Posts by rbrink21

I have both Buckeyes and Marans (Blue Copper and Black Copper). My Buckeyes are really consistent layers, are very friendly and really hardy. Bonus is they hunt and kill rodents. My Marans are pretty much the opposite and I plan on...

Update: Last Monday I decided to put him on Duramycin (tetracycline) in his water. After talking to a friend of mine that is a vet, we decided to do a 14 day round. By Friday he was gobbling again and starting to display. Yesterday he...

UPDATE: Really, there is no update. He seemed to respond favorably at first to the Nutri-drench but now he's very up-and-down (still giving him the Nutri-drench). Some days are definitely better than others. Yesterday he was out in the...

Quote:Originally Posted by ivan3 Good idea on the vitamins. As was mentioned, most common insult leading to `drunken' gait, etc. is tainted feed/fungus (was it rainy & warm during wk. prior to onset? - Wild birds have access to...

I didn't have time to take a pic before it got dark but I was dismayed to find him in really bad shape when I got home from work. He was finally laying down but in the corner. He wouldn't eat either. I got him up on his feet and he...

Quote: Originally Posted by ivan3  This site might be helpful: http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/ Click on: `Avian Encephalomyelitis (tremor)', compare list of signs/symptoms. Not matching? scroll to bottom...

No, the yard is clean - nothing fermenting or rotting and we keep everything toxic out of the yard.  

I have a 4 yo blue slate tom who all of a sudden started having trouble walking - staggering and off balance. One day he was displaying and the next he could barely walk. He's eating and his feces looks normal. He's not laying down at...

I've got a blue slate hen that has a rather large clutch of eggs in a dark, isolated corner of our coop. The last couple of days she's been getting on them in the evening and staying on them overnight but then she gets off of them in...

Oh good! That's what I was hoping it would be. Thanks!