Search results for query: *

  1. Chickenz1

    Rooster Straining to Breathe Through Nose..

    Quote: Thanks..I did get a little closer to him yesterday and I believe I could see his right nostril..or part of it..His comb was in front of it..I'm gonna go in there with him today and just sit for awhile..Get him accustomed to me being inside with him..I'm thinking that once I do get hold...
  2. Chickenz1

    Rooster Straining to Breathe Through Nose..

    He is the picture of health otherwise..Crows, eats, scratches in the dirt, dust bathes, catches and eats unfortunate bugs that wander into his pen, drinks water, etc.. He has a big blob of a rose comb, and I'm wondering can those things overgrow the nostrils or otherwise cause breathing trouble...
  3. Chickenz1

    Need to Know About WORMS

    Quote: Oh, I can question..It's expecting straight answers I can't really do..
  4. Chickenz1

    Need to Know About WORMS

    Quote: I would definately check with a vet that knows about geese, or the agricultural dept, unless someone else on here knows for certain.. I had a goose for years who never showed signs of worms, and she walked around everywhere..Geese don't swallow as much dirt as chickens do..so I wonder...
  5. Chickenz1

    Need to Know About WORMS

    Quote: It happened so fast... That's the only good thing about it..If you don't count the month he was incapacitated prior to his departure.. His brothers are missing him.. They just kept staring at me and into Gofer's pen yesterday when I was sitting out under the tree.. That dang Ambien or...
  6. Chickenz1

    WORMS HELP!!!!!

    Quote: Thank you for the kind words.. Poor baby just panicked when his air got cut off..The fright was too much for him to withstand.. I have momentarily had MY air cut off, and I know the horrible feeling and terror it causes.. I just had the advantage of knowing if I forced myself to relax...
  7. Chickenz1

    Need to Know About WORMS

    Quote: Sad news..My Gofer is gone.. Earlier, he seemed a bit too warm, so I turned on the ceiling fan in the room to keep the air moving..That was a mistake..When I went in awhile ago to check on him, his nose had stuffed up again and he was making that noise in his throat again..I turned the...
  8. Chickenz1

    WORMS HELP!!!!!

    Quote: Well now that makes a lot of sense doesn't it?? Oh my goodness! I bet that felt good. Now I have to wonder - the back injury - it wasn't his preening gland, was it? The swelling? Sometimes those things get backed up and will swell. Just curious. Glory, indeed - and I do know what...
  9. Chickenz1

    Is Hay Good for Chicken Bedding, Or Not Good?

    Quote: True..Thankfully the injury did not involve anything to do with his wings or neck..I wonder if I should be still trying to work the frozen up leg joint..I stopped after the first few days of trying because he was having more pressing concerns..It's tightening more and more..Circulation...
  10. Chickenz1

    Need to Know About WORMS

    Quote: If I had room, and more energy, and someone to build good pens and little houses for me, and more energy, and did I say, more energy? I no doubt would actually go out and buy/adopt more chickens..And other feathered babies.. But we have our hands full with the 4 roosters, 12 dogs and 20...
  11. Chickenz1

    Is Hay Good for Chicken Bedding, Or Not Good?

    Quote: I think he's happiER.. He ate REAL good the second time I took him out later this morning.. Grains, crumbles, grapes AND watermelon..HE EVEN FLAPPED HIS WINGS GOOD when I held him aloft..He had not done that in two days..
  12. Chickenz1

    Need to Know About WORMS

    I understand.. Mine's not out of the woods yet, but seems to be on the right path now. Ate good this morning..I'm so glad for this site..
  13. Chickenz1

    Is Hay Good for Chicken Bedding, Or Not Good?

    Quote: Breakthrough!!! Think "Oil Gland".. I went to bed praying and thinking about that poor dry face skin..I woke up about 5 AM and thought HE CAN"T GET TO HIS OIL GLAND... Got him out of his box, set him on the floor with his water and food..He started to pant a little..I started hunting...
  14. Chickenz1

    WORMS HELP!!!!!

    Quote: Breakthrough!!! Think "Oil Gland".. I went to bed praying and thinking about that poor dry face skin..I woke up about 5 AM and thought HE CAN"T GET TO HIS OIL GLAND... Got him out of his box, set him on the floor with his water and food..He started to pant a little..I started hunting...
  15. Chickenz1

    Is Hay Good for Chicken Bedding, Or Not Good?

    Quote: You bet I'm getting good advice, and I thank you and everyone who has been giving me information very much.. Im' going to turn into a chicken expert here.. The baby waited til I put him to bed tonight to eat and drink something..Took him all afternoon and evening to calm down enough..I...
  16. Chickenz1

    WORMS HELP!!!!!

    Quote: Well bless his big heart. Heat (and his respiratory issue) really jsut drain a bird. Heat alone would stress, but hopefully this will get him going a bit. I guess the poops were a good thing, yes? And don't worry - we all have Gofer's back now, and yours. I appreciate you...
  17. Chickenz1

    WORMS HELP!!!!!

    Quote: oh your posts are just fine. I'm glad to hear that your boy showed appetite today. We completely understand. So Gofer is his name, yes? Good. I'm glad to hear his breathing is doing better - that's awesome. And doing the nose is fine to start. It's a bit unnerving to do, but it...
  18. Chickenz1

    Need to Know About WORMS

    Quote: I am trying, but the jury is still out as to whether or not I'm a successful chicken mama.. I don't think I'd ever have the nerve to put a tube down anyone's throat.. You are a brave person..
  19. Chickenz1

    Is Hay Good for Chicken Bedding, Or Not Good?

    Quote: I don't know if a frature can develope infection without having broken the skin or not..So much I do not know.. I've been talking with threehorses on another thread, or another forum, or someplace.. The vitamins I'm using is Durvet water soluble powder..a "nutritional source of vitamins...
  20. Chickenz1

    Need to Know About WORMS

    Quote: I have been getting answers now cause i spread my questions around different forums..and now I'm almost dizzy trying to keep up with responses.. Gofer is still with me, and initially was breathing more through his nose this morning, though later mouth breathing again..No noises coming...
Back
Top Bottom