Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today - Page 3315

Originally Posted by CelticOaksFarm 

Julie, unless blue starts leaking gold or red/orange on its neck and shoulders and or saddle area then its another hen. We have a blue EE roo, was very slow to grow and mature, he is now getting gold hackle and saddle feathers. We also have all blue hens both dark and light in color. Take a sheet of printer paper, hold under some of the hackle and saddle feathers to see if they are round (hen) or pointy (roo). makes it much easier on an EE. Oh and the first one (black with white beard) if its from ours birds it could be an OE (olive egger) chick from an EE hen and one of our sons BCM roos. 

Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

We are back from the vet!  My injured buff girl is doing great.  The swelling is gone and everything looks nice.  We are to finish up her antibiotics, but otherwise she got the all clear for turnout tomorrow to live with Barley and company.  Yay!!

 

As for Spirit.... vet thinks she is doing better than she expected.  Her hips and legs are staying nice and straight, she does a good job keeping her club foot under her, and has overall very good balance.  Vet trimmed her nails to eliminate them accidentally catching on things. She is at good weight, but approves my cutting her back to 16% mazuri only (which I did a few days ago) and no additional supplements necessary.  She thought she was building callous well, and said to not wrap foot for better traction now as it is important she develop a solid callous on club for long-term traction.  She said it was good for me to hobble her last night to avoid the overnight laying in a side split position, but to avoid using hobbles whenever I can and instead more carefully control exercise time.

 

For now, she must continue to live inside house in her small brooder pen (with a companion) and we are to take her outside for 30 minutes per day for important sunshine vitamin d, exercise and callous building on club.  Vet said it is really important for sunshine to build bone and callous on club for better traction, but we must keep her restricted and quiet to lower risk of tearing muscles/tendons. 

 

Vet said she will have her good days and bad days, because she is growing so fast which changes her center of gravity and weight bearing load that we must take it slow.  We will bring her back in 2 weeks for follow-up. 

 

Vet was full of smiles and quite pleased with both of my girls.  Hope we continue to have good progress!

Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

We are back from the vet!  My injured buff girl is doing great.  The swelling is gone and everything looks nice.  We are to finish up her antibiotics, but otherwise she got the all clear for turnout tomorrow to live with Barley and company.  Yay!!

 

As for Spirit.... vet thinks she is doing better than she expected.  Her hips and legs are staying nice and straight, she does a good job keeping her club foot under her, and has overall very good balance.  Vet trimmed her nails to eliminate them accidentally catching on things. She is at good weight, but approves my cutting her back to 16% mazuri only (which I did a few days ago) and no additional supplements necessary.  She thought she was building callous well, and said to not wrap foot for better traction now as it is important she develop a solid callous on club for long-term traction.  She said it was good for me to hobble her last night to avoid the overnight laying in a side split position, but to avoid using hobbles whenever I can and instead more carefully control exercise time.

 

For now, she must continue to live inside house in her small brooder pen (with a companion) and we are to take her outside for 30 minutes per day for important sunshine vitamin d, exercise and callous building on club.  Vet said it is really important for sunshine to build bone and callous on club for better traction, but we must keep her restricted and quiet to lower risk of tearing muscles/tendons. 

 

Vet said she will have her good days and bad days, because she is growing so fast which changes her center of gravity and weight bearing load that we must take it slow.  We will bring her back in 2 weeks for follow-up. 

 

Vet was full of smiles and quite pleased with both of my girls.  Hope we continue to have good progress!

Originally Posted by JulieNKC 

Love the new horse, she's such a pretty color. 

Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

We are back from the vet!  My injured buff girl is doing great.  The swelling is gone and everything looks nice.  We are to finish up her antibiotics, but otherwise she got the all clear for turnout tomorrow to live with Barley and company.  Yay!!

 

As for Spirit.... vet thinks she is doing better than she expected.  Her hips and legs are staying nice and straight, she does a good job keeping her club foot under her, and has overall very good balance.  Vet trimmed her nails to eliminate them accidentally catching on things. She is at good weight, but approves my cutting her back to 16% mazuri only (which I did a few days ago) and no additional supplements necessary.  She thought she was building callous well, and said to not wrap foot for better traction now as it is important she develop a solid callous on club for long-term traction.  She said it was good for me to hobble her last night to avoid the overnight laying in a side split position, but to avoid using hobbles whenever I can and instead more carefully control exercise time.

 

For now, she must continue to live inside house in her small brooder pen (with a companion) and we are to take her outside for 30 minutes per day for important sunshine vitamin d, exercise and callous building on club.  Vet said it is really important for sunshine to build bone and callous on club for better traction, but we must keep her restricted and quiet to lower risk of tearing muscles/tendons. 

 

Vet said she will have her good days and bad days, because she is growing so fast which changes her center of gravity and weight bearing load that we must take it slow.  We will bring her back in 2 weeks for follow-up. 

 

Vet was full of smiles and quite pleased with both of my girls.  Hope we continue to have good progress!

Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

Thanks, Julie!!  Glad to have you back.  Sorry for the hellish trip.  Can't say I blame you for leaving early!!

 

Dutch, I know.  And I feel even worse for the sacrificial companion gosling so she is not alone.  But the key is to build strength and callouses slowly as she develops and the first 12 weeks are the most critical.  If we do it right now, then there is a great chance she will eventually live a normal outside goose life.  I may do an article if things work out the way we all hope, but this is the only thread I write regularly on about her progress. 

 

By the way, hubby opened buff and toulouse yards at the same time for round up to put in garage for night.  They all trooped so cute together that I think we will put them together, at least for day time turnout.... but not for a few more days.  We are putting buff girl and the two boy dewlaps out with Barley in the morning, so we want them to adjust to that group before merging them with the bigger toulouse.  Our side yard will look adorable with a flock of 9 babies running around.

Originally Posted by CelticOaksFarm 

Dutch, she is lovely. So glad she found a home with you. Very sorry about your boy, you did a great job with that injury that many others would have given up on when it happened.
The cabinet behind hubbies dewlap boy is my medicine cabinet in the brooder house. Love how much room I have in it, and that I can see in.
Had to turn the A/C on in the brooder house two days ago. Finally too warm out and needed it running. If we don't stop getting rain soon we will need an ark! Rainy season has hit full force and the ground is soggy from so much recently.
Hubby is just getting by, his command denied the doctor request to transfer him to a major medical facility. So we are back to no doctor here who can help him, and because he is active duty there aren't other options.

Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

Thanks guys!  Spirit puts a new grey hair on my head every day, but if she can develop to full size and then can fix her deformed foot with custom shoes or a prosthetic foot, the challenges of raising her up will be well worth it.  The hobbles helped her get around last night, but sometime overnight she tripped and was on her back this morning.  It always gives me a heart attack to see her like that, but it is as if she knows to just chill and wait for me to show up, because it doesn't seem to phase her.  I took the hobbles off and she is back to her usual self this morning.  I will be curious to see what the vet thinks about how she is doing when we see her this afternoon.

Originally Posted by Kevin565 

Good! I was offered a owl . 

Originally Posted by Marty1876 

Good enough.  Got a prescription today for another sinus infection.  I just hate them, but of course I get them all the time.  I try to hold off and only treat it 3 or 4 x per year.

 

Its time again.

Originally Posted by JulieNKC 

Got back from vacation Tuesday and have spent the last few days cleaning up and getting everything back in order. BTW, NEVER go to the lake with a 1 and 2 year old. Not fun at all. Hubby and 7 year old are still there, will be until tomorrow. I couldn't take it anymore and missed my birdies so packed up and came back early.

Remember my ugly little black EE chick? It has finally got feathers, although still not as much as everyone else. I'm also still clueless as to if it's a boy or girl, but have decided to keep it either way because it's turning into a pretty neat looking chicken. It has a white beard, lol. Anyone want to help guess if it's a boy or girl?

It looks like maybe it's getting saddle feathers but it's comb is smaller and not as pink as my 2 that I know are pullets. And all my EE's have always looked like they have saddle feathers, so I really don't know, lol.

Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

We are back from the vet!  My injured buff girl is doing great.  The swelling is gone and everything looks nice.  We are to finish up her antibiotics, but otherwise she got the all clear for turnout tomorrow to live with Barley and company.  Yay!!

 

As for Spirit.... vet thinks she is doing better than she expected.  Her hips and legs are staying nice and straight, she does a good job keeping her club foot under her, and has overall very good balance.  Vet trimmed her nails to eliminate them accidentally catching on things. She is at good weight, but approves my cutting her back to 16% mazuri only (which I did a few days ago) and no additional supplements necessary.  She thought she was building callous well, and said to not wrap foot for better traction now as it is important she develop a solid callous on club for long-term traction.  She said it was good for me to hobble her last night to avoid the overnight laying in a side split position, but to avoid using hobbles whenever I can and instead more carefully control exercise time.

 

For now, she must continue to live inside house in her small brooder pen (with a companion) and we are to take her outside for 30 minutes per day for important sunshine vitamin d, exercise and callous building on club.  Vet said it is really important for sunshine to build bone and callous on club for better traction, but we must keep her restricted and quiet to lower risk of tearing muscles/tendons. 

 

Vet said she will have her good days and bad days, because she is growing so fast which changes her center of gravity and weight bearing load that we must take it slow.  We will bring her back in 2 weeks for follow-up. 

 

Vet was full of smiles and quite pleased with both of my girls.  Hope we continue to have good progress!

Originally Posted by Goin Quackrrs 

I've got a few new fluff balls this evening.

 

Bantam Lavender Ameraucanas. What in the world would you ask for these cute little things? Not going to start keeping chickens and they were a bonus with my silkie duck eggs.