Coronation Sussex not thriving

[cherylcohen]

thanks for coaching me through that, I'll check her crop in a bit to see if there is something actually going in now!

 

[sonew123]

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howd it go??? if you notice the crop isnt getting full right off-wet some food for her to eat better for the first day or so.

 

[cherylcohen]

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howd it go??? if you notice the crop isnt getting full right off-wet some food for her to eat better for the first day or so.

Yep making mash now thanks

 

[sonew123]

hows it going???

 

[cherylcohen]

nothing really ne to report - it's still dark outside, I'll give them lots of special stuff this am and hope her crop is full soon

 

[Wynette]

Hey, Cheryl - how's your girl? Can you take an "after" pic of the trim job? I had a pullet with a horrible crossbeak...I took her to my avian vet every 6 weeks for a beak trim and the vet used a Dremel. Worked great. However, she was never able to get enough to eat, as much as I did for her (deep bowls, time alone with food, etc.) and she ended up passing. Your little one sure is cute, and it does appear that's a good amount that you can trim. I agree w/the others to not use her for breeding. I would also send some pics to the breeder so they know there may be an issue.

 

[cherylcohen]

I trimmed it using nail clipper and then filled a bit with nail file, I've been giving scrambled eggs yogurt and warm mash and she's got a nice full crop. I'll just keep that up and hopefully she can get back on track. I understand I should not use her in the breeding program though. Anyone want a sweet little one?

I've already sent the breeder pictures thanks...here she is now

 

[sonew123]

wow the beak looks 100% better!!! heres hoping it grows and catches up real quick to its brooder mates

 

[cherylcohen]

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thanks and thanks for the coaching efforts

 

[Resolution]

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She'll be fine and may end up being one of your best and longest living birds. In my opinion, what you may be dealing with here is a single bird that has accrued certain genes common to its wild junglefowl ancestor and that have been bred out of the other chicks of the same age and strain.
The beak is not the issue.
Separate her with one other bird preferably the largest and highest ranking in the group. Provide them with ameliorated nutrition.
A decent wild bird suet cake loaded with nuts and antioxidant rich fruit would be a start. Also, supplement the diet of these two birds with a high protein dry cat food- soak it and mix with turmeric and wild bird seed.

Keep them on this diet for three weeks. Rearrange the furniture in the original pen and place these two isolated birds back into the pen. The furniture needs to be rearranged or they'll be picked on.

Alternatively, you could supplement all of them with these two feedstuffs but you'll have to keep a close eye that the runt gets enough of it.

At the end of the day, the runt will live longer and be more productive than her pen mates. They may develop faster and even lay earlier but they will also begin to age faster and cease laying earlier than the runt.