Chicks treated for Cocci but have questions???

[mamayicken]

You did help and like I said I wanted your opinion and it helped. I read a lot of your answers on posts as well as others and you do have a lot of experience. Your experience and calmness is what I needed and it is what those of us new to this learn from. I admire that you are willing to be so generous and patient with teaching others because that can be a hard thing to do. I notice, because reading those posts, you have had to say the same things over and over like sexing stuff. Calling you my guru is what that means to me, an admired teacher. In my job I find that my experience helps people too. Thank you again, for your help and my girls (hope they are) thank you too.

 

[speckledhen]

Well, thank you, you're very sweet. It's just that someone got nasty with me once and called me a "self-proclaimed chicken guru", which, if you've read my posts, you know I would never say something like that; in fact, just the opposite, so I'm a bit sensitive to the word. Teacher, I'll take, though.

 

[mamayicken]

Amen sister! There was no sarcasm in it at all and I guess I sensed that from you. My best friend, the one who rushed to help me with my girls in this incident is a yoga teacher and tries to keep me in her "world" to offset the crazyness of my world in public safety! She is my guru in that way and i just told her that you were my chicken guru. It was a compliment and as a matter of fact the reason i do read your posts is because you do not act high and mighty but CONFIDENT! My friend said the same thing. And that comes from experience. You do not talk down to people and like I said, I have seen you have to repeat yourself with us newbies over and over. You are and continue to be an admired teacher and fellow chicken raising friend. I will chew up anyone who ever speaks to you that way! Sounds like jeolousy to me. I am a female in a male business, I know that when I see it.(I am a Lieutenant over all men firefighters so I deal with that as you can imagine.)

So I say "You go girl"

Sincerely,
Michelle

 

[speckledhen]

Thank you so much, Michelle, you're very kind. I used to know a woman firefighter named Trish way back when my sons were small-her son was the age of one of mine so we ran into each other as school functions quite a bit. She was a very petite and compact woman, but tough. I would have had complete confidence in her ability to do her job well.

Love your avatar picture. I really like them with uncut ears, though I've rolled my share of ears to train them to stand, post cropping surgery, when I was a child and my parents were raising them. Such great and noble dogs they are.

 

[Cetawin]

Michelle, glad you got some good advice and you couldn't have found a better person to get it from. She is my dear friend and her wisdom and experience has been a saving grace to me with my birds. She will tell you what she knows, what she has tried, what has worked and what will not work and unfortunately, she will also tell you when it is time to say goodbye and cull a bird. I trust her without question.

I jumped in here because I saw a word that strikes fear in my heart ... "mold". I learned a valuable lesson the worst possible way possible....birds died. I purchased a bag of feed that had been improperly stored apparently or was old...short on time, I just sat the bag into my feed can rather than empty it out into the can. The lower 1/4 - 1/3 of the bag was moldy. My birds had been eating it for a little over a week. Within 2 weeks of my discovering the mold, birds started dying. One little rooster hung on for almost 2 months before his organs and systems started failing. It was horrible. So...never trust the feed suppliers to properly store and rotate feed...be pro-active. Get a huge rubbermaid trash can with a good sealing lid and empty your feed into it...fill feeders from there. At the first sign of any changes in the feed inspect it immediately...look for clumping, green, black or fuzzy appearances. If you find mold or the begin stages of it...stop feeding it.

Welcome to the world of chickens and good luck with your babies.


PS: sometimes it helps to put something on the yogurt like some of their feed, a cut up grape works well too.

 

[Cetawin]

you do not act high and mighty but CONFIDENT!

And always tactful and direct.

I will chew up anyone who ever speaks to you that way! Sounds like jeolousy to me.

Only if there is anything left when I get done with them. I adore this woman...a finer person you will never meet. And she tolerates me, my antics and my spoiling and baking for her birds. hahahahaha

Sincerely,
Michelle

 

[mamayicken]

Thanks, his name is Barlee. He has had a rough life but is very sweet and a big baby, his ears suit his personalty.

 

[mamayicken]

To Cetawin,
Thank you sooo much for info on the mold. Even if it wasn't the immediate problem it would not have helped anybody and their bloody stool made me check everything which is a good thing. They r still doing well, no more blood and very active. My heart is resting at the moment but will always be diligent in with food etc. Thanks for your input, I have already learned u can't fully trust everyone that is only trying to make a buck.

I will keep on asking questions, learning and will do my best for my gals.

 

[speckledhen]

Cetawin is very knowledgeable as well. She will also give you excellent advice and is very trustworthy and willing to help at a moment's notice.

She won't pull any punches, which is a trait I very much appreciate!

 

[mamayicken]

Good to know, I will look to you both.