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

[Coram]

Yes! Pretty annoying. I'd just refer to the meat withholding and run with that.

 

[Henriettasmum]

I forgot to mention that last night. My vet said to treat for 5-7 days - I am also treating the whole flock and I can either throw out the eggs or cook them up to feed back to the birds. I have decided to cook them for the flock; but they mustn't be used for human consumption for two weeks after finishing on the antibiotics.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Love how it doesn't give a time period for withholding on the eggs. It's written like you could never eat the eggs from a treated bird, which I doubt.

It's no different to the doctor handing a read out on the possible side effects of any drug, it's to protect themselves from litigation. Have you ever read the possible side effects of panadol?
It's a personal decision , there is great concern surrounding the secondary effect of antibiotics in our food chain. From what I understand, Bactrim is the human equivalent of trimethoprim and is used in urinary tract infection. Very few bacterial respiratory pathogens respond to it so it is no longer the antibiotic of choice. Without blood tests the vets prescribe it as a broad spectrum antibiotic .
Most upper respiratory infections are caused by ' gram positive ' bacteria that respond best to penicillin erythromycin and doxycycline.
But as I said , it all comes down to personal choice, some people would prefer to cull any sick birds from their flock, others may prefer not to treat and then there are those chickens that are pets and just like any pet , the owner will do whatever it takes to make them well again.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I forgot to mention that last night. My vet said to treat for 5-7 days - I am also treating the whole flock and I can either throw out the eggs or cook them up to feed back to the birds. I have decided to cook them for the flock; but they mustn't be used for human consumption for two weeks after finishing on the antibiotics.

That's interesting, is your vet an avian vet ?

 

[LuckysMum]

Hi everyone. Just caught up on 100 odd posts. Its been cold in Perth too. Though not as cold as some of you are experiencing.
I got my first egg from Lucky yesterday she is nearly 7 months old. A nice little egg we found it in the run, we have beautiful nesting boxes but no it was the run, hoping in future she gets the idea.

I have just put 17 eggs in the incubator hope I have a good hatch rate this time.
My last hatch I got 5 out of 12, and it looks like 2 might be roos they have bigger combs than the others and they are bumping chests already at 3 weeks.

I had to give my silkie rooster away yesterday he was crowing constantly and we are only on 1/4 acre I didn't want to upset the neighbours. My granddaughters were sad but they came with me to his new home. It's an enormous coop so they were happy. They have kangaroos there too, so the girls got to hand feed them it took their mind of the giving up their silkie.

Fancy Maybe little George will get the idea when he sees the other roos at it, and not getting hit for their efforts. Just a thought.

Henriettasmum I’m glad you got the antibiotics in quick enough. Sad that you lost your Pekin daddy.

I hope everyone's flocks are all doing well now.
Have a great day.

 

[Teila]

Howdy folks

Had to work on site yesterday but today is my Friday as I have tomorrow off.

The plumbers are coming at 7am to fix the broken pipe somewhere in the middle of the back garden. The job requires a mini excavator and I figured it might be a bit noisy trying to work. I could have gone into the office but figured the excavator and plumbers are going to freak out the girls so they would probably appreciate having Mum around to tell them that all is OK; hold their wing etc

I am sure they will be fine once the plumbers have gone and they can free range on the newly dug up area … happy chickens!

appps I hope you get the door issue sorted soon. Yeah, lack of sunshine is a problem sometimes; the solar powered filter on the ponds is struggling to run the filter and aerate the water for the fishes. I am constantly moving it around the garden, trying to catch some sun.

Fizzybelle sorry to hear about you pox plight. Our new supply of meal worms arrived yesterday and as always, just in time, stocks were getting low and I am certain Dusty would not be impressed if we ran out.

I have toyed with farming my own but while I am definitely not rich, I am more time poor than dollar poor and really do not need the hassle of more critters to tend to

Coram sorry to read about your stable. Love all the pics! Yep, these feathered site inspectors of ours take their job very seriously

Good to see you again LuckysMum. Congrats on Lucky’s first egg and good luck with the hatch; looking forward to bubby pics

Sorry to read your little rooster had to be rehomed but it sounds like he has nice new digs.

No news of note from Bambrook Bantams and while someone has been scratching around in the nest boxes, tossing straw around the place etc, still no one squatting and no eggs.

 

[Fizzybelle]

Annie this is the pic of little George as a chick. His mum crushed him in the egg and at this stage it was touch and go because he hadn't yet absorbed the yolk. One night sitting in the egg cup under the heat lamp saw him come good. So he is a special boy, still happy to sit up on the dogs bed and steal their dinner, just don't think he's ever going to be a daddy.

Aww that's beautiful, what a little fighter he is. Definitely a very special boy

 

[Henriettasmum]

That's interesting, is your vet an avian vet ?

I really have no idea. The Vets clinic has a number of vets, is the only one for 75 kms so it's my only option. I am sure however that in a large rural area with chook farms and almost everyone having chooks, they must have some experience with birds. I shouldn't imagine there'd be too many vets in FNQ that are avian experts. But I do have to say, he fixed my birds who are all looking wonderful today.

 

[Henriettasmum]

It's no different to the doctor handing a read out on the possible side effects of any drug, it's to protect themselves from litigation. Have you ever read the possible side effects of panadol?
It's a personal decision , there is great concern surrounding the secondary effect of antibiotics in our food chain. From what I understand, Bactrim is the human equivalent of trimethoprim and is used in urinary tract infection. Very few bacterial respiratory pathogens respond to it so it is no longer the antibiotic of choice. Without blood tests the vets prescribe it as a broad spectrum antibiotic .
Most upper respiratory infections are caused by ' gram positive ' bacteria that respond best to penicillin erythromycin and doxycycline.
But as I said , it all comes down to personal choice, some people would prefer to cull any sick birds from their flock, others may prefer not to treat and then there are those chickens that are pets and just like any pet , the owner will do whatever it takes to make them well again.

The latter is my situation. They are my babies and if I can save them I will try anything. However, if the vet thought there was no chance of saving them I would have him put them out of their misery. Happy to say, they are all looking marvelous today.

 

[Fizzybelle]

Well, Annabelle's still in good spirits, belted out a seemingly never-ending egg song today after laying an egg (good sign she's till laying). Sounds slightly off though so she's on some oxymav as a preventative for infection. She's getting some more spots on the other side of her face. Apart from that though, all still good. Beatrice my D'Uccle wanted the nest my alpha hen Ada was on, and her princess like ways emboldened her to try and sit on the nest with Ada. The vacant nest box simply wouldn't do.

Teila, I've been reading the mealworm thread and it's fairly low maintenance, just some vege slices every couple of days, but it is easier just keeping a ready supply in the fridge you don't have to feed. I just have a hard time rationing them out, the girls would polish off a bag if you let them, hence why I think I might try farming the critters and see how it goes.

Actually, my girls have been going nuts over alfalfa lately, and mung beans, it's been cheap at the supermarket. Heh Agnes my silkie ended up with some alfalfa sprouts in her 'hair'.

Henriettasmum, that's great news your girls are improving! I know the feeling. Annabelle drives me nuts but as soon as something looks wrong, I'm a wreck and will do anything to help her. All of my chickens for that matter, their health and happiness is top priority.