Recent content by microchick

Just read through this and you have a truly amazing flock. We have all sorts of birds of prey here. From Hawks to Bald Eagles, they have all either circled my coop or set in nearby trees eyeing the run like a starving person at an all you can eat buffet. If your birds are in a run, do you...

Agreed. Same here. That is what we read. The abstract that is. We have been following various news leads about new studies that are now coming out about the 'powers that be' now admitting that there is a 'slight' increase in cardiac and brain disorders with the jab. I have the feeling that...

Read it....which is why I thank God every day that my husband and I refused the vaccines.

Thank you for your kind words @ChookieChicken. Just remember that you aren't alone with this and we are here to help whenever you need it. Blessings to you and your flock. Micro/Becky

Thank you @coach723 you explained it perfectly. My husband treated a lot of it in his practice. It is extremely painful and extremely devastating to vision. She could have a secondary bacterial infection but that isn't what is causing the eye problem. You can give your feathered baby a 81mg...

Groannnnnn. Poor baby. There is definitely something inflammatory going on in that eye, @ChookieChicken. If the vet had done a more careful examination on Chip's eye they would have seen a uveitis probably caused by a herpes virus....aka ocular Marek's disease. Everything looks 'steamy' on her...

Cochins, Orpingtons, Welsummers and Speckled Sussex come to mind along with Japanese Bantams and as @coach723 mentioned, Silkies. As far as resistance, Egyptian Fayoumi, White Leghorn and Naked Neck Turkens are the only ones that come to mind at the moment. I don't think anything is 100% when...

Thanks for the tag, @Bkaye. @Slicker chicker I'm so sorry. Marek's sux. The end. But hope is not lost, that is the good news. Your history sounds pretty much a carbon copy of every post anyone has ever made about their experience with the disease. Their birds die, a lot of birds and they...

Thanks, @Sally PB. She was the first Amish barnyard cross hen that I hatched from my first hatching. Set 11 eggs in my incubator. 10 roosters and 1 pullet, Minnie. If I was doing any digging in the run she would be in the hole supervising. I'd have to get a hand under her fluffy butt and push...

We had a nuthatch do that a couple weeks ago. They fly into our radio room window when the lights are on in there. Found the little guy quite diseased. Weird that 9 times out of 10 they will bounce off and fly away. Hi guys. Sun came out here today also. Temp of 50. Snow is 99% gone. Yay! Did a...

Yeah, first day it got out of the teens, I came in from taking care of the chickens and DH asked me how the weather was. I said 'nice' temp was 28. He thought it was funny that it had been so cold for so long that even temps in the 20s felt comfortable.

Amen. I'm surprised the pharmacy didn't catch it first. They usually have red box warnings that pop up when all the patient's meds are listed and a new one is contra indicated because of a serious interaction. I've personally had that happen with the pharmacy calling me and telling me they...

Only up to 38 here. The snow is about half melted. Sloppy, slushy Muduary here. Hard to believe we are almost into February already. Right now after the -17 -18 degree temps we have been having I'm trying not to complain about temps hovering in the upper 30s.

Morning all. It's been one of those weeks here. Tip of the day: Always check new meds the doctor gives you on Drugs.com and compare it with medicines that you are currently taking for serious interactions before you take the new medicine. We caught a serious one that the doctor missed for a...

What can I say, it's been one of those weeks. Brown liquid sadness is in the kitchen. Cups in the cupboard above the coffee maker. Help yourselves.