Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[SilkieChickStar]

Hey all, how's everyone been? Well good news. We've started putting the wire on our super chicken pen, and Agnes is doing ok. Her left eye which initally was the worse eye has stabilized for now, and the eyelid seems less swollen. Her right eye though is still a bit sore for her. I'm awaiting a call from the vet, he's been hard to get a hold of this week, in order to decide what to do next treatment wise. She's doing as best she can, hanging around her flockmates, dustbathing, and eating. A little slow, but then again she always was, and not being treated any differently by the other girls, which is also important. Not out of the woods yet, but I think it'll be ok. I got a new phone yesterday and I adore the camera, so here's a very pretty and super clear picture of my Aggie. Yes, she's had a haircut, well two hair cuts. One was to trim feathers away from her eyes, the other, she somehow got poo on her head. Dunno how, dunno who's it was, but it was dried and mashed in there really good. Silly bird That would be her left eye in the photo, it's looking good. The eyelid around the right though still more swollen. What this is or what caused it, no clue. Best guess from the vet and ophthalmologist is it's a systemic reaction. Mealworm's have been helping make the medicine go down though, and speaking of mealies, mine have started to pupate! My little farm seems to be a success!

She is one beautiful bird

 

[appps]

Bit of a strange one at our place. Winry and Carl were chest bumping and fighting with each other this afternoon. You would think after four years they would be past that, strange for it to start now after all these years?

 

[Fancychooklady]

Bit of a strange one at our place. Winry and Carl were chest bumping and fighting with each other this afternoon. You would think after four years they would be past that, strange for it to start now after all these years?

Hehe, pent up hormones.

 

[LuckysMum]

Oh it's a tough life.

In all seriousness that is a difficult task ahead. Some nice birds there. I'm assuming you have hens and roos.

No I don't have any roos which is making the task hard too. I have a friend who has roos. So I am going to see what she thinks is good to keep also. A lot of the cross breeds and mixes are very beautiful too. At the moment my 5 australorps make more noise than the other 60 put together.

 

[appps]

Hehe, pent up hormones.

Yeah maybe. I've already had two broodies this spring so maybe they are working up to it as well.

 

[Fizzybelle]

She is one beautiful bird

Thank you, I think so too, inside and out

. It's so nice to have a camera that does all of my girls justice!

Here's another photo, this time of Beatrice. Little bird, big personality.

 

[Anniebee]

Thanks, the leghorn doesn't come good when she runs off. It seems to be a physical "collapse" in her structure. Not just a slouch for comfort. I call her my chicken on a train - because of the terrible risk of combining mobile devices and online shopping in transit. I bought her and her sister on the train on my way home from work one day. $10 for the pair in my own street.

My Barny does have a wopper of a wattle and comb set. She also crows like a rooster - when I don't have any roos from hatches. So did her mother who was the best mothering, laying and protecting hen I ever had. The crowing isn't as loud as a roo.

Always interesting about crowing ... from a hen. My Mindy tries it every now and then, and today. Took-took / shreeeik. Hubby is most perplexed. !!! He asked me just today, if chickens can be 'kind of off their heads - do they have mental problems ?' ( was the wording )

And your Barney .. Lacey - is a delightful bird.

Love the way you managed to name your currently 'not-so-well' chicken. Cannot imagine myself doing such a thing as buying 2 chookies while on a train, using a mobile phone !!!

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In one of the posts, Fancy mentioned it could be ascites ... Looked that up myself, and found that it is mostly meat birds that have the problem HOWEVER, that does not mean that a laying hen could not have it as well. Just that it is ( apparently ) mostly found in chickens raised for meat !! ( due I believe to increase in protein and other goodies, to fatten them up for the table ). But try first the Epsom salts solution, advised by Fancy.


That being said, if there is any possiblitiy that it could be ascites ... then I would think you would prefer to have the yellowy fluid aspirated from her abdomen - - - by a VET. Preferably an avian vet. It can be done by owners, but ........ !!

Here is a link to an owner doing just that : ...

... however, ( I repeat ) best to get an avian Vet to do it - if indeed that IS the problem. And an avian Vet could tell in the blink of an eye, if the soft squishy feeling from vent to keel is in need of aspiration.

Best of luck with her, MyHaven ..

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[Fancychooklady]

Always interesting about  crowing ... from a hen.  My Mindy tries it every now and then, and today.  Took-took / shreeeik.   Hubby is most perplexed.   !!!  He asked me just today, if chickens can be 'kind of off their heads - do they have mental problems ?'  ( was the wording )   

And your Barney .. Lacey - is a delightful bird.    

Love the way you managed to name your currently 'not-so-well'  chicken.   Cannot imagine myself doing such a thing as buying 2 chookies while on a train, using a mobile phone !!!  

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In one of the posts, Fancy mentioned it could be ascites ... Looked that up myself, and found that it is mostly meat birds that have the problem HOWEVER, that does not mean that a laying hen could not have it as well.   Just that it is ( apparently ) mostly found in chickens raised for meat !! ( due I believe to increase in protein and other goodies,  to fatten them up for the table ).  But try first the Epsom salts solution, advised by Fancy. 


That being said, if there is any possiblitiy that it could be ascites ... then I would think you would prefer to have the yellowy fluid aspirated from her abdomen - - - by a VET.   Preferably an avian vet.   It can be done by owners, but ........ !!

Here is a link to an owner doing just that : ...

 ... however, ( I repeat ) best to get an avian Vet to do it - if indeed that IS the problem.   And an avian Vet could tell in the  blink of an eye, if the soft squishy feeling from vent to keel is in need of aspiration.

Best of luck with  her,  MyHaven ..

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Ascites is the name given to free fluid in the abdomen . This can be the result of a number of diseases, infection or tumours. As part of my insidious disease there was an 18 month period of time that I had upwards of 3 litres drained from my peritoneal cavity on a monthly basis.
Personally I wouldn't even attempt to aspirate as the risk of infection is too high.

 

[LuckysMum]

Thank you, I think so too, inside and out

. It's so nice to have a camera that does all of my girls justice!

Here's another photo, this time of Beatrice. Little bird, big personality.

Looks like she's saying "I don't take any nonsense"

 

[Fancychooklady]

Looks like she's saying "I don't take any nonsense"

Haha, classic ' stink eye '.