yeah but my area is cooler than the previous 2 days
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jenniferlamar70
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Not ours. But it's supposed to start cooling down after friday hopefully...
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Not ours. But it's supposed to start cooling down after friday hopefully...
PROMISES!!! PROMISES!!! FROM THE WEATHERMAN!!! I'll believe the cooler temps when they actually go down!!! My breeder in NoCal can't ship my pullet order since June because the weather's been so bad in NoCal as well as us here in SoCal!!! Plus we're having fires pop up all over the area!
jenniferlamar70
Songster
The heat is just gawd awful!! Not good egg weather for sure. If the weather man is wrong this time I'm going to strangle him lol. Can't take this heat much longer..
I check on Wunderground.com for weather, wind, and rain predictions for our city. They are pretty good for one or two days in advance and sometimes their whole week's predictions are fairly accurate but even they've been wrong before -- especially about the rain forecasts. They're predicting a drop in temps next week but still not low enough for my chicken order to be shipped to me!
jenniferlamar70
Songster
What have you ordered? Are they fuzzy lol?
Hey folks! It's been a while since I've been on here, but you guys are my go to for help with understanding chicken ailments and necropsy language.
I found one of my EE dead in the run this past Friday. She didn't have any obvious signs of trauma or pests or the like, so I sent her to Davis on Monday. Here is the Preliminary Report from Davis. Please note: I did send her in partially frozen, which was my mistake. I didn't look for the instructions for submitting until after I put her in the freezer, argh! Rookie mistake. Also, in the process of boxing her up, one of her legs snapped
CASE SUMMARY:
8/3/2016: The cause of death could not be established on gross exam. This bird was in overly good nutritional condition and had
marked pulmonary edema and generalized pallor mostly in the heart. The right limb fracture is likely postmortem due to the
minimal surrounding hemorrhage and edema. Ancillary tests and microscopic examination are pending.
GROSS OBSERVATIONS:
Examined is the carcass of a female chicken in very good nutritional condition with severe autolysis. The chicken is frozen upon
submission, after thawing in lukewarm water, the necropsy is performed. There is severe freeze-thaw artifact. There are adipose
tissue stores throughout. The right limb at the distal tarsal metatarsus is completely mobile due to a complete fracture. There is
minimal edema and hemorrhage in the surrounding tissues. The bone marrow is red and unremarkable. There is some
generalized pallor. The heart is very pale, as well as the kidneys. The ova are active. The lungs are severely edematous.
...I think I only understand one word in three, but it sounds like something is awry with her heart and her lungs. They indicated that they swabbed those two organs and sent them for testing. Any assistance in understanding what this means or could mean and if I need to take any measures to keep my flock healthy would be greatly appreciated!!
Some back story:
This EE had issues this past February - she was going through her first real molt and slowed down a lot. She lost a lot of weight, and when I separated her from the flock, she ate and drank, but was just weak. After a week away from the flock, she was walking and cackling just like normal, so back she went into the flock. She started laying in March, and has really been my most consistent layer since. More recently: I am in Alameda, and like the rest of the state have been experiencing hotter than usual temps, which for us is 85 or so. Everyone had access to shade and extra water. The rest of the flock appears to be completely fine.
I found one of my EE dead in the run this past Friday. She didn't have any obvious signs of trauma or pests or the like, so I sent her to Davis on Monday. Here is the Preliminary Report from Davis. Please note: I did send her in partially frozen, which was my mistake. I didn't look for the instructions for submitting until after I put her in the freezer, argh! Rookie mistake. Also, in the process of boxing her up, one of her legs snapped
CASE SUMMARY:
8/3/2016: The cause of death could not be established on gross exam. This bird was in overly good nutritional condition and had
marked pulmonary edema and generalized pallor mostly in the heart. The right limb fracture is likely postmortem due to the
minimal surrounding hemorrhage and edema. Ancillary tests and microscopic examination are pending.
GROSS OBSERVATIONS:
Examined is the carcass of a female chicken in very good nutritional condition with severe autolysis. The chicken is frozen upon
submission, after thawing in lukewarm water, the necropsy is performed. There is severe freeze-thaw artifact. There are adipose
tissue stores throughout. The right limb at the distal tarsal metatarsus is completely mobile due to a complete fracture. There is
minimal edema and hemorrhage in the surrounding tissues. The bone marrow is red and unremarkable. There is some
generalized pallor. The heart is very pale, as well as the kidneys. The ova are active. The lungs are severely edematous.
...I think I only understand one word in three, but it sounds like something is awry with her heart and her lungs. They indicated that they swabbed those two organs and sent them for testing. Any assistance in understanding what this means or could mean and if I need to take any measures to keep my flock healthy would be greatly appreciated!!
Some back story:
This EE had issues this past February - she was going through her first real molt and slowed down a lot. She lost a lot of weight, and when I separated her from the flock, she ate and drank, but was just weak. After a week away from the flock, she was walking and cackling just like normal, so back she went into the flock. She started laying in March, and has really been my most consistent layer since. More recently: I am in Alameda, and like the rest of the state have been experiencing hotter than usual temps, which for us is 85 or so. Everyone had access to shade and extra water. The rest of the flock appears to be completely fine.
MamaPenguin
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I have a buff cochin cockerel - he's approximately 6 months old and when I bought him I thought he was a pullet. He is very sweet but I can't have a rooster where I currently live and I want to make sure he goes to a good home who will love him as much as I do, if not more. I live in the Bay Area - Newark/Fremont. Please message me if you are interested
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Oh he's adorable!
Isn't Dyann (@Chooklet) the cochin queen? Though hers are bantamsI have a buff cochin cockerel - he's approximately 6 months old and when I bought him I thought he was a pullet. He is very sweet but I can't have a rooster where I currently live and I want to make sure he goes to a good home who will love him as much as I do, if not more. I live in the Bay Area - Newark/Fremont. Please message me if you are interested
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