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Thanks for your response. I've brooded out so many chickens (historically) in this tub with this light that I don't believe that is it. After further observation, I think that the Bourbon Reds were not drinking the water. They seemed more lethargic and slept more than the mix. They definitely...

I just received 6 turkey poults two days ago. I got 3 Bourbon Red and 3 Blue Slate/Bourbon Red mix. They were a full week old when I received them. I put them in a plastic tub under a red 175 watt heat lamp in my daughter's bedroom. They have clean, non medicated water with marbles in it. They...

It sounds like what I went through with my first chicken (who did pass away). I took her to two different vets, paid a lot of money for medicines that did not work. Ivermec apparently only treats round worms/tape worms. Apparently it is the other medicine that you need if it is in fact gape...

Okay, just spoke with chicken lady. The medicine she gave me was called valbezen. It is actually a worming medication for sheep and goats. But it had an ingredient in it that totally worked on my chickens. She fills up little vials for me (at a cost of about $2 each to me) and I just squirt it...

I get mysterious little syringes from chicken lady. I will call her today and find out, okay? I hope your chicken starts to feel better soon.

You know, with the first chicken (the one who died last year) I don't think I'll ever know what it was. And we didn't treat her for any parasites. We'd given her antibiotics to no avail ... and chicken x-rays, blood tests, nebulizers, oxygen, etc. That poor chicken. When the next chicken...

Okay, this happened again recently. I have been in contact with the woman who breeds the chickens. First we treated with ivermeck (not sure if that is how you spell it). But then she had something else for gape worm. Honestly, I could not see the gape worm, but treating her cleared her right up...

Hi Poultry Keeper! Did you introduce the pheasants to established hens or were they raised together? This is potentially exciting news. I want a pheasant!!!

I just found out that someone at my daughter's preschool is hatching pheasants (not sure what kind). She is planning to release them into the wild here. I suddenly wanted to bring one or two home ... BUT I have three hens already (about a year old). Is it a super bad idea to entertain the...

Thank you for your kind thoughts. Turbo Fluff has a bit more energy and passed some little bunny balls this morning. I dropped some water and mushed up greeens and pellets mixture into his mouth last night and put him to bed with his carrots and parsley. He was just so limp when I did that, I...

Well, our exotic specialist returned my call late tonight. He does not suspect poisoning in the case of our chicken. He felt it was something respiratory. Of course without looking at the bun he cannot tell what it is. I said I felt some gurgling in his tummy. He said his intestines are probably...

I didn't think it would go beyond her passing. My husband actually offered getting the necropsy done before he laid her to rest. But I couldn't bear it. I figured I should have gotten that done before and maybe she'd still be alive. Maybe I will have to take the bunny in tomorrow and get a...

Okay, I posted in another topic about my Maran, Nicky, wheezing and making terrible sounds a few weeks ago. After 3 vet visits, x-rays, antibiotics, nebulizing, hand feeding, anti-fungals, etc. she passed on last Thursday. We never did blood work, so I never found out what happened. The other...

Oh, goodness. No, he didn't explain that part. He showed me how to squirt the antibiotics in there, but didn't say anything about more than one route down. Well, she is drinking some water on her own and was pecking at the grass a bit. I did try squirting some mushed up food in her mouth. She...

Let's see ... we have itraconizole 10 ml twice a day, metronidazole 1/4 tablet once a day and Baytril, 1 tablet each day. She got an injection at the vet. When she was coughing they swabbed her throat and found yeast, that is why the antifungal. Her liver seemed enlarged on the x-ray. How much...

Funny you should ask. I just got back from the avian specialist (40 mins away!) Nicky took a turn for the worse yesterday ... stopped eating, couldn't wheeze, just breathing through mouth, eyes closes and shakey. I thought she would die in the night. But, our little trooper is laboring on...

When mine is happy he makes a sort of "oinking" or "quacking" sound. But when he is healthy, I do not detect any audible sniffing.

I brought Nicky in to see the vet today. He examined her. The lungs are clear. No sign of gapeworm (which he says is more common in commercial flocks than backyard flocks). He thinks she has a bacterial infection and is treating her with vetisulid powder in the water for 10 days. We'll see how...

After 2 days of treatment he completely cleared up. Now is is frolicking with all the other critters and kids. I felt bad giving him the medicine, but when I was done, I felt bad that I even hesitated at first.

I can't remember the name of the common virus that some rabbits get, but I recently had to give my poor boy anit-biotics twice a day for 10 days. He had wheezing and a drippy nose though. The bunny doctor here said that many rabbits carry the bacteria without symptoms for long periods of time...