Search results for query: *

Please continue vitamin supplementation as in my experieces these birds have a tendency to relapse.

If these are silkies that have the neck problem,possibly your ration may be deficient in Vitamin E as silkies have a problem with vit E absorption. Post on one of the silkie threads & see if they can tell you more about it,or give you more help with your problem.

I would increase protein to at least 20-22% as most layer feeds are ~16%. Possibly you might have some alfalfa plants,alfalfa pellets,quality leafy alfalfa hay,good quality alfalfa based rabbit pellets,calf manna ,ground field peas-check with somebody for ID as one variety not safe for...

Quote: Not finding any new info other tha certain breeds possibly more influenced by nutritional deficiencies,such as silkies apparantly have a problem with Vit E absorption according to a silkie website....

Quote: Don't give up hope yet as these symptoms can have multiple causes. Of course some can be cured & others not. My advice is to isolate your silkie as far away from your other birds as possible to avoid aerosol disease transmission if it is the contagious scenario. Research what others...

After several months of ups & downs treating my Jap pullet she suddenly died. I necropsyed her .She had abnormal small open area on skull & unusual looking bone growth on upper neck-bone spur ?. So I will have to do more research to see what this might have been. Strange she would respond with...

Hi, Not sure of individual doses of Vit B & ViT E but you shouldn't be able to overdose on short term usage. Selenium use caution as can be toxic and can cause many symptoms........ I never had any poultry vitamins either, but did find human liquid Centrum vitamins & used a couple drops in...

Great ! Just taper of the pred so she doesn't crash. And remember she was on "cortisone" so now her immune system is compromised so precautions need to be taken to avoid stress,disease etc because she won't be able to fight anything off cuz of the pred.

Whatever was wrong with my Jap pullet,she returned to normal. I treated her with isolation by herself,vitamins in water, and several doses of homeopathic Arnica 6X & Hypericum 30X with several days between homeopathic doses. She has been moved back into crate with her hatchmates & still doing...

Lots of advice on this thread ! I have a 2 month old Jap pullet that overnight tucked her head to chest. So isolated her & now a couple weeks later she has continued to grow & figured out how to eat & drink, But not sure if she is showing much improvement in the tucked neck . If a bird has...