Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

[Tuxedoquailowner]

We have such a vibrant community here at BYC... tons of active friendly members. Of course, life gets busy, so I was thinking it would be fun to start a thread welcoming some of our peeps we haven't heard from in a while.

If that's you, come say hello and let us know what you've been up to.

(if that's not you, feel free to invite peeps you haven't seen in a while and say hi to those that post here)

Hey nifty-Chicken,I just logged back in after a couple years and saw your message from April of this year.. I ended up saving Freya (shockingly) with the good Lords help and all of the nice people on this byc website here but after she recovered ,we had to move due to a job change and I reached back out to the guy we bought them from and he took them all back as his personal egg layers.. got out of quail (so painful after mia passed) but ln late 2022 ended up getting in to chickens.. had 2 barred rock roos, 2 barred rock hens (one was a double yolker every day) ,and 2 rir hens and a black silkie whole absolutely stole my heart.. keep them amd loved them up until last yr and had horrible neighbors move all around us and brought drugs and crime and had to leave our new property.. sold them a coworker who loves chickens and sent them to a good home,when we had all of them none of them ever got sick thankfully, kept them outside ,used hardware cloth,each had their own perch and plastic nesting boxes full of sand and easily scooped everyday.. used hanging waterer and hanging feeder..but I kept my black silkie out of all the birds..shes become a member of the family.. loves watching TV, goes to town with us for grocery pickups in her own seatbelt (like what dogs use in cars),shes gently brushed daily with her cute 80's hairdo, and has supervised visits outside early in the mornings and late afternoons.. she is the only bird/pet we have at the moment and shes 2 1/2 yrs old and weights 3 1/2 lb.. shes never ever been sick,ever, but Wednesday (todays the 22 of june 2024), and she had a rattle when i picked her up to give her a daily once over..no other symptoms ,shes been happy as can be ,eating normally,just as active as ever but thursday she quit eating,seemed very thirsty,and mainly sat around like a loaf of bread and tail down.. not usual for my precious ellie.. so i have been researching nonstop after i noticed her breathing with her mouth open and came across the gapeworm thread.. so i immediately got her vetrx,garlic cloves,applecider vinegar,and gave her 4 small drops with a eye dropper of cattle pour on ivermectin on her neck and have monitored her closely.. i also gave her yogurt and raw honey mixed together 2x daily but no food intake but drinking water so far with a whole clove of garlic in the water plus some apple cider vinegar and honey mixed in it on top of vetrx in her nise as well her eating some of the vetrx liquid 2x daily plus a small amount of garlic water straight from the jar in her nose and mouth 2x daily.. no worms ever with this bird either..she is kept in a super clean environment with supervised play outside.. no frothy poops ever or bloody, no sickness ever..i watch her like a hawk.. but then I fed her some super steamed broccoli florets and she tore them up but then the runny watery poops started but some were a dark green..no coughing though on wed or thursday or fri.but she doesnt want to come out of her house to play.still no frothy eyes as of Friday ,so far no puffy eyes,no runny nose either(as of friday june 21,2024)..so i kept her bedding scooped out which ive used wood shavings the last 6 months..she doesnt have any signs of mites or swollen legs or protruding crop either.. so today,saturday june 22,2024, she shakes her head occasionally but eats the vetrx and garlic water mixture when im trying to get it in her nose, so dar shes drinking her fresh water with honey, garlic clove,a couple small drops of. Vetrx thats been slightly warmed mixed thoroughly plus the apple cider vinegar in it .still no food intake other than a 1/4. Tsp of honey&yogurt mix but she keeps her mouth closed unless i pick her up..then she rattles that you can hear and hold her moth open a bit..do you have any idea of what i need to give her ..shes never ever been sick and i cant part with my good girl..shes been taking her mixtures i mentioned like a champ and loves to sit on my lap andcuddle..i just cant lose my ellie..ive tried several vets in my state & they all simple refuse to work on her and tell me to cull her and get a new one or they dont know anything other than how to feed and water them so local vets are out of the question..hope things are great with your flock..any advice or tips with help.. thank you

 

[janiedoe]

Hi! It has been a busy spring this far. It's hot here in Nebraska already with lots of severe weather. I got a few handfuls of chicks from bomgaars this year, one of which turns out is not, in fact, a pullet (as indicated) but a roo. So I'm currently trying to figure out how,if I can, integrate him along with my flock that has a rooster.
My flock has dwindled to 4 hens(my elderly women been dropping like flies lol)and Jimmy the rooster. Adding 11 new hens and the one young rooster I expect won't be ideal. Although I've done it before, Jimmy has become quite the... Individual? And I don't think he'll be that inviting of said youngin.
Also had quite a few chicks die this yearnot the whole lot of them like last year, but enough that my vet had me take 3 of them to the university for necropsy. As I suspected, it was mereks and one oddly enough had a parasite infestation. So bleaching and almost 150yo hen house was interesting and apparently ineffective. Anyway, at 10-14 weeks, I'm hoping to be out of the woods so to speak.
BZck to the integration of the littles to the bigs.. they can all see each other in the hen house but have been separated. The littles have been going out the window to their yard for weeks now, returning to roost as expected. I've included a picture from today to see if anyone has suggestions. They seem to really want out to get the real free range experience, and it's normally how my flock exists.
Thanks for the email inviting me to check in. It's a great community and I love it here. I've learned so much. Have a great summer everyone!
Alex

Hi Alex. I want to wish you luck with your flock health, as well as integrating the younger flock into the older one.

 

[Cluckerdoodle]

Hi everyone.
Have not posted for a while. My flock of 8 was slowing down so I re-homed them to a homesteader back around Christmas. I was also recovering from surgery and didn't want to have to deal with the chickens in the winter.
Since then I have been raising 11 new chicks, a mixture of barred rock, rhode island reds, rhode island blues and one yellow legbar. They should begin laying in about a month or so. Looking forward to fresh eggs again!

 

[aquila]

Life has been busy, but I'm still around and keeping a flock of wyandottes, ameraucanas, wellsummers and black/barred barnyard mixes.

New chicks in the nest box always makes me want to come back here and post though!

 

[MrHache]

Hello everybody... Regards from Colombia.

I'm still here. I'm looking new place for me, my family and my chickens... Coming soon, news and new place.

 

[janiedoe]

Life has been busy, but I'm still around and keeping a flock of wyandottes, ameraucanas, wellsummers and black/barred barnyard mixes.

New chicks in the nest box always makes me want to come back here and post though!

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Congratulations! That's such a sweet picture. You should enter it in the POW.

 

[janiedoe]

Hello everybody... Regards from Colombia.

I'm still here. I'm looking new place for me, my family and my chickens... Coming soon, news and new place.

Good luck with your search for a new home!

 

[Selenity]

Thanks for the update!

It sounds like the Peacocks, Ducks and Geese are doing well!

I am looking forward to the pictures.

 

[I-Love-Pallets]

Hi, and thanks for reaching out. I haven’t been on in a while because I learned everything!

Seriously, though, I have just been so busy on our Homestead! Check out my YouTube channel @MadRiverHomestead.

Chickens, of course, were our first livestock, so I was spending a lot of time on this forum, and I really did learn so much.

Since starting with chickens, we have raised hogs, and last year we added Dairy goats to the Homestead. We kidded in the spring and since then we have added meat goats.

Last year I converted our 8 x 14 uncovered run to a 24 x 14 covered run. Now I am coming to the end of building a new coop. My first coop was made from pallets, so I have to stoop over to clean it. The new one, as you can see in the picture is a walk-in. I will post a video of the build once I am finished.

Thanks again for checking in!

 

[ronott1]

Hey nifty-Chicken,I just logged back in after a couple years and saw your message from April of this year.. I ended up saving Freya (shockingly) with the good Lords help and all of the nice people on this byc website here but after she recovered ,we had to move due to a job change and I reached back out to the guy we bought them from and he took them all back as his personal egg layers.. got out of quail (so painful after mia passed) but ln late 2022 ended up getting in to chickens.. had 2 barred rock roos, 2 barred rock hens (one was a double yolker every day) ,and 2 rir hens and a black silkie whole absolutely stole my heart.. keep them amd loved them up until last yr and had horrible neighbors move all around us and brought drugs and crime and had to leave our new property.. sold them a coworker who loves chickens and sent them to a good home,when we had all of them none of them ever got sick thankfully, kept them outside ,used hardware cloth,each had their own perch and plastic nesting boxes full of sand and easily scooped everyday.. used hanging waterer and hanging feeder..but I kept my black silkie out of all the birds..shes become a member of the family.. loves watching TV, goes to town with us for grocery pickups in her own seatbelt (like what dogs use in cars),shes gently brushed daily with her cute 80's hairdo, and has supervised visits outside early in the mornings and late afternoons.. she is the only bird/pet we have at the moment and shes 2 1/2 yrs old and weights 3 1/2 lb.. shes never ever been sick,ever, but Wednesday (todays the 22 of june 2024), and she had a rattle when i picked her up to give her a daily once over..no other symptoms ,shes been happy as can be ,eating normally,just as active as ever but thursday she quit eating,seemed very thirsty,and mainly sat around like a loaf of bread and tail down.. not usual for my precious ellie.. so i have been researching nonstop after i noticed her breathing with her mouth open and came across the gapeworm thread.. so i immediately got her vetrx,garlic cloves,applecider vinegar,and gave her 4 small drops with a eye dropper of cattle pour on ivermectin on her neck and have monitored her closely.. i also gave her yogurt and raw honey mixed together 2x daily but no food intake but drinking water so far with a whole clove of garlic in the water plus some apple cider vinegar and honey mixed in it on top of vetrx in her nise as well her eating some of the vetrx liquid 2x daily plus a small amount of garlic water straight from the jar in her nose and mouth 2x daily.. no worms ever with this bird either..she is kept in a super clean environment with supervised play outside.. no frothy poops ever or bloody, no sickness ever..i watch her like a hawk.. but then I fed her some super steamed broccoli florets and she tore them up but then the runny watery poops started but some were a dark green..no coughing though on wed or thursday or fri.but she doesnt want to come out of her house to play.still no frothy eyes as of Friday ,so far no puffy eyes,no runny nose either(as of friday june 21,2024)..so i kept her bedding scooped out which ive used wood shavings the last 6 months..she doesnt have any signs of mites or swollen legs or protruding crop either.. so today,saturday june 22,2024, she shakes her head occasionally but eats the vetrx and garlic water mixture when im trying to get it in her nose, so dar shes drinking her fresh water with honey, garlic clove,a couple small drops of. Vetrx thats been slightly warmed mixed thoroughly plus the apple cider vinegar in it .still no food intake other than a 1/4. Tsp of honey&yogurt mix but she keeps her mouth closed unless i pick her up..then she rattles that you can hear and hold her moth open a bit..do you have any idea of what i need to give her ..shes never ever been sick and i cant part with my good girl..shes been taking her mixtures i mentioned like a champ and loves to sit on my lap andcuddle..i just cant lose my ellie..ive tried several vets in my state & they all simple refuse to work on her and tell me to cull her and get a new one or they dont know anything other than how to feed and water them so local vets are out of the question..hope things are great with your flock..any advice or tips with help.. thank you

I am happy that you are back!

The could be many things causing the issues with Freya. Did you check to see if something is stuck in her throat?

I had one that had a fungal infection in the throat that cause rattling when breathing.

It would be a good idea to post a thread here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures.10/

Paste in what you posted here.

I hope she gets better!