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We lost one of our July chicks yesterday, Gru the little bent necked Leghorn. She had yellow runny pop and couldn’t control her legs very well. My first thought was Mareks but I did have the chicks vaccinated for that... I think it was a bacteria or toxin from some old wheat that I gave them. From what I’ve read the symptoms can be very similar.  All the chickens have been huddled up in the coop the last 2 days, we got about 6 inches of snow and some very cold weather. This was yesterday  This is today. It’s so much warmer  (11F) that Clarence the Clown isn’t proofed up at all. 
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Amber has improved significantly since the tick and worm treatment. Stools are almost normal now. She eats like a horse. Quite a friendly chook too. Looking at her options with the rest of the crew but I might be looking at making a bespoke house for her as she is finding getting up difficult with her wonky leg.
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Oct 27, 2020 05:04
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Displeased Moo Cow posted:Amber has improved significantly since the tick and worm treatment. Stools are almost normal now. She eats like a horse. Quite a friendly chook too. Looking at her options with the rest of the crew but I might be looking at making a bespoke house for her as she is finding getting up difficult with her wonky leg. Yay! She's pulling through! Joburg posted:We lost one of our July chicks yesterday, Gru the little bent necked Leghorn. She had yellow runny pop and couldn’t control her legs very well. My first thought was Mareks but I did have the chicks vaccinated for that... I think it was a bacteria or toxin from some old wheat that I gave them. From what I’ve read the symptoms can be very similar. I bet it's so very cozy to have an optionally poofy blanket on you all the time.
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Oct 27, 2020 07:47
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Displeased Moo Cow posted:Amber has improved significantly since the tick and worm treatment. Stools are almost normal now. She eats like a horse. Quite a friendly chook too. Looking at her options with the rest of the crew but I might be looking at making a bespoke house for her as she is finding getting up difficult with her wonky leg. Yay, Amber! You go girl!
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Oct 27, 2020 09:54
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Displeased Moo Cow posted:Amber has improved significantly since the tick and worm treatment. Stools are almost normal now. She eats like a horse. Quite a friendly chook too. Looking at her options with the rest of the crew but I might be looking at making a bespoke house for her as she is finding getting up difficult with her wonky leg. 
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Oct 27, 2020 14:58
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Displeased Moo Cow posted:Amber has improved significantly since the tick and worm treatment. Stools are almost normal now. She eats like a horse. Quite a friendly chook too. Looking at her options with the rest of the crew but I might be looking at making a bespoke house for her as she is finding getting up difficult with her wonky leg. I needed this good news today thanks. She looks great!
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Oct 27, 2020 15:02
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LuckyCat posted:Right now we have her inside in a guinea pig cage (a nice big one) and I sit and watch her all day. We're having a hard time getting Gertrude to drink on her own. She'll stumble around until she finds her food, but she hasn't figured out drinking yet, so having to feed her a very watery mix to make sure she stays hydrated. Not sure what to do long term as I don't think she'll be able to manage in the big run with the others 
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Oct 27, 2020 15:56
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Is there any way to get a hen to stop laying? I’m worried about Boo who just laid her 3rd egg. With her eye problems and being on a new course of antibiotics and daily eye de-crusting, I’m worried about the stress she’s under and laying can’t help things. The last thing I need is for her to be struggling to lay and her body giving nutrients over to that process! Lots of articles about how to get them to lay but not the opposite. One thing I can do is make sure her lamp goes out earlier in the day to make the day seem shorter.
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Oct 28, 2020 17:26
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spookygonk has a vet who puts in an implant that stops them laying. I really wish I could find a vet here for that as egg laying issues are what seem to do my ex-batts in eventually.
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Oct 28, 2020 17:33
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Displeased Moo Cow posted:Amber has improved significantly since the tick and worm treatment. Stools are almost normal now. She eats like a horse. Quite a friendly chook too. Looking at her options with the rest of the crew but I might be looking at making a bespoke house for her as she is finding getting up difficult with her wonky leg. 
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Oct 28, 2020 18:47
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Enfys posted:spookygonk has a vet who puts in an implant that stops them laying. I really wish I could find a vet here for that as egg laying issues are what seem to do my ex-batts in eventually. That’s suprelorin. It’s pretty common, you should be able to find a vet to implant it.
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Oct 28, 2020 23:44
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LuckyCat posted:Is there any way to get a hen to stop laying? I’m worried about Boo who just laid her 3rd egg. With her eye problems and being on a new course of antibiotics and daily eye de-crusting, I’m worried about the stress she’s under and laying can’t help things. Enfys posted:spookygonk has a vet who puts in an implant that stops them laying. I really wish I could find a vet here for that as egg laying issues are what seem to do my ex-batts in eventually. Hello, yes. We have all our ex-batt hens put on the implant when their egg laying starts to go wrong. Some of ours carried on for 18 months happily laying, while others needed one from the outset (Molly with her hernia, Bella with her prolapse). Trouble is, you'll need to find a vet that can and is willing to do it. Ours has the technique down to a 'turn bird over, inject under the skin and done' routine, it's over in 30 seconds. We spoke with one vet that would only do it under anaesthetic, then chip the bird and register with DEFRA (we obviously said, "Hell no." to that). Our vet knows they're our pets. It's also expensive, the implant itself is around £135 each, plus any extras the vet might add on, and it only lasts 3 - 6 months. Yes, it stops egg production, but it does make the hen feel rough for a few days (Bella had a limp for a week with the first couple of implants) and then, especially with the first implant, the chicken will go through a hard moult, big wing feathers and all. So there's extra stress on the bird at the start. Further implants, if necessary, usually don't start a hard moult. I think it is a lifesaver for our ex-batts, stopping all the problems that do happen when their egg system starts to fail and complications set in. They're bred to lay an egg a day, every day for 18 months and then simply culled. They're not designed to have a long life. Pip* has enjoying us 8 years and 10 months of retirement without any illness with her time with us (Piper had nearly 8 years of freedom and basically died of old age). I think with your Boo, as long as she gets enough food with extra protein and maybe some poultry tonic, she should be okay. Also snacks and treats. *Queen Pip the Glorious
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https://i.imgur.com/ZgtQuWL.mp4
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Oct 31, 2020 01:09
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chook abuse!
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Oct 31, 2020 02:15
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We aren’t planning on dressing up the chooks for Halloween . We are starting to introduce amber with the bantams though. Her leg is still useless as ever. 
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Oct 31, 2020 03:39
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The reaction of the other two is hysterical
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Oct 31, 2020 05:14
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At least everyone will get a leg at the dinner table.
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Oct 31, 2020 09:55
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Displeased Moo Cow posted:We aren’t planning on dressing up the chooks for Halloween . She seems to be adapting to her disability, and the fact she's a normal chook, doing normal chicken things regardless of the leg is heartening.
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Oct 31, 2020 09:56
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Queen Pip the Glorious was a little unwell first thing yesterday morning. Whatever it was she recoverded quickly, though we are keeping a close eye on her. This morning she was very shaky, unsteady on her feet and could barely move, couldn't come out of the Eglu. We picked her up and made her comfortable in the kitchen , where she sat dozing, doing an odd little head twisty motion. She also did a *lot* of cecal poops. 45 minutes later and Pip was up and having some food, looking much more her old self. She even jogged down the garden with the others for some live mealworms. She's an old gurl, over 10 and a half years old and we're not sure if her legs / ankles are causing her pain or it's something else. Anyway, we have Metacam in the house and gave her 0.5ml. Don't know if that helped make her more comfortable, but you wouldn't know she had a bad start to the day now. Photo of QPtG just now: 
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Oct 31, 2020 10:07
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spookygonk posted:This morning she was very shaky, unsteady on her feet and could barely move, couldn't come out of the Eglu. We picked her up and made her comfortable in the kitchen , where she sat dozing, doing an odd little head twisty motion. She also did a *lot* of cecal poops. That sounds exactly like what happened with Gertrude with the shaky unsteadiness and the head twisting motions, except unfortunately she hasn't gotten back to her old self and has since gone blind. Just giving her a wee bit more time to see if she can adapt enough to have a reasonable quality of life, but I am not holding out much hope for a good outcome any more Really glad Pip perked up and hope she continues to stay healthy and her glorious self.
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Oct 31, 2020 13:09
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We had a rooster show up on our property one day about a year ago and he apparently lives here now. Can you help identify the breed? I may want to get him a mate and see if we can re-domesticate him. Right now he sleeps in our oak trees and hangs out in a giant conifer during the day. He won't let us get within 10 feet of him. We've been feeding him scratch, meal worms and pellets and he appears to be healthy overall. I'm not sure how he ended up in our yard but he seems to like it.
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Oct 31, 2020 21:20
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Luna posted:We had a rooster show up on our property one day about a year ago and he apparently lives here now. Can you help identify the breed? I may want to get him a mate and see if we can re-domesticate him. Right now he sleeps in our oak trees and hangs out in a giant conifer during the day. He won't let us get within 10 feet of him. We've been feeding him scratch, meal worms and pellets and he appears to be healthy overall. I'm not sure how he ended up in our yard but he seems to like it. Wow, he’s gorgeous! I’m no good at breeds though. You might post on backyardchickens.com, that site has a whole forum section about identification. If you want to get him a mate, you’d better get a more than one. Roosters are pretty hard on hens if they don’t have a harem.
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Oct 31, 2020 21:45
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Joburg posted:Wow, he’s gorgeous! I’m no good at breeds though. You might post on backyardchickens.com, that site has a whole forum section about identification. see, you can catch morehens disease from a stray rooster
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Oct 31, 2020 22:37
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Enfys posted:That sounds exactly like what happened with Gertrude with the shaky unsteadiness and the head twisting motions, except unfortunately she hasn't gotten back to her old self and has since gone blind. Just giving her a wee bit more time to see if she can adapt enough to have a reasonable quality of life, but I am not holding out much hope for a good outcome any more Poor Gertrude With Pip, looking at the phone video footage of her from this morning, it looks like she had vertigo first thing (other half has had it, so knows the symptoms) rather than leg problems. Hopefully this can be treatable more quickly. Will message our vet tomorrow and see what he says. EDIT: Sunday morning and Pip walks out of her nest with no obvious problems. spookygonk fucked around with this message at 08:18 on Nov 1, 2020 |
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Oct 31, 2020 23:43
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I love this 
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Nov 1, 2020 15:25
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...and now *I* need to make a spider costume for my chickens. Meanwhile, we'll have to settle for our annual 'Fun With Jack-o-Lanterns' thing...  Bantams being fun-sized sure is handy. Poor little Marble. Luna, your roo appears to be an Americaunas, going by his leg color and general appearance. Or possibly an Olive Egger/Easter Egger.
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Nov 1, 2020 23:04
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My husband was shocked today to learn just how tiny quail really are, despite us owning them for almost two years. "This recipe calls for six roasted quails... but it's only two servings?!" Those delightfully round blorbs are indeed mostly feather.
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Nov 2, 2020 03:56
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My folks are moving so their chickens have temporarily moved to my house. William of Orange (over on the left behind the fence) is not amused.  I really hope we don’t have a cock fight.
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Nov 2, 2020 04:33
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Aaaand there has been some fighting... William is in Rooster jail and isn’t happy. I haven’t been able to catch Mom’s rooster but he is ambulatory at least. Stupid roosters.
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Nov 2, 2020 16:45
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Roos frustrate the crap out of me. Why can’t they just chill out with some chill cake and be chill??? No point looking all handsome if you’re not going be be chill. Chill out! We’ve tried keeping roosters on a number of occasions. Never seems to work out. The bantam Roos seem to be more aggressive toward the kids for some reason. That red line...
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Nov 2, 2020 19:30
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I wish they would just chill! My mom’s previous rooster was a bantam and he was awful. I just haven’t decided what to do about these stupid boys. It would be a lot of work to make up another coop somewhere else and the snow drift is too deep to move Camp Cluck. I’m leaning towards culling William of Orange. (I knew I shouldn’t have named him.) Once Mom’s chickens are gone, Clarence the Clown will be 5+ months old and hopefully he can watch over the flock. Ugh. Stupid roosters.
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Nov 2, 2020 21:07
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Well if anyone in the UK wants to get rid of an aggressive rooster, I'll take it! Gotta keep the dogs cowed away from the chickens somehow... I miss my Thorax, he was so mean that 10 years later the window cleaners still refused to go round the back. Don't ever get a Light Sussex roo, they're huge and haven't forgotten that they're dinosaurs.
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Nov 2, 2020 21:25
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Displeased Moo Cow posted:Roos frustrate the crap out of me. Why can’t they just chill out with some chill cake and be chill??? No point looking all handsome if you’re not going be be chill. Chill out! When I was raising my meat birds I had 12 Roos. Once they got big enough all they did was crow and beat the poo poo out of each other. That’s why they went to freezer camp at 9 weeks and the girls went at 13 weeks. I wanted the girls to have a month of peace and quiet. Had they not been destined to die at 18 months I would have kept them they were so sweet.
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Nov 5, 2020 06:21
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multiple feeding points=chill roosters (*meat birds not included)
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Nov 5, 2020 16:53
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My girls are about 5-6 months old now. Still waiting on eggs. Please enjoy this fluff butt 
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^^ That is a floofy butt! ^^ Anyway, I know things are still a bit tense in the US at the moment, so here's a photo of Molly, Pip* and Bella enjoying the sunshine this morning.  *Queen Pip the Glorious
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I was trying to clean Boo’s eyes out earlier and it was stressful as usual. So stressful that I sat her down and she squatted and laid an egg in my lap.
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Nov 5, 2020 23:24
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LuckyCat posted:I was trying to clean Boo’s eyes out earlier and it was stressful as usual. So stressful that I sat her down and she squatted and laid an egg in my lap. Blessed by chicken.
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LuckyCat posted:I was trying to clean Boo’s eyes out earlier and it was stressful as usual. So stressful that I sat her down and she squatted and laid an egg in my lap. It was a bribe.
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