California - Northern

[zooweemama]

Hot hot hot! Yuck! Chickens still alive. Misters on, more fresh cool water. Even a bowl of it. Gonna put some cubes in it in a minute.

Have our first case of Bumblefoot? :| Poor chicken. When I get a few minutes to research some more (puppies are 24/7 dang!) I will do more than I did. We cleaned her foot with soap and water, patted dry then Vetericyn spray then a layer of bag balm (couldn't find the neospirin ahhh). It's on the back of the foot not bottom. I assume someone maybe pecked it?

 

[Chooklet]

Has anyone seen or heard from Paul Pleece (Paul's Rare Poultry) lately? I have been trying to reach him for the past three weeks to schedule some repair work that he owes me on a coop that he built for me with defective siding, but haven't received any response to my calls, emails, or texts (other than his "we will respond in a timely manner" auto-response). It has been three weeks now and I am starting to get worried that something might have happened to him. It looks like he has been "pinning" things on pinterest, but not sure if someone else is using his account to do that? Anyway, if you do see or hear from him please let me know!

 

[ronott1]

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It could be Mareks. She more likely hurt her leg. Check the foot for swelling.

The vaccine does not stop them from catching Mareks. It stops the cancer that will kill some of them later--9 months or so of age. Also, chicks that get the mareks vaccine will not pass it to non vaccinated chicks. The Vaccine often does not take either, so some re vaccinate later.

Keep her inside. If you need another brooder, you can pick up a large sterlite container and cut a square hole in the top for ventilation. I cover the hole with hardware cloth. With no symptoms, well other then odd poo, I would not treat her. Watch her--if she looks like Amy Beth's Orpington she may need corid, especially if they are around 10 weeks old.

Hoping for the best!

Ron

 

[lawatt]

Has anyone seen or heard from Paul Pleece (Paul's Rare Poultry) lately? I have been trying to reach him for the past three weeks to schedule some repair work that he owes me on a coop that he built for me with defective siding, but haven't received any response to my calls, emails, or texts (other than his "we will respond in a timely manner" auto-response). It has been three weeks now and I am starting to get worried that something might have happened to him. It looks like he has been "pinning" things on pinterest, but not sure if someone else is using his account to do that? Anyway, if you do see or hear from him please let me know!

i actually got an email from him today, after sending a query about his sussex chicks/pullets a couple of weeks ago. his email left a phone number & suggested i call... but i've since ordered from someone else.

laura

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Oh no! Amy Beth, you deserve a vacation!! *insert hula smiley here*

You sure are getting a crash course in Chicken 101.

The only thing I can tell you about Bumblefoot is that the infected area needs to be physically cleaned out. Birds to not create liquid pus like mammals, but something of the consistency of soft cheese. Infected wounds will not drain by themselves and sometimes require minor surgery. There is a great thread that comes up in a BYC search that shows how to do the procedure step by step. Don't know what happens to birds in the wild. Guess they don't make it.

Having a puppy is like having another child, isn't it? Luckily dogs grow faster!

Good luck to you!

 

[lawatt]

It could be Mareks. She more likely hurt her leg. Check the foot for swelling.

The vaccine does not stop them from catching Mareks. It stops the cancer that will kill some of them later--9 months or so of age. Also, chicks that get the mareks vaccine will not pass it to non vaccinated chicks. The Vaccine often does not take either, so some re vaccinate later.

Keep her inside. If you need another brooder, you can pick up a large sterlite container and cut a square hole in the top for ventilation. I cover the hole with hardware cloth. With no symptoms, well other then odd poo, I would not treat her. Watch her--if she looks like Amy Beth's Orpington she may need corid, especially if they are around 10 weeks old.

Hoping for the best!

Ron

thanks Ron -- her foot looks normal, from the best i can tell -- i'll just keep her indoors & keep an eye on her, hopefully she'll be back to her usual perky self quickly!

they've been eating medicated chick starter (from Western Farm Supply in Santa Rosa, they mix their own), but perhaps cocci can happen anyway? not sure...

thanks again for the help,
laura

 

[Chooklet]

i actually got an email from him today, after sending a query about his sussex chicks/pullets a couple of weeks ago. his email left a phone number & suggested i call... but i've since ordered from someone else.

laura

Well that is certainly interesting. Someone else mentioned that he responded quickly to a query about some hatching eggs as well. Hmmmm.....

 

[lawatt]

Well that is certainly interesting. Someone else mentioned that he responded quickly to a query about some hatching eggs as well. Hmmmm.....

for what it's worth, his response to me wasn't quick at all -- i originally sent the query on Aug 3, and he only responded today. perhaps he went on vacation?

 

[Happy Chooks]

Is it true that hatchery birds tend to be less broody? I have an EE (we love her quirkyness, but she's not the brightest bulb

) who will lay her lovely green egg and then continue to sit on it for several hours. Does that mean she might be broody-bound or just a victim of inertia? She started laying recently. If it's too hot or she's causing a nest box traffic jam, I'll throw her out in the yard and she stays there for the rest of the day. None of my other hatchery girls sit on the nest longer than necessary.

Other than my Production Red, which just went broody this year at 3 1/2 years old, my hatchery birds have not been broody at all. Your EE is just resting on the egg, no biggie and doesn't mean she'll go broody. I have a few that have done that too.

My English Orp is from breeder stock, and had plucked her belly clean early this spring. (definitely a sign of broody) I waited thinking she'd go broody but never did. With her extremely heavy feathering, I don't want her brooding in this heat. I so hope she gets her butt off the nest.

 

[lawatt]

It could be Mareks. She more likely hurt her leg. Check the foot for swelling.

The vaccine does not stop them from catching Mareks. It stops the cancer that will kill some of them later--9 months or so of age. Also, chicks that get the mareks vaccine will not pass it to non vaccinated chicks. The Vaccine often does not take either, so some re vaccinate later.

Keep her inside. If you need another brooder, you can pick up a large sterlite container and cut a square hole in the top for ventilation. I cover the hole with hardware cloth. With no symptoms, well other then odd poo, I would not treat her. Watch her--if she looks like Amy Beth's Orpington she may need corid, especially if they are around 10 weeks old.

Hoping for the best!

Ron

hmm, i just read back through the emails from when i got her, and she originally came from Ideal Poultry -- their website seems to be down, but i imagine they probably DO vaccinate for Marek's? so -- will just keep an eye on the poor quiet girl -- she's now standing but still verrrrry quiet/inactive, almost trance-like at times -- her eyes close, her head and wings drop for a minute or so, and then she "wakes up" and peeps a bit again, picks her head up, looks around... then eyes close & head droops again. very strange.

if anyone else has any ideas/suggestions to add, please let me know!