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[OR4-hmom]

Urgent help needed!!*********

Ok, Ruby, my RIR that I thought had a broken wing--- well, I took her out & unwrapped her because her legs still don't seem strong. She let both wings out with ease, but her right leg is pretty limp & when I try to put it under her she falls forward The other leg is fine. The right leg is flacid. I can't see any trauma or feel anything that doesn't feel right. I took her out & have her ina crate in the garage. She's been eating well, but what now??? How do I splint her leg the correct way?? She's so sweet. I want to help her!!

Wish I knew of something to help her out. Sending hugs your way since you are doing the best you can, those with more experience will chime in soon to try and help your Ruby.

 

[SilkieRose]

Wish I knew of something to help her out. Sending hugs your way since you are doing the best you can, those with more experience will chime in soon to try and help your Ruby.

Thanks I'm going to go try to splint it with the vet tape gauze I was using for her wing. I feel so sad for her!! Can I give a chicken anything for pain?? She's my crazy teenager, but she is just laying on me singing.

 

[ronott1]

Urgent help needed!!*********

Ok, Ruby, my RIR that I thought had a broken wing--- well, I took her out & unwrapped her because her legs still don't seem strong. She let both wings out with ease, but her right leg is pretty limp & when I try to put it under her she falls forward The other leg is fine. The right leg is flacid. I can't see any trauma or feel anything that doesn't feel right. I took her out & have her ina crate in the garage. She's been eating well, but what now??? How do I splint her leg the correct way?? She's so sweet. I want to help her!!

Look up initial mareks symptoms. It it is that, there is nothing to do and she should recover. Well you can give her vitamins and make sure she eats.

3% will die of cancer at about 2 years old. Most chickens catch mareks but most do not show symptoms.

 

[Miss Molly]

today I built a pallet coop for the teenagers. Started with a 6 x 2 bareroot tree pallet 70 bucks worth of stuff and there you go. I need to put a cap on the roof so a tarp for tonight. I moved the chicks I got from Candy plus the Emp's and crele pene's I hatched in the 5x3 grow up pen. The Black Penedesenca and the 3 crele roosters I got back from Deb out in the brooder and guess what a olive egger just hatched and 3 more zipping .. of course the darker empordanesa and penedesenca nothing yet as they take longer it seems so no more mixing them in the bator

Great Job Jason...love it

 

[SilkieRose]

Look up initial mareks symptoms. It it is that, there is nothing to do and she should recover. Well you can give her vitamins and make sure she eats.

3% will die of cancer at about 2 years old. Most chickens catch mareks but most do not show symptoms.

http://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource000791_Rep813.pdf

THIS IS TELLING ME TO CULL!!! But are you saying she will recover? The neural form sounds like her right now. Do I even splint the leg or just leave it? It doesn't feel broken. Do I let her just stay in the kennel in the garage & feed her a few x's /day? Will she die anyway? I'm so confused.

 

[Janeothejungle]

More coop progress!! The "Coop Stoop" (recycled brick and block patio) was put in this morning then various odds and ends. Got the rafters installed and half the roof base on, got the 'trap door' to chicken jail installed and the ladder installed. Front siding is on and part of the exterior nest boxes are done. Hope to play hooky one day this week to finish the roof and get the rest of the siding up! After that, it's all details.......








So close and yet so far to go..... doh.

 

[Ali707]

Ellie & Emma (hopefully not Emmet :S) Our beautifull off-colored Ameraucanas (to some EE's)



Bab's adorable fluffy butt! Light Brahma


Olive the olive egger


Scratchers the Golden Laced Wyandotte





more sprinkles

Wow! These are AWESOME Pictures. They were all awesome but I didn't want to make the repost so long

She looks kind of like she is saying, Enie Menie Miney Moe! Or.... It was right here next to this little flower..... or decisions decisions..... This one is great! Lots of options. Fuzzy cheeks is really cute too. Both fuzzy cheeks. (the one below too)

Nikon, I love your pictures so much! Is that your yard? It's so beautiful. You must be a wonderful gardener, too! And I'm totally jealous of your offer from Miss Molly.


Here are some of the chicks! I think 17 is going to be our number

. There are nine in the incubator still, but I'm pretty sure they are quitters.

Sticky - she zipped completely but then got stuck badly. Her head was glued to her body with her wing glued to her face. She seems to be doing great, though! I'm so glad.


One of our store bought egg babies. They're so cute and fluffy!


The yellow one is the first one I had to help (just zipped for her) and the other is our first hatcher.


Fuzzant - SO CUTE THE FLUFFY CHEEKS (Fuzzant is what Clementine called Pheasants when she was little. Mark named the chick that for obvious reasons.)


Lulu


I think these two are so pretty and interesting.


Here they are! Sweet babies. The silkies are in the tub to the left. I was going to take pictures of them but they went outside for the first time and are napping.

I really like those store bought chicks with the black spots.... do I see black spots on yours?

How did Sticky get so stuck? Maybe she will stick with you.....

My new chickens are so funny. I have tried to give them all sorts of treats....they don't like any of them! I have tried yogurt, BOSS, greens, popped popcorn, banana, fresh pumpkin....they kind of liked boiled egg but not super excited about it. Any other treats that may entice my girls?

I noticed that my chickens never really liked anything the first time I gave it to them. They looked at it like poison. But I tried several times and finally they would come around and devour most of the treats I tried. I just tried one for several days until they got used to it.

Urgent help needed!!*********

Ok, Ruby, my RIR that I thought had a broken wing--- well, I took her out & unwrapped her because her legs still don't seem strong. She let both wings out with ease, but her right leg is pretty limp & when I try to put it under her she falls forward The other leg is fine. The right leg is flacid. I can't see any trauma or feel anything that doesn't feel right. I took her out & have her ina crate in the garage. She's been eating well, but what now??? How do I splint her leg the correct way?? She's so sweet. I want to help her!!

Sorry I can't be of more help.

today I built a pallet coop for the teenagers.
Started with a 6 x 2 bareroot tree pallet
70 bucks worth of stuff and there you go. I need to put a cap on the roof so a tarp for tonight.
I moved the chicks I got from Candy plus the Emp's and crele pene's I hatched in the 5x3 grow up pen. The Black Penedesenca and the 3 crele roosters I got back from Deb out in the brooder and guess what a olive egger just hatched and 3 more zipping .. of course the darker empordanesa and penedesenca nothing yet as they take longer it seems so no more mixing them in the bator

Man I need someone who has a clue to help me do something for my chickens. I have a friend that asked me if I wanted 9 pallets. Is any kind of pallet good for building? Or are there some I should stay away from?

 

[ChickNmamma]

wow, so many chicks!!! such cuteness!! congratulations, jordan!!


and my goodness me: my broody Basque Eleanor is on day 14 of her nest (4 SFH eggs, one birchen marans, and two mutt eggs) and SPPR Frances that followed her is on day 6 (12 araucanas + one mutt), still both hunkered down & determined -- and now two ADDITIONAL girls (Daisy the australorp and Speedy the crested CL) have gone broody, the two of them both crammed into a single nestbox next to the other two, and sitting on two fake eggs between them.

my most immediate question here is, is there any worry with any of the broodies "stealing" the chicks from the first two once they hatch? i.e. if i start the new two on some eggs, will they stick with them or will they try to short-cut to being moms once the first two clutches hatch?

and the secondary question is, who has hatching eggs that's within an hour or so of sonoma county? i'd love to try some more dark-eggers, since only one birchen marans egg has survived my neighbor's caretaking while i was out of town -- but am not sure who besides Deann might be nearby enough to get eggs on a school afternoon/evening -- i've got classes/meetings til at least 3 or 4 every day this week except thursday, which limits how far i can drive, but i'd love to get some more interesting breeds to try under these girls, if i can. Deann, have you got any hatching eggs available? anyone else nearby to Petaluma-ish?

kind of going crazy with this bounty of broodies -- it MUST be springtime!!

Some will and some won't. My mother has OEG hens and her broodies will try and steal babies from the other hens, and abandon their own nests. I have not allowed my broodies to be together with other broodies for exactly that reason. Unless all the eggs are destined to hatch at the same time then sometimes they will share the chicks. Every bird is different - and there is no way of telling exactly what your birds will do. Some make great mommies, and some are awful mommies.

Just tonight I moved one broody hen because her daughter was determined to be broody too - and the daughter's eggs would be a week behind her mothers. I didn't want to allow the daughter to set the eggs and then abandon them a week early when her mom hatched out those chicks. I have seen huge fights with two mother hens over who's chicks they were and sometimes the babies were the ones that suffered the worst... I didn't want that happening.

 

[Miss Molly]

Haven't posted in a while but I thought I would update anyway TONS of fun stuff going on here. I found out I am intolerant of duck eggs. Traded my trio of Cayuga and my beige mutt duck for 3, seven month old hens (Silver wyandotte and 2 australorps), as well as 6 young pullets. One is a Swedish flower, the rest are Maran/EE/OE/Swedish flower mixes. I am now up to 23 birds. None have laid anything for 2 weeks now. One RIR laid about 10 eggs steady but quit, I got one egg from the Black sumatra, and my steady eddy blue girl quit as well. Not sure whats up because they are all fat and healthy, free ranging and enjoying life. Oh well We also have 10 new additions...Kids! We had 3 does kid this year. 3/23, 4/9 and 4/14. Triplets, Triplets and Quads! Our 3/23 group, all doelings Second group on 4/9, One doeling, 2 bucklings And today! Quads! 2 bucklings, 2 doelings. 3 very smooth kiddings and 10 very healthy kids! I hope everyone is having a great spring!

AWWWWW. So cute. I love watching them all play together..CONGRATULATIONS!

 

[MossyoakLane]

Man I need someone who has a clue to help me do something for my chickens. I have a friend that asked me if I wanted 9 pallets. Is any kind of pallet good for building? Or are there some I should stay away from?

I believe that some pallets are treated (let me know if I am wrong!). I think the treated ones are painted.....the plain wood, is just that....plain wood.


I was wrong, I just found this information! http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-determine-if-a-wood-pallet-is-safe-for-use/