Consolidated Kansas

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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Hope your birds pull though. I left for work late around 7:45 and 59 was not plow yet.

 

[mikeksfarmer]

Thanks friends I was not jokeing. Mareks is a stress related issue. Seems they all can be carriers but when stress builds up they suffer. Your not loosing one bird but almost all! One angry neighbor could sprinkle rat bate out while your in town and every bird will suffer. First, those that are the most domonate they eat the most. Thats why I asked if you saw this in your ducks. They have more fat and poisens work less well when you have fat to put your toxins in. But betting ducks dont show Mareks. I would be cutting these dead birds open, I would also be looking at fresh poo. And listing every observation for others to help you with.
In short if all your birds are dieing you have been poisened!

 

[OzawkieBantams]

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Not really in a joking mood right now. I have a legit problem going here, and would like too resolve it before I continue on with comedy hour.

Avery,
I will get you a list after i am done with all my observations, been freezing my tail feathers off stareing at each bird in the coop.

I don't think he was joking......neighbors who are tired of crowing have been known to do some pretty low things to the birds.

Katy,
This maybe very true Mike and I talk for a couple hours a day about or birds. We joke with each other alot, and it is hard to read jokeing from sincarity from text. Mike is a very knowlegable person, and I enjoy our talks. The fact is is that the comment struck me at a bad time.

Mike,
Sorry

Avery,
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Radical head shaking, laying on their sides fluffed feathers, very lathargic. The silkies are shaking their head more then the others. I think that might be because they cant see, so I think i will be cutting their feathers so they can see better.

Mike,
As for the ducks I have a Runner duck that as you know, hasnt really moved alot in the last month. She has a specail spot she lays. She goes to drink and feed but lays down too do this. On warmer days she will get out of the pen two maybe three times a day, but always goes back to her spot within five minutes. I think she might have a hip issue or maybe like Arthritis.

 

[averytds]

My thoughts are environmental (ie. something they've eaten mold, poison) rather than Marek's. Unfortunately symptoms of many poultry diseases are the same.

One place I've found helpful, lot's of good pics, especially if you do a necropsy.....

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/6/Diseases_Of_Poultry

Some possibilities http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/6/diseases-of-poultry/215/aflatoxicosis and http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/6/diseases-of-poultry/187/botulism


If you haven't already, I would clean everything out and start them on some vitamins & electrolytes and some antibiotics while you work to sort things out. Those treatments are recommended for a lot of poultry ailments.

 

[OzawkieBantams]

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I am not so sure that this is the case. The reason I say this is, because for one if one roo crows you barely hear them. I know this, because i have been fifty feet from my house at a neighbors and could barely distinguish what the sound was.
Anyhow i am staying in the house for a while too research more.

 

[OzawkieBantams]

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I did change and clean out the coup two days ago. Its funny that you posted the other possibilaties and listed those two I had just looked at another site and was suspecting those two as well but wasnt too sure. And yes it seems that all alements seem to have the same symptoms for the most part.

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

 

[averytds]

Another nice little checklist http://www.welphatchery.com/poultry_health.asp


Yes trim, tape or clip, whatever to ensure the Silkies can see. Since you've cleaned everything, most things recoverable, treatment is usually vitamins/electrolytes and/or antibiotics. I would see to that straight off as it can't hurt and isn't costly. Powder packets from the feed store, should run you under $10.

 

[OzawkieBantams]

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I have some Vi-tal i will add to their water

 

[FondofChicks]

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I bought 3 of the white leghorn hybrids and got my first egg on the drive home. Very nice large eggs and I got 3 eggs usually 5 days a week, got 2 eggs on the other two days. If you wanting eggs you would be hard pressed to find better birds. If you want docile pets that happen to lay eggs you would want to look elsewhere. They are a bit noisy and don't want to be pets. They just want to be chickens. I have a small residential lot so I sold them for quieter birds that were more petlike. The leghorns did not object to being held but first you had to catch them and that was a challenge.

 

[Naughty]

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Did the JF county police get there quickly? Me living in the town where the police station is some times it takes 45 minutes for them to get to me.

It took over two hours for them to show up.

and really all they said was "What do you want us too do? Its a chicken"
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHGGGGG.
man this urks me. Btw they also shot a neighbors cat in the jaw most likly it will die.
the part that makes me the madest is when I walked to my door all I seen was a person in a black jacket pointing a gun what i thought was at me scared the hell out of me.

Next time don't report "they shot my chickens" - report that the kids were aiming a gun at you - and your hero chicken jumped in and took the bullet for you....

seriously - if they were aiming a gun - you could have been hurt - or a family member - they are a danger!