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    Weak Peahen, Can't walk without stumbling and toppling over.

    UPDATE ON WEAK PEAHEN!! SHE HAS RECOVERED!! Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions and concern about my sick hen, "Darla". I particularly want to thank Kathy (Castportpony) for all of her knowledge and encouragement. Darla would not have survived without her help. She checked up on us...
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    Weak Peahen, Can't walk without stumbling and toppling over.

    Darla is holding her own. Can't see much improvement yet. I have been hydrating her with pedialyte using a tube to the crop as per instructions from Kathy. I started on a weak mixture of baby bird food this morning along with a dose of metronidazole and Baytril. As I mentioned before, on Monday...
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    Weak Peahen, Can't walk without stumbling and toppling over.

    He gave me the impression that the pedialyte would be the same as the dextrose. If he needs both, I can go out tomorrow and find the dextrose.
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    Weak Peahen, Can't walk without stumbling and toppling over.

    I picked up Pedialyte per the suggestion of the bird guy at the pet store.
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    Weak Peahen, Can't walk without stumbling and toppling over.

    I have just returned from a trip to town to buy feeding syringe, tubing, baby bird food, etc. Just checked on the hen. She is standing on the floor of her coop. I didn't bother her further. I'm waiting for my husband to get home in a hour so we can bring her up to the house and put her in the...
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    Weak Peahen, Can't walk without stumbling and toppling over.

    Great photos, Kathy. The one from Hopkins is awesome. That is what I used several years ago when I had to syringe feed one of my males.
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    Weak Peahen, Can't walk without stumbling and toppling over.

    Thanks for the replies. I am on my way to town to get tubing supplies so I can start hydrating her. I need to get the dog kennel from the attic and bring her in. Her breathing is fine, no swelling of the nasal passages. I don't think it is respiratory. I have Baytril on hand so am going to start...
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    Weak Peahen, Can't walk without stumbling and toppling over.

    This is a cross post. I posted also in emergencies, but I'm needing help fast. I have a 3 year old peahen that lives in the aviary with a 5 year old male. The first indication that I had that anything was wrong was on Sunday, 2 days ago. She was lying in her nest box inside the coop which she...
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    Weak Peahen, lethargic, stumbles when she tries to walk

    I have a 3 year old peahen that lives in the aviary with a 5 year old male. The first indication that I had that anything was wrong was on Sunday, 2 days ago. She was lying in her nest box inside the coop which she never does. She is always sitting on the perch. I went in and encouraged her to...
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    Winterizing Nipple Waterers? UPDATE Really? No One Knows?

    I appreciate all the replies regarding freezing nipples. I have decided to order the horizontal side mounted nipples http://www.ebay.com/itm/321248031268?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649 We'll make a new bucket with these nipples and see how that works. Several people say...
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    Winterizing Nipple Waterers? UPDATE Really? No One Knows?

    I've been reading about these horizontal nipples. I'm going to order some and make up a new bucket and see if that does the trick. Thanks for the suggestion.
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    Winterizing Nipple Waterers? UPDATE Really? No One Knows?

    Just a 5 gallon bucket. Seems odd to me, too. But I don't know all the mechanics of how these heaters work. The tank de-icer I have has an automatic on-off regulator. It comes on when the water gets down to 32 and turns off when the water gets to about 45. Maybe the aquarium heater is getting...
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    Winterizing Nipple Waterers? UPDATE Really? No One Knows?

    I, too, am using a 5 gallon bucket with 3 nipples on the bottom. We converted to this watering system back in the spring, and did a lot of research on how to best winterize it. We bought the K&H ultimate all in one de-icer that "pdirt" mentioned, and we have the 250 watt size. We took the...
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    My Peacock is moulting already

    Just curious. I have not had a breeding pair before. But do I understand that when the males start molting they are no longer interested in breeding? So any eggs that may be layed after molt would not be fertile?
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    What to peacocks think about chickens?

    Farina finally went back to hang out with the llamas.
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