*Buff Orpington Thread!*

[sphinxface]

She's moving around a bit today like she was yesterday, still lethargic but her comb isn't purple anymore. More egg white like poops, eating a tiny bit. Haven't seen her drink yet, I tried to trick her with meal worms in a bowl of water but she walked away from me. I'm gonna try to give her a warm bath. I don't have any Epsom salt though maybe I should go buy that first?

 

[Peanutsmomma]

I fortunately have a husband who dispatches our hens in a quick and painless way -for them, I get emotional. But sometimes it is better than letting them suffer. I am very sorry this is happening to you both.

You are fortunate! My husband works overseas and isn't home much to help with the girls although he loves them just as much as I do. You said a mouthful when you stated your husband dispatches your hens in a way that is quick and painless for them. That really is what it is all about, isn't it? I never discourage people from joining the world of chicken keeping but I do tell them it is a big commitment and you have to be prepared for dealing with difficult situations that you have no control over no matter how hard you try. Our chickens have brought us so much joy as well as so many opportunities to learn that I cannot imagine our lives without our sweet girls now. I do my best to remain positive in my attitude about everything in my life but when I see a 5 or 6 paragraph easy breezy article talking about how easy and simple it is to keep chickens and that they don't require any more care than a cat it makes me want to shake the person who wrote the article.

 

[Peanutsmomma]

She's moving around a bit today like she was yesterday, still lethargic but her comb isn't purple anymore. More egg white like poops, eating a tiny bit. Haven't seen her drink yet, I tried to trick her with meal worms in a bowl of water but she walked away from me. I'm gonna try to give her a warm bath. I don't have any Epsom salt though maybe I should go buy that first?

Great news about her comb and eating a bit! YAY! Maybe she is getting rid of that egg after all? Gosh, I hope so. Have you ever given her water in a syringe (without the needle of course

) or with an eyedropper? It couldn't hurt to put Epsom salt in her bath, several articles I read said to do that. Do you have access to an antibiotic you could give her?

Keep us posted!

 

[3goodeggs]

Does the infundibulum produce white even if the yolk does not make it into the tube?

 

[sphinxface]

Sorry I'm spamming this thread, I made a separate thread and didn't get much response. I like seeing all pics of the cute and happy buffs

 

[sphinxface]

I have some powdered oxytetraxycline, I was gonna give it to them as a preventive thing once but couldn't figure out the dosage ;P Im still not sure if they need it but they HAVE all been sneezing with no runny noses, I can't tell if the cotton wood is affecting them or the dust or if it's more...

 

[Peanutsmomma]

Does the infundibulum produce white even if the yolk does not make it into the tube?

I don't know, that is a good question. In the case with our girl who passed, her poops never consisted of anything that looked like a white, they were just watery with chunks of golden yellow solids. Now after she died she released a lot of whitish fluid from her vent but it was very thin, it almost looked like thinned out milk.

 

[sphinxface]

It's hard to tell exactly what happens, we aren't always there to see what has actually made its way out of her. We haven't collected her egg in a month or so now, but sometimes we see the yolk stuck to the other eggs from our other hens. I've seen her eat them before, and I have found the shells that are super thin and almost rubbery... That's why I think the egg is just broken inside her?

 

[sphinxface]

When we first moved her home and she was stressed she laid a shell-less egg.. Does that put a lot of stess on their system?

 

[3goodeggs]

Stress does stop the shell production,But it resolves itself rather quickly. She might just have faulty plumbing and does not produce enough.
This is a hard call.

I wish someone else who knows more would see this and chime in.