Arizona Chickens - Page 2802

Scorpion season.....ugh!  

DH & I went outside to candle some eggs last night in the Serama coop, and while we were out we heard one of our EE's sneezing/coughing very loudly.  We figure she got stung probably just a few minutes before we went outside.....lucky we did or I know she wouldn't have made it.

When we went over to check she was starting to gape for breath and was having trouble standing.  We brought her in and she got progressively worse, getting more and more paralyzed and more mucus-y breathing.  We gave her children's benadryl and I made her all sorts of towel contraptions to try and prop her up so she could keep breathing more freely until the Benadryl kicked in.  She kept seizing/convulsing so I eventually just held her on my chest for a few hours reclined on the couch and tried to doze.  Fast forward to  after midnight, and she was breathing better but still spazming    poor baby.  I went to bed, checked her at 2 am and got up at 6.  She made it through the night, but her legs are completely stiff out behind her with clenched feet.  I'm not sure what else to do to help her.  Her breathing seems ok, but I am hoping the paralysis is temporary, or just due to being in a weird position for those couple of hours overnight....

what to do if she doesn't get better over the day?  chicken massage?  chicken hot tub (in the sink) ?  

We got revenge on some scorpions last night - killed several big bark scorpions that were over by the coop and probably another 7-8 in the front/back yards.....time to spray!!!

http://www.shagbarkbantams.com/oxine.htm  Here it is.

Do you all lock your hens in the coop till the morning?  I'm asking because I let mine free range in the backyard and their coop entry doesn't have a door.  I could easily make one, though.

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Originally Posted by AZBootsie 

http://www.shagbarkbantams.com/oxine.htm  Here it is.

can you use this in a household humidifier?

I know a woman here in the Tucson area who has Black Spanish chickens.  But her chickens have mites and that scares me.  I have no chickens right now.  She's been raising chickens for years and grew up with them so she must have encountered the mites before.  Would this scare anyone else?  I do not want birds infested with mites.  What do you think?    Tomas    5/26/'12
 

23 days old

Hanging out with the some of the Aunties

"This is not my squeaky toy, this is not my squeaky toy... No Touch!....Good Girl."

Phoebe.... Ah, there's Miley. Let's see if I can scare her.

She doesn't suspect a thing.

 Just a couple more steps.

Busted!

I know a woman here in the Tucson area who has Black Spanish chickens.  But her chickens have mites and that scares me.  I have no chickens right now.  She's been raising chickens for years and grew up with them so she must have encountered the mites before.  Would this scare anyone else?  I do not want birds infested with mites.  What do you think?    Tomas    5/26/'12