly, but as George said you must get your other hen treated before you get anymore, as its most probable she too will have parasites.
Sorry it wasn't a better outcome
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fenwoman
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
Posts: 933
Location: Tydd St Giles, Cambridgeshire.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:40 pm Post subject: Re: vet's wont help |
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| dandelion wrote: | Could anyone please help me.One of my childrens chicken's seems very poorly.She first started looking sickly on saturday,didn't want to leave the coup and when she did just sitting in one place huddled up.We took her in the house on sunday evening and she's been in a box in the house since.She hasn't eaten much over the last 24 hour's but is drinking lot's,and has been pooing lot's of yellowy watery poo.We have contacted 11 vet;s in our area (Coventry)and none will treat her!!.What should i do??Some may say "it's just a chicken" but my children would be devastated if anything happened to her. Could someone please help us.Anita  |
One of the things you can do is report every single vet who refuses to treat her, to the RCVS and RSPCA because it is actually illegal for a vet to refuse to treat a sick animal 
If she is still drinking tell any vet that you want a course of baytril for her.
Have you bought in any chickens lately? What is she being fed? Where does she live? No rats about contaminating her food? |
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NannyP
Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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Location: 86310 Nr St Savin
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| Dandelion's chicken died yesterday after a trip to a vet. |
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Mel
Joined: 15 Oct 2005
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Location: Gosport, Hampshire
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Dandelion I am so sorry for your loss  
I am also sorry for the way the first lot of vets treated you, that is disgusting. |
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crossbill
Joined: 18 Dec 2005
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Location: hampshire
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Hi Dandelion!
Sorry to hear of your loss - it is even more upsetting when the pet belongs to the kids, it is heart breaking to see them so upset.
One of my daughters chickens, her favorite - a lavender Barbu D'anver recently died with the same symptoms as yours. She had been recently wormed, was given a course of Baytril, and coxoid, we tried everything. We syringed fluid and food into her, and the two days before she died had started to regain her appetite and attitude. We still lost her. But the worst thing was breaking the news to my daughter - she cried for the whole day. We dug a grave under the hazelnut tree,gave 'Jellybean' a last cuddle goodbye, and planted snowdrops as an annual reminder .Some one should have warned us that even chickens should come with an 'emotional health warning'
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Bernie
Joined: 08 Oct 2005
Posts: 13
Location: Lincolnshire
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| Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:16 am Post subject: Poorly chicken |
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This may help, i had the same prob and i knew what was wrong with my chicken and what meds she needed but only a vet could give them and again no one would help. It is because of this bird flu. I contacted DEFRA and they where very helpful and can sometimes contact a local vet for you. it is worth a try anyway
good luck and let us know how you get on
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