Recent content by mammabird34601

I received 17 bantam chicks in the mail on Friday, Feb 23 and all seemed well. On Sunday evening, I noticed one of them limping. At first, I thought it may have been injured because my 3-year-old got to them and accidentally dropped one but as the days have gone on, and as I've done additional...

This is a helpful resource, thank you very much. Based on this and other information I've read, I I think you're right that this is most likely what's happening with her. Glad that depopulation is out of the question. I will work on getting a better photo of her eye. Still not sure if it's just...

You know, when I was giving her the bath I noticed that her eyes and pupils looked different but didn't make any connection to the other symptom. When I zoom in on that last picture I posted, I can see that her pupils seem to blur a bit and the left eye is even more 'blurry', if I remember...

I have a sizeable flock of around 23 hens, several of the older ones are around 4 1/2 years old, and a couple of these oldest hens are starting to show their age. A couple months ago I noticed a large red, pimple-like welt on the hiney of one of my austrolorps but, being that she was acting...

Hello all - Yesterday my Pekin, Gabby, snuck out while we were changing her pond water and my a-hole rooster attacked her and pecked out her eye before I could get to her. I'm devastated. She's doing ok, we mist her with the hose and I'm spoiling her with all of her favorite treats. Other than...

Ha, thank you! Yeah, I'm super paranoid when it comes to my feather babies, don't like to take any chances of doing the wrong thing or not doing something I should be. Actually, I also contacted Gary Butcher, he's a Professor of Avian Diseases and Extension Specialist at the UF College of...

I was super concerned about my duck getting it as well, she's my fluffy butt Gabby-Goo, but following a conversation with a veterinarian with Zoetis (vaccine company) I feel better about her chances of not contracting the virus. There isn't much data about ducks getting it because it's not...

Ok, so I took your wonderful advice to contact the vaccine company (Zoetis) and feel much better about this process. I actually spoke with one of their veterinarians and will share what she told me: - If performing a proactive vaccination on adult birds and given a choice, vaccinate during a...

Gotcha, much appreciated.

I'd read all of that material and did see the sentence at the bottom of the UFL webpage stating 'only healthy birds should be vaccinated' but I guess I wanted to be extra sure that I shouldn't vaccinate those already showing symptoms. Have you heard/read anything about vaccination of ducks...

Hello All - I'm an avid follower but first time poster - we've got fowl pox! I noticed scabs on two of my hens eyelids and black spots on the combs of a couple of the others over the weekend and spent several hours researching to confirm the presence of fowl pox. I have 24 hens, one rooster and...

I too believe this is fowl pox. I noticed scabs on two of my hens eyelids and black spots on the combs of a couple of the others over the weekend and spent several hours researching to confirm the presence of fowl pox. I have 24 hens, one rooster and a duck and have noticed the fowl pox on 5 of...