Am I just bein a worry wart?

[BiddyBiddy]

View attachment 1506958View attachment 1506959 View attachment 1506962 View attachment 1506965 The last pic is the cochin that never stops panting.

 

[BiddyBiddy]

Oops sorry! Still trying to figure out how to add pictures. Didn’t mean to do all that!

 

[snow5164]

They look healthy and well taken care of.... I just thought of this when I saw the lettuce .. is their poop normal ? Formed and not just liquid ?

They look great

 

[aart]

I find larger pieces of ice in big shallow pans that can't tip over to the the best for cooling.
They actually cool thru their feet better than drinking.

 

[BiddyBiddy]

They look healthy and well taken care of.... I just thought of this when I saw the lettuce .. is their poop normal ? Formed and not just liquid ?

They look great

Yes, no liquid poops that I’ve noticed. But wouldn’t that be a good thing? An indication that they’re drinking lots of water. Which is what I’ve been encouraging them to do?
Thanks for your patience btw. My first flock (in case y’all couldn’t tell already) and I’m stupidly attached to many of them. I think they know what they’re doing when they’re super sweet and affectionate. Not what I expected since my friends flocks are all flighty and can’t stand to be touched.

 

[BiddyBiddy]

I find larger pieces of ice in big shallow pans that can't tip over to the the best for cooling.
They actually cool thru their feet better than drinking.

Going out to pick some up now

 

[aart]

Going out to pick some up now

I got this idea from someone who used cake pans to make big ice 'cubes'.

 

[anvia]

Have they been wormed recently & can you rule out g.a.p.e.w.o.r.m? Panting can be a symptom of gape-worm, but wings out too sounds like they are trying to cool down.

Apologies for the typing & editing - spellcheck insists on correcting gape to tape!

 

[BiddyBiddy]

I got this idea from someone who used cake pans to make big ice 'cubes'.
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Just got a big shallow mortar mixing pan from Lowes. Giant ice cubes freezing as we speak!

 

[BiddyBiddy]

Have they been wormed recently & can you rule out g.a.p.e.w.o.r.m? Panting can be a symptom of gape-worm, but wings out too sounds like they are trying to cool down.

Apologies for the typing & editing - spellcheck insists on correcting gape to tape!

Yeah, I asked my vet about gape worms too, but he highly doubts it since they’ve been panting so long and it gets better or stops when It cools down. He said if it was gape worm they’d be dead a long time ago and that gape worm is pretty rare. Recent fecal test of the flock was clean too.