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I have plenty of other breeds; I've just had a soft spot for Cochins for years. Your Esther sounds like my Bronwyn. She's a Speckled Sussex who "helps" me with projects. If I move something in the yard, she's the first one to check underneath for earthworms. If I'm cleaning coops, she wants to...

Oh, SeaSea47, you are just having the worst time of it! I am so sorry about your Hamburg. You must be just crushed. I guess I've been "lucky" that I could always figure out what went wrong -- like NOT closing a coop door or allowing ducks to roam outside the sight line of the house. But, you...

Don't apologize. I suspect many people stop reading my long-winded posts well before they are midway through. I'll read as much as you want to type! Pauly was supposed to be a Cochin Bantam, like two of the other chicks. And Bantams are always sold straight run, of course. But, the friend who...

Murray McMurray Hatchery is one country away from me, and two counties over from her. I got five of their chicks, and she got a straight-run special from the hatchery last year and added quite a few roosters. I thought sending Pauly off to her farm would solve my rooster problems. He was...

I am horrified that a vet would charge you to sign you up as a customer! I understand exam fees, but that $400 is ridiculous -- especially before rendering any treatment at all. Guess I should be more grateful for the one who sees my birds (I absolutely ADORE her; she not only has her own...

The avian vet suggested meloxicam (Metacam). I totally understand your predicament. The avian vet used to work with my small animal vet in a nearby town. She began practicing further away (I've begged her never to move again), and the small animal vet doesn't treat birds. The down side --...

Seven days might be fine. It was recommended to me by a vet -- NOT my avian vet -- to give the medicine for 10 days. Hope I didn't worry you unnecessarily. When I finally was able to contact my avian vet, she also suggested an anti inflammatory. But by that time, Golly's foot wasn't swollen...

Thanks! I imagine the geese will be done laying for the year before the two weeks is up. Sounds a bit like what my vet told me about the dewormer she gave me for my chickens. Her official answer was that the U.S. government said two weeks on the egg withdrawal. But she also said it was the...

I just saw this thread and am glad to hear the poor girl is recovering. The times I've had to give oral meds to my ducks has been challenging, to say the least. I have a goose who appeared to have an infection in her foot, and I got some Baytril from a vet. She is doing fine, and the last of...