To the original poster.. THANK YOU!!! And can i say your determination and eloquence describing your chickens heat stroke journey may save my little “surfer boys” (polish crested) life. Same thing,. And oh so sad to see so many people with the same issue.
So Hot lately!!
Just thank you and all...
If you dont mind me asking how did it all turn out? I’m dealing with a sick chic with pasty butt and it’s been a 4 day struggle . And still going I have nearly lost her 3 x . Starting to feel lost
i hope yours are better, it’s hard losing them
i am new too.. hello!l
Here she is with the other two tiny bantams. They are holding their own with the big ones; but I’m going to let these three brood alone for a bit. And ask y’all more questions lol
And when she was strong yesterday I monitored her with them, she had a flurry of activity, ate, ran around then collapsed. So I put her back in isolarion
im preparing to let her go
but it’s hard
well, I spent about two hours slowly feeding her drench, sge Looked so pathetic and dead I...
she Took a turn for worse, she’s is gasping very weak, she ate yesterday I really thought she was going to be ok. Doesnt look good today.
im very sad
and yes, I’m going to separate the bantams, I will have to research about when and how to reintegrate them
thank you!
I’ve got a chick that looks just like yours who is sick too. I’ve been giving her nutrition drench and keeping her mostly in isolation , she was barely there yesterday, today much better! Still not 100 percent
the poster above gave great advice
good luck let us know
Thank you so much! I made her the warm food she ate it, then a bit of scrambled egg, and a strawberry.
i have been acclimating her with the others
she really seems to want to be with them but she’s still weak, I picked her up put her back in quarantine at bedtime, she was getting payed on by a...
yes The nutri drench really seemed to help
im so happy she’s still weak but her eyes aren’t closed and she’s making cute noises and trying to eat, but I’m. It sure how to make wet food?
thank you! Yea I raised the light a bit
it’s around 83-88 I’ve got her still in isolation. She made it thru...
Thank you so much I have raised the light, and she is actually moving around. i included a pic of the products I purchased, I’m. It very familiar with them but that drench and Rx seem to have worked :)
oh no absolutely not too nosy! I rechecked thermo it’s about 92 degrees notb82 I typed that wrong
and everybody else is fine! But I have been hand feeding her Rx drench and she Seems to be getting better and she is now nibbling her food!I am just worried should I feed her on the hour?
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Oh thank you! I am posting a pic of my brood and my little bantam. I isolated and have been hand feeding drenchand water according to instructions
she seems marginally better but still not good.
im just not sure how many times a day? Hour? To feed her the drench? She still is not eating though...
Hello my name is Debra: I have lurked and learned; but today I awoke to find my little black bantam sick. Lethargic, eyes closing, very weak. I have a mixed brood of 12 from tractor supply.
they are inside with clean pine bedding in a stock tank with perfect heating, (light), chick starter...