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[HighNDryFarm]

I'm sure someone will have more helpful info up her soon for you Mrs Pam.
Ron must be snoozing lol

He's probably watching the Packers game but it's over GO PACK GO!

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Quote: Thanks Mike, I have some Duramycin-10 but I'm afraid she may need me to intervene more then an antibiotic....I'm wondering if it's egg related. I've never felt a chickens weight change so much.

 

[ronott1]

Looks like a nice Sunday for everyone. We changed the shavings (we use deep litter method), raked up feathers, hung feeders/waterers and thankfully my husband took over the building of the ladder roosts I wanted to build (nice to know that after 33 years, all I have to do is start the project and he'll take it from me for fear I'll cut a finger off

).

Sold 5 Polish, 4 young ones and 1 Adult Roo and on EE Roo today. Lots of running around catching all the chicks to let them choose and then one of my favorite WCB Polish roos went. Everyone was pretty traumatized after all the chasing but have settle in, some on the new roost. I picked up one of my Splash Polish to put her on the new roost and she felt like she weighed a ton! She's been molting along with everyone else and no ones laying so when she had a bit of poo on her last week and seemed quiet I just wrote it off as molt....but on examination I see she's got something going on. She full of something.......anyone have any experience with this? I noticed when I was cleaning the coop out that there was a runny poo. So, the only real symptoms are that she's really heavy compared to my other hens of the same age, lethargic, molting and loose stool. What should I do? Off to search but if anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate it. She's one of my favorites and makes beautiful girls for me.

I'm sure someone will have more helpful info up her soon for you Mrs Pam.
Ron must be snoozing lol

That is so funny!

I am kind of bummed. I just watched the Giants lose to the Cardinals

The weight gain is not common with bacterial infections so probably not anti biotics. Egg bound would not have poop--the egg stops it. It could be egg yolk peritinitis but it could be fatty liver or another metabolic problem.

I would separate her and give her vitamins, acv and yogurt. Try to keep her from jumping and etc. Fatty liver makes the liver fragile and they can hemorage.

 

[debs_flock]

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Naw, the issue is I get sick of the dry, brown fields. It would be nice if it greened up sooner. Although the rain, causing muddy dog feet is a pain.

Deb

 

[ronott1]

When does the rain usually start in this area? Like for a few days straight?
When does everything get green again?

November, December and January have the wettest averages. We go through years of drought and then years of flood. Last year was a low water year. This year could be another one. From my experience here, if it rains in October it usually winds up being a drought year. Just my little theory. Of course some times we have a lot of rain in March and they call it a March Miracle.

Normal rain patterns here are called Pacific Storms. They come down from the north and carry a lot of wind that swirls back to south winds and last up to three days. Once every couple of years the Pacific storm combines with a storm from Hawaii or the tropics. They call that a Pineapple express and we can get a lot of rain. The record was in the late 1800s. It rained for 50 days straight and pretty much wiped out Sacramento. If that happened again we would be in trouble. Luckily that is a 200 year storm or something like that.

Anderson will usually get a bit of snow in the winter, maybe a storm or two will leave snow. Every couple of years it will stick for a day. We haven't had snow stick in Woodland for ten Years.

When the snows start in the Mountains you should go up Dersche to 44 and go down Eskimo hill on innertubes.

Ron

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Quote: This seemed to happen within the last week. It feels more like her body is taunt and hard apposed to weight gain. I'll give a warm bath in the morning, the vitamins, acv and yogurt and see how she does. I'm having a hard time finding anything on sudden "heaviness"......had such a good day getting the coops all cleaned and winterized, selling some chickens and then this....just the way things seem to go. I forgot to say she is a year and 3 months and is a great layer. Been laying almost every day since January if any of this info helps.

 

[MonsterClucker]

Naw, the issue is I get sick of the dry, brown fields.  It would be nice if it greened up sooner.  Although the rain, causing muddy dog feet is a pain.

Deb

Oh yea, I'm with you on that! Seems like its always brown.
I have to get this irrigation working here for this lawn! The last people who lived here did not take care of it !
But I can't go 8 months without any green grass.

November, December and January have the wettest averages. We go through years of drought and then years of flood. Last year was a low water year. This year could be another one. From my experience here, if it rains in October it usually winds up being a drought year. Just my little theory. Of course some times we have a lot of rain in March and they call it a March Miracle.

Normal rain patterns here are called Pacific Storms. They come down from the north and carry a lot of wind that swirls back to south winds and last up to three days. Once every couple of years the Pacific storm combines with a storm from Hawaii or the tropics. They call that a Pineapple express and we can get a lot of rain. The record was in the late 1800s. It rained for 50 days straight and pretty much wiped out Sacramento. If that happened again we would be in trouble. Luckily that is a 200 year storm or something like that.

Anderson will usually get a bit of snow in the winter, maybe a storm or two will leave snow. Every couple of years it will stick for a day. We haven't had snow stick in Woodland for ten Years.

When the snows start in the Mountains you should go up Dersche to 44 and go down Eskimo hill on innertubes.

Ron

Well we have only 2 more weeks left to get by without it raining. I pray there isn't a drought.
Before I moved from Columbus Ohio, we were getting soo much rain! It's like the UK in Columbus. Always grey dreary skies! Rain and cold.
Hopefully I brought some of that rain with me! Lol

I wasn't really looking forward to cold snowy winters up here. But after that heat we just had, it will definitely be cool to go tubing in some snow! Thanks for the destination tip! I'm definitely gonna remember to hit that up!

What if we got a 50 Day storm?? That would be soo messed up!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Your not looking forward to the rains?
Wow I can't believe it snows that much were you are! What's the elevation where you live? Um in Anderson. I think we are somewhere around at about 800ft.
Does it snow in Anderson? This is my first year in NorCal so I'm a newbie with the weather out here.
I know your happy about your nest boxes!
I'm still trying to find a girlfriend for the isbar Roo. I'm waiting on a email from a lady I just bought some cream legbar juveniles from, she raises blue isbars and said she was gonna check her inventory and let me know if she has any juvie pullets! Hopefully she has one in there!
I do need to find out about how many miles you are from me to see when ill be able to swing that way.

2600 give or take. we can get as little as 8 up to 35 or 40" of snow in a year. we had close to 27 in one storm in december of 09 but that never happens...

 

[Hangtown Farms]

That is so funny!

I am kind of bummed. I just watched the Giants lose to the Cardinals

The weight gain is not common with bacterial infections so probably not anti biotics. Egg bound would not have poop--the egg stops it. It could be egg yolk peritinitis but it could be fatty liver or another metabolic problem.

I would separate her and give her vitamins, acv and yogurt. Try to keep her from jumping and etc. Fatty liver makes the liver fragile and they can hemorage.

Lol life long Cardinals fan here from the days of The Wizard of Oz , Vince Coleman and Jack Clark. should be a good series.

 

[ronott1]

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It was a very good game! Either one will be a good match up with the Tigers too!