[maggiem]

I went into the henhouse tonight and found one of our hens on the perch wobbling about. She is having difficulty breathing and keeps falling over. Does anyone have an idea what could be wrong with her. She was ok this morning when i did the daily clean- running around with her chick and making her usual amount of noise. Maggie

[sally10]

Hi,

I'm new to hen keeping so can't help re your problem I just searched on google and found this

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1868373

does it sound similar ??

Sarah

[maggiem]

I forgot to say that her back end is down and her wings are just hanging at her side and i just don't know what to do for her.

[sally10]

Have you got a local pet shop or wholesalers you could nip into to ask there advice you can buy alsorts of tonics to give them maybe she is lacking in some vitamins. Have you seen her eating / drinking etc.

[maggiem]

We were out this afternoon Sally and she was fine when we left no problems with eating or drinking up until we left to go out. It is very hot here at the moment but they are Greek hens so although they all find it too hot and run around with their wings away from their bodies it doesn't seem to affect them. They all have poultry spice, acv etc and are wormed regularly with flubenvet. She is making a rasping sort of noise when she is breathing but is seems to be a real struggle for her. She seems unable to eat or drink tonight but we have given her some water with a syringe but it's making a real gurgling noise going down. I have separated her and together with her chick they are in another coop tonight. I am worried about her as i'd hate to lose her as she was our very first hen. Maggie

[ehs284]

Can you check to see whether there is an obstruction in throat area?

[BlackRockLovers]

I know you said u worm them regularly but is there any chance she could have gapeworm ? maybe get her and as ehs284 says, check to see if there is an obstruction, maybe have somone hold her and u hold her beak open to take a look ? im also new to chickens really, only had them a few months and already got 2 blind ones

[maggiem]

Mrs. Hen died tonight. It's very upsetting as like i said already she was our very first hen. She has a 4 weekold chick. It could have been a snake bite or maybe a scorpion sting we'll never know. Thanks for all of your advice. Maggie

[jhub]

oh,so sorry about your hen x

[sally10]

ah so sorry to here about her, but at least she isn't suffering xxxx at least you have got a bit of her in her little chick hope the chick gets on well x x x x
I never thought about a bite with you living in greece xx

[Pretty Chick]

awww that's soooooo sad Maggie  How upesetting for you

[BlackRockLovers]

Mrs. Hen died tonight. It's very upsetting as like i said already she was our very first hen. She has a 4 weekold chick. It could have been a snake bite or maybe a scorpion sting we'll never know. Thanks for all of your advice. Maggie

Very sry to hear it Maggie =( thats such a shame =(

[maggiem]

Thanks for all of your advice and sympathy. The chick is now nearly 6 weeks old now and doing fine. It is now in the big hen house with the rest at night although in a fenced off area inone of the bigger nest boxes as it's too small to roost.
We had 12 others hatch out 1 week ago and another 3 4 days ago from the incubator. I'm really enjoying watching them all. Maggie

[Jeanette]

I am so sorry.