Cochin Thread!!!

[wildwoodcochins]

I love this picture I took yesterday. Looks like he's saying
"I am lion, hear me roar!"

Awesome picture Nancy~

 

[Sanna]

I love this picture I took yesterday. Looks like he's saying
"I am lion, hear me roar!"

That's great!

 

[Sanna]

Can you guys help me with my partridge pullet?
She developed this swollen eye a few days back. I posted on the emergencies forum. Someone suggested flushing the eye with one cup of water boiled with a teaspoon of salt to clean out whatever might have been in her eye. Did that. Nothing happened. Eye still looks the same.

I have no idea what happened to this girl.I went out one morning and found her like this. I couldn't find any sign of injury in or around the eye.
Should I be worried? Can this be a disease of some sort or she really just got something in her eye and it's taking forever for it to heal?? I've never had experience with these sorts of things with chickens.

What is that little bit of pale yellow showing at the 'corner' of her eye? Borrom left..towards the beak?



Her good eye.

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

Can you guys help me with my partridge pullet?
She developed this swollen eye a few days back. I posted on the emergencies forum. Someone suggested flushing the eye with one cup of water boiled with a teaspoon of salt to clean out whatever might have been in her eye. Did that. Nothing happened. Eye still looks the same.

I have no idea what happened to this girl.I went out one morning and found her like this. I couldn't find any sign of injury in or around the eye.
Should I be worried? Can this be a disease of some sort or she really just got something in her eye and it's taking forever for it to heal?? I've never had experience with these sorts of things with chickens.

What is that little bit of pale yellow showing at the 'corner' of her eye? Borrom left..towards the beak?



Her good eye.

I would repost everything you did here on the BYC forum.
Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures

 

[Mr. Ree]

Can you guys help me with my partridge pullet?
She developed this swollen eye a few days back. I posted on the emergencies forum. Someone suggested flushing the eye with one cup of water boiled with a teaspoon of salt to clean out whatever might have been in her eye. Did that. Nothing happened. Eye still looks the same.

I have no idea what happened to this girl.I went out one morning and found her like this. I couldn't find any sign of injury in or around the eye.
Should I be worried? Can this be a disease of some sort or she really just got something in her eye and it's taking forever for it to heal?? I've never had experience with these sorts of things with chickens.

What is that little bit of pale yellow showing at the 'corner' of her eye? Borrom left..towards the beak?



Her good eye.

Looks like a sinus infection to me. Just treated a bird for one, and like yours it just appeared one day. She acted totally fine otherwise, but had this spot on her, just like your bird. It got massive before I got it taken care of. I also put her to herself, especially since she was penned with birds who shared a waterer, and didnt want it spread through my flock. Gave her antibiotics and cleaned it every other day with warm water, and flushed it with VetRX every day I cleaned it. In a little over a week, she was as good as new.

And, is it just me or is anyone else dealing with birds having the sneezes? I think the weather over the weekend really took a toll on my birds. It was in the 70's most of last week, and rainy and chilly over the weekend, back up near 80 for most of this week, and now I have a few birds sneezing. And it looks to be more of the chilly rainy weather for this weekend. I started giving everything I have some VetRX, and mixing V&E in the water hoping to snip it before it gets to something worse. And, has anyone else seen a spike in mites on their birds? I have noticed a few on the birds the past few days.

~Casey

 

[ki4got]

my first buff barred has just hatched!

also out are 1 partridge, 2 red, 4 silver laced!

for the rest...

pics to follow when they're all dry. (plus any slowpokes)

 

[Scifisarah]

I had the hatchery bantam cochins until just a week ago and never had a single sick bird in about 6 years. Are the ones bred for showing more prone to have problems? Can anyone refer me to a good source of information for what sorts of meds/supplies I should have on hand for treating my chickens for the most common ailments?

 

[Sanna]

Looks like a sinus infection to me. Just treated a bird for one, and like yours it just appeared one day. She acted totally fine otherwise, but had this spot on her, just like your bird. It got massive before I got it taken care of. I also put her to herself, especially since she was penned with birds who shared a waterer, and didnt want it spread through my flock. Gave her antibiotics and cleaned it every other day with warm water, and flushed it with VetRX every day I cleaned it. In a little over a week, she was as good as new.

~Casey

I'll give the VetRX a try. I'll find some antibiotics also to give to her, we should have some in the barn.
When you say you "flushed it with VetRX every day I cleaned it", you're not talking about the eye are you?

 

[Fancy Feathers]

Thanks guys

 

[jnmerwin]

I love this picture I took yesterday. Looks like he's saying
"I am lion, hear me roar!"

Love, love, love this pic!