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awesome!

Uh, that sounds like a problem to me but I have no idea what's going on. Does he sound funny when he breathes?

Ah well, we each have our own methodology that works best for us and our instincts. When she said blood that could have been gushing thin blood filling the shell or a bloody goo. If the first is encountered the chick is as good as gone. If the second is encountered the chick can survive if...

Each flock of birds has it's own unique history of the encountered pathogens and immune system strengths and weaknesses. When birds move from one flock to another they encounter and introduce chronic pathogens, parasites, and so on. Give your new and old birds' immune systems tools to help...

Marek's seems pretty remote. I had a couple of thoughts. They might have be apprehensive about the new surroundings and that affects their behavior and mood - and it seems like that might affect their combs. Still think temp might have affected them. Could be she had them on a lower...

Start up the kool-aid water (electrolytes & vitamins - I like Poultry Pack but there are also products for cattle, etc... turns the water yellow.) Also boil a couple of eggs, mash them up and see if you can get these girls to eat them - easy for them to digest and quick warm protein. Maybe...

Be gentle, be brave... Chicks on the half shell have about 40% chance of survival. Keep them warm. If it doesn't stress the umbilicus too much you might dip the beaks in water to help them stay hydrated.

Now, take the egg you opened and start chipping around the top (the broad end) and peel off the inner membrane. Leave the tapered end alone so that there's at least a chance for the chick to keep absorbing yolk. Set the chick on the cloth and let it finish doing it's think. If the yolk is...

Deep breathing!!! Time to get these babies born. Have a clean cloth in the incubator to set the chicks on once you get them out. Remember there will be goo and blood so you might want to do this privately; have something to catch the pieces of egg. More in next post.

Sounds like she's landed at the bottom of the pecking order. None the less, your instincts are right, something's wrong. You should separate her but make sure she stays warm enough and has food and water. As young as she is chances are it's something in her genetic makeup that was inevitably...

A CRD diagnosis really needs to be made after some lab work because it has ramifications for other birds the survivors come in contact with even years down the road. The symptoms you've listed could be any number of things that aren't nearly as scary as CRD. How much tylan, how was it...

Hi! Hoping BYC folks can help me help a friend. He's wants to get some started black australorps this spring. Anyone got any ideas?? Thanks! -Alison

Yay! a diagnosis!!

They're eating and drinking and there's just the almost sneezing and deep breathing? It may just be something that they have to get over like a cold. If it's viral the antibiotic won't touch it. IMHO The best course of action is to add a vitamin supplement (I like Poultry Pac) to their water...

I had an older pullet doing this for a while. I tried antibiotics but nada. On a whim I gave her a vitamin b shot and the problem lessened. I suspect an early run in with coccidiosis combined with a heavy handed use of corid has stymied her ability to absorb vitamins normally. If she gets...

Do you think the RIR is getting beat up? I have a scrappy little japanese banty that can kick the tar out of birds MUCH bigger than her by jumping up and pecking them right where your birdie is bald.

Ok, alternate pespective - Does anybody worry about the potential transfer of pathogens from one flock to the next by simply having someone else's poop around? Especially when we're sending eggs from one side of the continent to the other.... Something benign in one part of the country might...

impacted crop??? is she pooping?

Chronic Mucky Bum Her mutilated beak can't be helping matters! She just doesn't seem to be able to absorb the same nutrition as the other birds you rescued. Has her pooped changed since you wormed her?

What do their eyes look like? Can you get them to drink anything?