For a while now I have known that there is something wrong with Sienna. Three weeks ago she laid a tiny, grape sized, egg under her roost spot. I knew it had to be hers because all the other girls had been laying for some time and she was the only one yet to start.
Since then she hasn’t laid again and I have never seen her in a nest box at any time. After this I noticed that she would spend time sitting with her eyes closed and her chest going up and down with her breathing but at other times she looked normal again.
About the time that I had to make the decision about Dandelion I noticed that Sienna was sitting with her eyes closed more often. She is also the only girl that still sneezes and yet I don’t think it’s myco because they had all had tylan in the water at this stage and it didn’t make any difference to Sienna.
Sienna doesn’t look good
I have been struggling with what to do next because I am now in the awful position that if I leave a poorly girl too long I could endanger the flock as I can no longer medicate but I don’t want to have a girl put to sleep to early when she may recover.
Then the last four days Sienna has been doing green poops. They look just like pea soup or mushy peas. I know that this is not good. It’s a sign that something internal isn’t right. Sienna is just coming up to a year old and isn’t laying beyond the first, grape sized, egg which in itself is a sign that all is not well. That along with moments of sitting like the above photo and doing green poops all points to something being wrong with her.
I have nearly taken her to the vets a few times recently but then the next minute she looks normal again and she is eating normally. I really don’t know what to do. If I take her to the vets it is unlikely that they will be able to tell what is wrong with her and if she perks up at that moment it will look like there is nothing wrong with her anyway.
I am thinking of asking if the vet could ring me for a chat and advice. This is a real dilemma!
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Oh no! I’m sending positive thoughts for Sienna! xx
We have just been discussing her. Over Easter she didn’t look good and I considered taking her to the vet on Saturday then decided to leave it until after Easter. Today she hasn’t once done the sitting with her eyes closed thing and the green poops have been much smaller and she is looking perkier. We have decided to wait and see for a bit as she looks better today than she has for a while. She eats well and runs to the treats. She does have a mucky streak down her fluffy bottom which I may take a closer look at at bedtime! It’s so difficult to know what to do for the best but I thought I should put this out there just in case and also see if anyone has any thoughts on what I should do. xx
It must be a worry, knowing what to do for the best. Hope she is better now.
We have felt that she hasn’t been right for weeks now but yesterday she looked better than she has done so we have decided to wait and see how she goes on. I keep hoping she would lay an egg and be sorted but we will just have to keep a close eye on her and hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.
Very strange for a young bird not to be laying; I think you’re right that something is wrong internally and I suspect you’ll end up taking her to the vet before too much longer. So upsetting. Really sorry.
I am still struggling with what to do. I will do an update soon. There have been no green poops since I wrote this post and then it struck me that this was after we had been given some cabbage stalks that had gone to seed from someone at the allotment. I had put several in the run as I knew they would soon wilt in the warm temperature we had at Easter. I think she must have had extra greens which could explain the green poops.
She has been looking better in herself since that post too and I have checked her vent which looks normal. It’s the sneezing that bothers me most but even that is different. The others when they sneeze it’s a sneeze sound like we make but with Sienna it’s a squeak. It’s almost like a hiccup but she does it all the time. I may ask the vets advice. If she just looked poorly all the time it would be simple but when she looks well it’s much more difficult to know what to do. It’s the myco hanging over me that scares me.