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    Claribel's Not Walking

    Thank you. I would be interested to hear more about your tube-feeding technique...More as a curiosity and information for perhaps another time, as you'll gather from what I write below. If someone was knocked unconscious from an accident or injury and unable to make the decision of whether...
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    Claribel's Not Walking

    We're back from the hospital with not much news. The vet said she was emaciated, and that she has probably not been eating well for some time, but that chicken symptoms don't become apparent to humans until things are quite critical. Ironic, as we've been discussing in this thread, given the...
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    Claribel's Not Walking

    Ahh, phooey. She's got an appointment with the chicken doctor tomorrow. They seem to think it's either a mass, serious egg-binding, or something neurological. She has organic layer feed and she doesn't like it. She prefers $9/bag cracked corn & rye to $28/bag super-dank mixed seeds. Go...
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    Claribel's Not Walking

    Hm. I'm back. So, given how often Claribel scarfs down kefir (I give it to them regularly), I don't think she can be B2 deficient. Kefir is a fermented milk product, and as such its B2 content is high. For example, using the scale for humans, yogurt provides 30.5% RDA and milk provides 26.4%...
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    Claribel's Not Walking

    Wow, thank you for all those links and ideas. As I was eating the last egg this morning, I was thinking that I should feed her an egg. I'll start that tomorrow. And also the vitamin water. I think that's what we call Chicken Gatorade, but if not I'll go pick some up and start putting it out...
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    Claribel's Not Walking

    It's been a week and a half. I have her in a little box in our house, and I take her out to give her some mobility and to drink. Her feet are curled, and I have to manually stretch out her toes before I set her down. Lately she is also leaning back on her butt with her little feet kind of in...
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    Hey Pete: I'm NOT a chicken!!

    Funny...I call him in this stage a teenaged boy. His half-brother had an unpleasant temperament at this age, but it was directed at bullying the ducks. I am not certain he's a roo, but he is developing little spur nubs and has the beautiful plume of tail feathers his father has. Plus, the one...
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    Hey Pete: I'm NOT a chicken!!

    @Drumstick Diva, Yes, I need to get more hens anyway, because we're down to two. I was holding off because I was thinking this wasn't a great time of year to get into quarantining and everything, but maybe I need to? And with only two hens, I guess I can't get more than two new ones or they'll...
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    Hey Pete: I'm NOT a chicken!!

    ROTFL...Oh My GOD!!! I'd probably have a heart attack if he jumped on my head. And shredding your head??? I'm envisioning not the pitchfork, but you reaching up behind your own head and grabbing the little jerk by the next and flinging him to the ground. Maybe I'm dreaming. I'm freaked...
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    Hey Pete: I'm NOT a chicken!!

    Worse? Oh crap. Alright, looks like my friends are getting a rooster. I'm in North Carolina, and was thinking it best to wait until spring for more hens, although I am not going to get chicks but will get ones a bit older. Do you think I should consider getting more hens now?
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    Hey Pete: I'm NOT a chicken!!

    Whoa...that's a ratio worth considering. Yep, not getting that many hens!! I was thinking about grabbing him, and I used to hold him, but with this new behavior I'm pretty scared of him..The first time he did it we went back and forth a few times, with him coming back at me each time and at...
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    Hey Pete: I'm NOT a chicken!!

    Ah! A broom! Will probably work better than my little sticks. I've heard the ratio is like 4-5 hens per rooster...it's certainly not two hens to three roosters, that's for sure. The other thing I'm wondering is if things will mellow out with the onset of winter, because I will increase my...
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    Hey Pete: I'm NOT a chicken!!

    Yes, I'm keeping an eye on the girls for signs that enough is enough. So far, no missing feathers...that's the best indication, right? Buck, the king rooster, seems tolerant of his offspring Clem when he jumps on the ladies, and I wonder if he is reaching an age where he's happy enough to pass...
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    Hey Pete: I'm NOT a chicken!!

    Well, his babying days are over. When he does this to me, I do chase him; if he is actually on my foot, I fling him back. And I yell. The first time I flung him, and he would just charge right back at me. That first day, it happened probably four or five times before I ran in the house. One...
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    Hey Pete: I'm NOT a chicken!!

    Hi Chickat, Thanks for your reply. I was thinking that may have to happen, and anyway, unless I start stockpiling hens, at least one of these boys has gotta go. I have friends down the road with no lover for their ladies, so... Can you elaborate a little for me as to why you think this is...
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