Arizona Chickens

[Billiam]

Hi everyone! I hope no one minds me asking, but would everyone here please go to this website and comment and vote "strongly agree" on SB 1151. Whether you are affect by it or not, I would really appreciate it and so would other chicken lovers that can't raise their own flock in their own backyards. I'm pretty sure anyone that is a resident of AZ, for sure any registered voter in AZ, can get access to the site and vote.

http://www.azvoices.gov/bills/652/SB1151

If you have already been involved in this, thank you!
And thank you in advance for those that do this now for us.

THANK YOU!

 

[chicksurreal]

Hi everyone! I hope no one minds me asking, but would everyone here please go to this website and comment and vote "strongly agree" on SB 1151. Whether you are affect by it or not, I would really appreciate it and so would other chicken lovers that can't raise their own flock in their own backyards. I'm pretty sure anyone that is a resident of AZ, for sure any registered voter in AZ, can get access to the site and vote.

http://www.azvoices.gov/bills/652/SB1151

If you have already been involved in this, thank you!
And thank you in advance for those that do this now for us.

THANK YOU!

Done!

 

[Billiam]

Done!

Thanks you chicksurreal!

 

[Danielle27]

Hi everyone! I hope no one minds me asking, but would everyone here please go to this website and comment and vote "strongly agree" on SB 1151. Whether you are affect by it or not, I would really appreciate it and so would other chicken lovers that can't raise their own flock in their own backyards. I'm pretty sure anyone that is a resident of AZ, for sure any registered voter in AZ, can get access to the site and vote.

http://www.azvoices.gov/bills/652/SB1151

If you have already been involved in this, thank you!
And thank you in advance for those that do this now for us.

THANK YOU!

I second this! I'm so excited about this Bill. This is history in the making!

 

[chicksurreal]

Thanks you chicksurreal!

No problem! Chickens for all (if they want them)!!!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

All right I have a young silkie, probably a pullet, probably 5-6 months old. Has been fine until the last couple days. I noticed she didn't come out with the others last night but it was almost dark when I got home from work and let them out so didn't worry about it. This afternoon tho I looked for her and she was just sitting in the corner of the coop with her head bent down between her legs. Like she is trying to stick her head between her legs and go the other way. Also some slight trembling when I'm holding her.

I have brought her in, gave her 1 cc straight of Poultry Cell followed by 2 cc of plain water. She is able to swallow if I tip her head up, it's just like her muscles are forcibly moving her head/neck downwards and she can't control it. About an hour later gave another 1cc of Poultry cell mixed with 1cc of water.

Read up online and the closest I can come to is botulism poisoning, tho I don't have any idea how she would have gotten it and none of the other birds cooped with her have any symptoms, although most of them are larger than she is.

I was wondering of the possibility of it being a scorpion sting, since that is a nerve toxin also and what the symptoms of a sting might be. It's been very warm and I've already killed one in the house.

Advice? Anything else I can do for her?

Obviously this is very late, but I just read this. If you still need help, yes, it could be botulism or aspergillosis, but wryneck/crookneck/stargazing is probably more likely. Vitamin E and selenium, as well as B vitamins are the most helpful, prednisone or metacam to reduce inflammation. http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article/Crookneck/Crookneck.html gives information and treatment instructions. Some cases resolve in a short time and others take quite a long while.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: In most cases the skull closes (just as does a human baby's), but as a young bird, if they have a vault, there is little or no skull between skin and brain. Birds without vaults do not have this issue.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: I would be inclined to take the photos and a small pruning to a good plant nursery and ask.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Get a small laundry basket to keep outside the pen. Any time you go in, take the laundry basket and upend it over her while you are there; don't forget to remove it when you leave.

 

[maryhysong]

Obviously this is very late, but I just read this. If you still need help, yes, it could be botulism or aspergillosis, but wryneck/crookneck/stargazing is probably more likely. Vitamin E and selenium, as well as B vitamins are the most helpful, prednisone or metacam to reduce inflammation. http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article/Crookneck/Crookneck.html gives information and treatment instructions. Some cases resolve in a short time and others take quite a long while.

Well the issue seems to be resolving itself; She is now up moving around a little and eating and drinking on her own. I gave low dose aspirin the first three days and vit E along with poultry cell. Mostly now the muscle spasms are if I go to pick her up; then she has her head down between her legs, otherwise walking around forward motion on her own and not ending up going backwards. I will keep her up in the house for awhile longer. I think she was hurt by a rambunctious not silkie roo in the pen. Now I know as soon as they are getting some size to them, the other birds need to be separated from the silkies.