Best documented step-by-step process I've ever seen for chicken processing. (My husband was watching the video of the gal with the low cut top instead. Wrong focus, eh ladies?) You gals have done us newcomers a great service! Appreciate your help!
Sounds like the purple area is a hematoma (bruise)? And also the food may be in the mix to make her unwell? Look at the ingredients. The cheap mixes contain so many chemicals. She may even have a blood thinner in that ingredient mix. I'll take a look and get back to you on that. barb
Try my digestive enzymes method. I've been doing this for over a year and saved several of my chickens from disaster. It works with massage in a matter of hours. And when the bird is interested in eating again, we feed sloppy cottage cheese with some feed mixed in, and give a dose of essential...
Opps! I forgot, in addition to the syringe method of getting digestive into the bird, you can also add to a soft food, like cottage cheese (diluted) and serve it up, if the bird is willing. Sorry about that!
I was wondering about that sack that looked to have green fiber in it? Was this the crop? and if so, was that undigested food of some sort? Perhaps it was sour crop or an impacted crop?
I have treated my chickens with this problem (it will feel like a hard golf ball in the chest area?) with my...