Provide a sick chicken- the basis (2024)

Make sure a sick chicken is difficult and challenging, there is no way to be there.Chickens are prey, so they try to act hard at least to prevent bird disorders are half the battle.If you first realize that one of your chickens is sick, there are some basic steps that you can take to get the sick chicken back to improvement!That I follow as soon as I see that one of the herd is nonsense.

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#1st up a nursing pen

The first thing you have to do if you have a sick chicken is set to a place where it can be separated from the rest of the herd.

A nurse must match a bridge, except for larger chickens.Dog boxesAs a nursing tour for my sick chickens.

The place where you place the nurse pen is also important.Marketing market if you have to connect something. It may also be necessary to lift the pen from the floor if you have other pets that often often have this area.

Basic about the nursing pen:

GoldUse something that gives the chicken good traction.thick layer, approx. 3-5 inch thick.
FeedA feeder can be large or small, but it must contain enough food for at least one day.Shop -knotlike Kleine Diervoeders viewedWork well as a chicken food.You can also make your own yogurt cups.
Water-A water can be formed in a similar way as a feeder.It must contain enough water for at least one day, although preferably more than one day.

Infirmary Pen Tip:

Attach the feet and water just above the crop level so that the chicken can easily reach them.
If the ailing chicken is unable to stand, put feeder and water within the range of the chicken.
Locking chickens can benefit from additional heat if the area in which they are stored gets cold.His body heals.
However, be careful when delivering extra heat.The same precautions must be taken asDelivery of heat to baby chickens.
Heat sources must be safe and not form a fire hazard.
A screen can be fine if you have to give the clock around a chicken or if you always want to keep an eye on the chicken.

#2.MAD- CORRECT NOTE

Correct food is important for pathogen and turning.Injured chickens fall to the extent that the food goes.

There are people who eat willingly, those who need some encouragement, and those who are not interested in food.

Food prepared:

The most important food that a sick or wounded chicken should eat isOriginal food while feeding healthy birds.From a sick diet with chickens.

Often sick chickens that eat would like to benefit from some extra proteins.Considerations of the winter died for chickens in the back gardenFor ideas about supplementing proteins.

It can be tempting to offer many goodies to a sick or wounded chicken that willingly eat.Then one tablespoon per day).

If you know what suffering or disease has a sick chicken, you can investigate and discover which supplements will help recover after the disease.

Encouragement needed to eat:

You must follow the same guidelines mentioned above, but there are some tricks that you can use to encourage food.Sick chicken again to health.

DampI have discovered that chickens keep damp food.
Mix some protein-good bitsAlthough you want to minimize treats and supplements, mixing a number of preferred protein snacks will at least get some nutrients in the ailing chicken.
Treat options- Preferably choose protein treatments that also contain some advantageous nutrients, such as scrambled eggs or cooked chicken.List of high protein sources for chickens!

Stopped eating:

When a chicken stops eating, the chances becomes slimmer for the full recovery.Nutrients to get the chicken back on a regular eating plan.

Eggs are the first when a chicken stops eating.Of course, an egg gives small amounts of all essential nutrients that a chicken needs.
If eggs do not work, you can try cooked chicken, another cooked meat or dried larvae.
Try to eat the sick chicken some raw honey.
You can also try a number of other nutrients food food food, such as leafy vegetables, berries or fruit (they will also offer some affordable sugars).
Add some appetite -stimulating supplements to what you can have the chicken eat.

For tips to know what a sick chicken will eat, make sure you readWhat to feed sick chickens!

#3.Water remains hydrated

Keeping a sick or wounded chicken hydrated should be a highest priority, even a bit about food.

Just like with food, sick or wounded chickens will have different interest in drinking water..

Chickens that refuse to drink are in a very serious circ*mstance., not in the throat to prevent water from being sent by the wrong pipe).

Watersupplement:

You can add supplements to a sick or injured chicken water as long as you know that the supplements help the chicken's body and not confuse.probiotics.

Electrolytes can be beneficial if the chicken has diarrhea.
GarlicCan be useful when it is occasionally added to the water.
Occasionally herbal heies can be supplied with herbs that help promote healing, to be an appetite stimulus and offer food.

If a supplement ensures that a chicken stops drinking, add the water immediately with fresh, clean drinking water.

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#4th daily care

Make sure that a sick chicken requires daily dedication.

Tips for daily care:

Make sure the chicken always has food and fresh, clean water.
If you offer supplements or goodies to the chicken, remove a treat that is not eaten within a few hours.
All drops go up daily in the nest.Depending on how long the sick or wounded chicken should remain in quarantine, you may need to replace the nest once a week.
Try to take care of your herds or healthy chickens before taking care of the sick or injured chicken.
Provide baby chickens before you take care of other birds, because baby chickens are the most vulnerable for illness.

First Aid -Care:

For wounded chickens, clean and the wound was every day.
For sick chickens you must offer the right medicine if necessary.Diagnosed a conditionAnd you know that the medicine will help heal the chicken.
Chickens that are really sick may need hours of control or the clock.

#5.

The time needed to cure an injured chicken or a sick chicken to recover varies depending on the severity of the injury or the disease.Healthy enough to go with the herd.As mentioned above, there is a chicken in quarantine every day, which must be met his daily needs.

Knowing when an wounded or sick chicken is ready to go with the herd is critical of both the health of the wounded/sick chicken and the rest of the herd to turn off a sick or wounded chicken before it is healed,Can it be bullied and neglected by the one-on-one care that it still needs.Here are a few things to keep in mind when you evaluate whether a chicken is completely cured.

Assessment reasons:

For wounded chickens, the wound must be completely healed and usually striking.
Fully restored chickens must eat and drink yourself.They have to move and behave like a healthy chicken.
The chicken must be away from medicines that were it, unless the medication specifically to maintain health after an illness.
A recovered chicken must have fairly normal droppings.If a bird has diarrhea, but is normal in other ways, you can still put it in quarantine to check the health and ensure that the chicken stays hydrated.
If the chicken had a highly contagious disease, you will investigate something to see if it is even safe for the chicken to go with a forest.Chickens can still be carriers of a disease, even after they have recovered.

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#6.Empty introduction to the herd

If you find a sick or wounded chicken good enough to go with that couple, take some safety measures.Pecking order (hierarchy)They can often be ruthless for birds that are simply 'crashed' in the herd.

Depending on how long the sick/wounded chicken is in quarantine of the herd, determine how smoothly reintroduction will go.If the chicken was only away from the herd for a few days, the reintroduction should be fairly simple.But a week can be carefully taken.

Recovery factors:

Where the chicken has recently been added to the herd- If the chicken that was sick or injured, was a herd of matriar and was part of the herd for a while, the reintroduction can go smoothly.
If the chicken is male or feminine-The males are easier to reset because their pecking order is separated from the females.
The color of the birdIf there are many chickens of the same color as the disease/wounded chicken that are already in the herd, the re -introduced chicken will not protrude that much.
What the chicken looks likeChickens are bullies in the fact that they will often choose other chickens that look different.Chickens that miss feathers simply have a skin or other differences due to an injury or suffering will have difficulty being accepted.
The size of the herd-Small herds will be able to remember individuals better, which can be useful for reintroduction or cause problems if the sick/wounded bird did not like in the first place.

When you consider how you can re -introduce a recovered chicken in the existing herd, make sure you look at my messageIntegration of new chickens in a herd.

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Now you need some basic guidelines to follow when you treat a sick chicken.From a safe place to stay quarantine, to good food and hydration, sick chickens need one-on-one care to go back to improvement.It is difficult to ensure a sick chicken back to health, but it can be exciting and rewarding to see a once sick chicken to a happy, healthy herd member!Members get sick!

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