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I'll do that, thanks @Eggcessive I did a search on the boards and found this change.org petition, though it's from 2022. I signed it and chipped in. Would be great to get this changed. Sigh...

Update: Pepper did in fact backslide taking her off the anti-inflammatories and antibiotic. She started to get diarrhea and dehydrated again and stopped laying, so we put her back on it. She's back to laying eggs. I hope she doesn't have to be on this forever, but.. I think a hormone implant...

So it's been like 3 weeks. We had gotten to weekly visits to the vet to get extra fluids. We have been giving Pepper extra fluids by tube because she just wasn't drinking enough on her own. Both girls have been on Tylosin once daily, and Meloxicam every other day. The last time I posted was...

I walked out of the room and when I came back I saw this (Hennifer is the barred rock and Pepper is the splash Ameraucana): It's been a while since Pepper jumped up like that, I assume Hennifer just followed her.

Yeah the last month+ we were giving emeraid (powdered omnivore food), poultry drench, b-12, and probiotics. But he said to just give plain water in addition because it is more easily absorbed through the crop membranes.

So, Friday we did radiographs of Hennifer and vet called Tuesday evening to talk about it, unfortunately not good news. I know this thread was originally about Pepper, but.. So vet saw what looked like multiple tumors, probably ovarian, and her internal organs are displaced. This is probably...

Another appointment today for fluids. Vet said they are both up in weight (they have been eating, hooray!) but Hennifer still sounds bad/is still showing increased respiration. Since Pepper has started eating (encouraging), he thinks they are probably both dealing with Mycoplasma. It's just...

Sooo, noticed that one of our other hens, Hennifer, was breathing heavier than usual/the other birds when at rest. She had been sitting on my lap the last few days, slightly unusual for her. So I brought her to the vet on Friday when we were getting Pepper her fluids. Turns out Hennifer is...

Oh, also, though he wouldn't prescribe the enrofloxin since it's against the FDA, he said he used to a long time ago when it was legal but they ran into a lot of issues from the medicine itself, especially kidney issues, so he wouldn't have suggested using it anyway.

Lol, you have no idea.. It's a good thing we don't have kids... Yeah, I have been worried she won't recover, but doing our best anyway. :( We have 2 different avian-specific ones, he said they both have a bunch of probiotics that aren't avian-specific in there, he'd probably say the same about...

Update: It's been almost a month. We never ended up using Enrofloxacin. She was on Sulfatrim almost a month. Once she stopped laying, she seemed like she was getting better, but now she seems unwell in a different way and I don't know what to make of it. She's had fluid infusions with the vet...

It doesn't bother me, we're not going to ever eat her eggs again at this point. I imagine it bothers him as he's only ever prescribed sulfatrim and has said he is limited in what he can prescribe for chickens, knowing that we have had 2 (now passed) chickens with severe infections. One ended up...

I don't know, he's just expressed his hands being tied by the USDA because of chickens being livestock. I don't know the laws but I assume he doesn't want to lose his license.

Huh, ok, thank you.

I couldn't find that as a powder, what do you mean most can swallow if you put it into their beak? My vet said I could buy oyster shell powder at a livestock store, but I couldn't find it there, so I bought this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZQCWCYS?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details I...

Would you know how to direct administer this? (not in water) and would you get liquid or powder? https://jedds.com/products/enrofloxacin-10?_pos=1&_sid=c33a3c960&_ss=r

Cryptosporidiosis, it has been causing slow crop and/or diarrhea in our flock since probably 6 months into having chickens :( The first time we had an outbreak we had like 5 inside getting treated at once, but we got them all healthy again and most did not have a relapse (they will just carry it...

CBC came back indicating she is is fighting off something, her calcium levels are normal, protein levels are higher indicating inflammation. Vet thinks she's immunocompromised because of the crypto in the flock. Added sulfatrim and gabapentin to the meloxicam. She seems to be in less pain but...

Whatever the issue is, it's happening while the egg is coming down the pike. When she's actually ready to lay, she isn't having issues. He did an internal palpation and said the area where the egg shell was stuck last time has scarred over, and there may be a nodule or polyp there, but that...

Update: after 2nd vet visit, he agrees there is something going on with her reproductive tract. He took blood for a cbc to check for infection and inflammation (I think inflammation is a given) and gave her more fluids. Going back today for fluids.