California - Northern

[Happy Chooks]

Cooper - must have been something really big that is dead for that many vultures to show up.

lawatt - awwww, cute kitty.

 

[chiqita]

Hello everyone,

I gave up yesterday and went to the vet with purples. She gave me stronger antibiotcs, and fluids ( I couldn't find saline anywhere) but was only moderatly hopeful. She is so thin I felt her trachia and thought it was a lump . The vet DID say this type of infection usualy happens because of something else happening first, and we have no idea what that might be.

SO I think she has not been eating for longer the I knew. I now get to try and stuff a pill down Purples once a day for 10 days, and after today no one else is in the hose. THATS gonna go well. I got a little gruel down her yesterday, and she either pooped on me this morning or sat on one of Snottys poops and shared it. Snotty is doing well, but Pretty still shows no interest in food or water. I just don't know if I can safely get enough down her. I'm really worried about getting it down her breathing tube, she struggles so.

We will see how the rest of the week goes.

 

[PetRock]

non-chicken news here -- i was ambushed at the feed store by another species:


meet Pearl, my new kitten -- HUGE purr machine

What a Cutie!!!

 

[MonsterClucker]

fingers crossed. where they coming from?

Thanks a lot. They are coming from SC. Longgg trip! Hopefully they will be here tomorrow safe and
healthy.

well I saw something new tonight a flock of vultures flying overhead.  I mean like 30-40 vultures.  I have never seen anything like that before, i mean 3-6 is normal but this was crazy!
Dude, it always comes in threes!
stoked for you man!

Thanks bro Im super stoked! Lol.
It's crazy the stuff that happens to chickens. It might have been a vulture picking off my meaties. I had 25 I'm down to 18 now. And the shredded one I saw yesterday was the first one u saw dead. So they are good at sneaking off with it.

non-chicken news here -- i was ambushed at the feed store by another species:


meet Pearl, my new kitten -- HUGE purr machine

U neeeed oner! I have been looking for a few kittens to come over here and kill some mice!

If anyone has any kittens they are rehoming let me know please.

Thanks
Have a good morning.

Mike

 

[MonsterClucker]

Hello everyone,

I gave up yesterday and went to the vet with purples. She gave me stronger antibiotcs, and fluids ( I couldn't find saline anywhere) but was only moderatly hopeful. She is so thin I felt her trachia and thought it was a lump . The vet DID say this  type of infection usualy happens because of something else happening first, and we have no idea what that might be.

SO I think she has not been eating for longer the I knew.  I now get to try and stuff a pill down Purples once a day for 10 days, and after today no one else is in the hose. THATS gonna go well. I got a little gruel down her yesterday, and she either pooped on me this morning or  sat on one of Snottys poops and shared it. Snotty is doing well,  but Pretty still shows no interest in food or water. I just don't know if I can safely get enough down her. I'm really worried about getting it down her breathing tube, she struggles so.

We will see how the rest of the week goes. 

I hope they start eating and get better.

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Quote: Thanks.....yesterday morning I noticed my old chicken "grandma" was missing.....I found piles of her feathers. Which means she either didn't make it to the coop the night before (one of the young cockerels was mounting her and she has been laying low) or the racoons are coming late morning or early evening! The tripped the trap, ate the food but got out. I think they're so big that the trap came down on it's tail and was able to back out. Haven't checked it this morning.

 

[capayvalleychick]

i was ambushed at the feed store by another species:

meet Pearl, my new kitten -- HUGE purr machine

Very cute! Watch out- kitties can be as addictive as chickens!

I gave up yesterday and went to the vet with purples.

Did the vet give you a diagnosis? Best wishes for her recovery, I know she means a lot to you.

I have been looking for a few kittens to come over here and kill some mice!
If anyone has any kittens they are rehoming let me know please.

The farms around here are always overrun with kittens. Next time Ron or someone heads that direction, I'm sure that I could find you one.
Congrats on your new birds, but am I the only one that thinks that's an awfully high price?!

Thanks.....yesterday morning I noticed my old chicken "grandma" was missing.....I found piles of her feathers.

I'm so sorry again, Pam. Is there anyone who could sit up at night and shoot that nasty creature?

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Quote: Well, we're hoping to trap them and then shoot them. I haven't been up to the barn to check this morning but I hope we can start trapping them. When I met one face to face two night ago I swear I could hear raccoon speak going on in the bushes so I know there's several!

 

[MonsterClucker]

@Capavalleychick The $175 was kind of steep but just to ship the was $115. The birds were themselves $65.
I wish I could have picked them up. But I've been looking everywhere for birds this age of this breed. So it was well worth it to me.

I should have them tomorrow so ill post up some pictures!

 

[ronott1]

Quote: Sound good. Mom always enjoys it when we visit her at Lake Mcumber.

Will we get to have the Dog catch them for us?