Here in Puget Sound, it is currently 41*F, I have collected 1/5, but it is early yet from our 1 Sexlink, 1 Buff Orpington and 3 RIR's. Yesterday it was in the low 30'sF and I collected 3/5. However, the temp has been in the low 30's/high 20's and have only gotten 1-2 eggs out of possible 5...
She is going down hill. She keeps thrashing her head around in circles and although she can stand, she looses her balance. She is not able to keep her head steady enough to aim for food and water, so I have started giving her water (w/ probiotics and electrolytes) by dropper. I have also, up...
Thank you for your kind support. She is still walking around, trying to 'hang' w/ her friends. Her balance is off, I'm sure because she can't see out of one eye. Bless her heart, she is a trooper.
I was hoping others would chime in. I have been researching crooked neck, twisted neck, swollen eye, closed eye, wry neck, etc. The only real consistency I see is vitamin deficiency, so I today I purchased Poly-vi-sol w/out iron and I have given her 2 doses of that. Here is what is happening...
So, once again, we have an issue w/ our chickens. We lost one to what I think was Mareks a couple months ago. I quarantined her A month or so ago, one of our now 6 1/2 month old RIR would not get up on the roost w/ the other girls. She would lay on the ground at night. I was a little...
My poor Barbara passed away at the beginning of the week. I'm so glad she is no longer suffering, it was so hard to watch. I couldn't bring myself to put her down though. I thought she was rallying, but it wasn't the case. I feel so drained from the experience though. I put so much time...
Thank you all for posting this great thread. It has been so helpful. Especially the information about cleaning/disinfecting the coop, clothes and run as well as bathing. My poor Barbara has poop on her tail feathers and back side from sitting in her convalescent box and not being able to get...
AHappyChick,
Could you please explain how you made the sling for your chicken with the Marek's ? I have a six month old with it and I was thinking along the same line of making some kind of sling but have no idea as to how to do it. I am a newbie (only been raising chickens for 6 months) so I...
This is great information. Thank you. She has a good appetite now, and is alert. Her eyes are clear and she doesn't seem to have lost any weight.
I read on one of these threads that there is an herbal supplement that can be given from health food stores, give it to her 2x a day and it can...
Thank you all for the warm welcome. That is really nice of all of you.
I have had some great replies re: our girl and I have been able to find some really good information on this site already. Hopefully we will be able to help her and it won't spread to the rest of our girls.
Thank you. We got all 8 of our pullets from the same farm and mother hens were vaccinated, but the chicks were not w/ the understanding that the vaccine is passed to the chicks. Were we wrong believing that bit of information? The other birds are not exhibiting any symptoms, however, after...
Thank you for this great information. I think our 13 week old Sexlink has it. We have isolated her, but not taken her out of the chicken house. Can it be transmitted by air or do the chickens have to have contact w/ one another? My other question is we purchased our pullets from a farm that...
I'm so hoping someone can help my poor chicken. My husband and I are new to chickens. We have an almost 13 week old Sexlink. About 2 days ago we noticed her wobbling and eventually she wouldn't get up at all. We thought it was her leg or foot, but there doesn't seem to be anything...