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

[Fancychooklady]

Fancy - no I haven't looked in her ear. but I will be as soon as I get home. Is there anything inparticular I should be looking for?

Birds. Can get a sinus infection. I had one once that had a puss plug in its ear, course of antibiotics cleared it up.

 

[Fancychooklady]

We lost our first victim to snake bite over the weekend. Wombles the goat. By the time I found her it was too late.

 

[Fizzybelle]

Oh no, poor Wombles, very sorry to hear that Fancy.

 

[LuckysMum]

We lost our first victim to snake bite over the weekend. Wombles the goat. By the time I found her it was too late.

How sad. I am so sorry to hear you lost Wombles.

 

[satay]

It certainly sounds like a CRD, I would be inclined to start her on a course of antibiotics. Keep an eye on the others. If it were just a swollen eye it could just be an injury but the discharge cancels that theory. Have you looked inside the ear on that side ?

I agree

 

[satay]

We lost our first victim to snake bite over the weekend. Wombles the goat. By the time I found her it was too late.

 

[Teila]

Good morning folks

MullyAly I hope you are able to get on top of what ever ails your girl quickly

Fizzybelle sorry I do not have any recommendations for an automatic door but I sympathise with you totally.

I was up and racing out with breakfast at 05:20AM this morning to hush Crystal. While the coop does not have a door and they can get to the run first thing in the morning, this does not stop Crystal sitting in the run demanding attention. There is food available before I take out breakfast so she is not hungry, just wants to make sure that the hired held is up also

My day starts off with “I want” and with my line of work, continues that way pretty much all day; no wonder I am stressed

Fancy oh no, I am so sorry to read your sad news

.. RIP Wombles

 

[appps]

Well I have my very first broody. This is new for me!!! My bantam langshan has a very warm belly and has a bald patch there. She has been sitting for 3 days despite me taking her out of the nest box a few times a day.

Today once everyone had laid an egg I shut the coop for a couple of hours. She went nuts! She was jumping on top of it to find a way in and then on too of our fence. I was scared she was going to end up in the neighbours yard :/

She's back in there now as it is bed time. I can't really have her hatch eggs as we already have more than our quota of chickens. It has only been a few days so I don't know how easy it will be to break her. Someone said to wrap an ice pack in a towel and out it under her lol.

Any pro tips?

I don't bother with any of those air flow or cold stuff tips. To break a broody all you need to do is keep her off the nest 24 hrs a day.

If you let her get on and then pull her off throughout the day it won't work.

If you let her sleep on the nest it won't work.

It has to be 24 hrs per day.

I just run some cheap plastic wire up one end of my run and put them in there with food and water till about 4:30pm then I lock our nest box so there is no access to it for anyone and let her back in with everybody else for the night. After 3 days they are over it. (I have the same mesh from bunnings over the top so there is no risk of her jumping over the fence though it's actually there to keep the goshawks and Hawks out of our suburban back yard as we have had attacks). They will pace and carry on trying to get to the nest box when let out for the first two days then settle down for the third.

This is my broody area

I actually think the being able to walk or pace around and roost at night makes more sense than putting them in a small cage where they are encouraged to sit like they would on a nest.

9 out of 10 times it takes 3 days, occasionally my silkie gets super determined but the longest even she took was a week.

 

[sjturner79]

I don't bother with any of those air flow or cold stuff tips. To break a broody all you need to do is keep her off the nest 24 hrs a day.

If you let her get on and then pull her off throughout the day it won't work.

If you let her sleep on the nest it won't work.

It has to be 24 hrs per day.

I just run some cheap plastic wire up one end of my run and put them in there with food and water till about 4:30pm then I lock our nest box so there is no access to it for anyone and let her back in with everybody else for the night. After 3 days they are over it. (I have the same mesh from bunnings over the top so there is no risk of her jumping over the fence though it's actually there to keep the goshawks and Hawks out of our suburban back yard as we have had attacks). They will pace and carry on trying to get to the nest box when let out for the first two days then settle down for the third.

This is my broody area

I actually think the being able to walk or pace around and roost at night makes more sense than putting them in a small cage where they are encouraged to sit like they would on a nest.

9 out of 10 times it takes 3 days, occasionally my silkie gets super determined but the longest even she took was a week.

Nice area but it would not work for my girls. If they can get a piece of ground then they just pancake there as a nest. I have an old shopping trolley I put them in overnight and just leave top off during the day so they can free range.

 

[LuckysMum]

Nice area but it would not work for my girls. If they can get a piece of ground then they just pancake there as a nest. I have an old shopping trolley I put them in overnight and just leave top off during the day so they can free range.

That's what I need I have 4 very determined broody's I have locked them out then they just plop down on any surface all bunched up together.