{"id":28492,"date":"2019-04-23T13:07:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T13:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=28492"},"modified":"2019-04-23T13:10:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T13:10:00","slug":"a-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=28492","title":{"rendered":"A dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Sienna doesn’t look good<\/p><\/div>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I am thinking of asking if the vet could ring me for a chat and advice. This is a real dilemma!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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