Derperella, the (weird) Faverolles, & Friends

[artsyrobin]

thanks Nova, thats from a guinea keet painting i did-

As far as blind chicks go, what i do with mine is have them a buddy, then have them in their own pen, keep the food and water in the same place, once they know where it is kept they work things out- these are my blind or nearly blind silkies

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I just received my order of 24 Faverolles and am very excited to see them grow. I love the roo, Mr. Favor who was thrown into my Minorca mix last year and when the Minorca roo went rogue attacking everything in sight as an adolescent, including Mr Favor he went to someone who wanted a "Guard Rooster", he's a good one,
Mr. Favor took over and the hens just love him. The yard is so very much calmer. He is a love but fearful cause he had pasty butt as a babe and I always had to clear his bottom and being the only in a group of flighty birds, it's only natural he would be more so than usual.

Now with my new order I have conjunctivitis and pasty butt on most of the 24 chicks. I'm ironing their feathers out of their eyes w/ emu oil and trimming the feathers from their vents and applying pain relieving neosporin. They seem well otherwise and recover quickly after this treatment. The eye problem and the butt problem seem to be from stray feathers, lol.
However there is one looks born w/o an eye and the other eye looked crusty so I soaked it like I did the gooey eyed ones and the eye bled and is a drying hole. I can't bring myself to kill it and thought it would die by natural causes, it found the water and then the food and seems now in one day to be understanding and fighting to live.
Could your group help me know if I should leave it to God or is it in pain and suffering and needing me to take it in my hands. I don't know how I can, I admire the lil thing so much for the determination and progress. I think it can smell me now and wants to come to me. All very odd and not what I would expect.
Any thoughts?

I have heard from many people not to use the ointment with pain reliever. Anything with -caine is not good for chickens.

 

[shadow rabbit10]

I have heard from many people not to use the ointment with pain reliever. Anything with -caine is not good for chickens.

I have also heard to avoid Neosporin with pain relief. It contains a dangerous drug. The normal kind is ok though.

 

[Pharm Girl]

I used to follow the thread of this little sweetie born with no eyes. There is a video in there somewhere. She died young, but seemed to have a good life with very special care...(sorry to hack your thread Nambroth)

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/520492/newly-hatched-chick-no-eyes-update-1-31-12-she-layed

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I have heard from many people not to use the ointment with pain reliever. Anything with -caine is not good for chickens.

I have also heard to avoid Neosporin with pain relief. It contains a dangerous drug. The normal kind is ok though.

It's only the -caine types that you have to steer clear of. I've read many accounts of the use of Neosporin plus pain relief without any ill effects, as long as the pain reliever was NOT a -caine type. The -caine types reportedly poison chickens and can apparently kill them pretty quickly (as is described here). I usually recommend being on the safe side and buying some without pain reliever just to have around, but in an emergency, use what you have around as long as you make sure it doesn't have the -caine type pain reliever.

 

[flynn]

Thank you. I hope I didn't overstep but I've been here so often and it just seemed natural to post here, since you were 1/2 of the inspiration for the herd of Favs. I hope you didn't mind.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I don't think anyone minds one bit, Flynn. It is the Derpish thread. It is a thread of peace, love, and staring at things. After all, we're all just going 'round the rooster here.

 

[flynn]

Thank you and thank you everyone. My ointment fortunately is the cheap one, I like zinc and this is zinc/ sulfur. I was hoping it wouldn't kill them because almost immediately the red butt gets more normal and not so enflamed. Now I can breath a sigh of relief.
When I got the chicks this time and last I added a dropper full of sublingual b vitamins and electrolytes. I think I can provide it what it needs for comfort...the chicks aren't picking on him much and if he is pecked he puts his head down and bulldogs through. So much spunk in something so pitiful. It has started using its wing to hold onto the waterer so he doesn't lose it. The food thing still seems accidental but the waterer, it knows right where it is.
Thanks again everyone for helping.

 

[artsyrobin]

Thank you and thank you everyone. My ointment fortunately is the cheap one, I like zinc and this is zinc/ sulfur. I was hoping it wouldn't kill them because almost immediately the red butt gets more normal and not so enflamed. Now I can breath a sigh of relief.
When I got the chicks this time and last I added a dropper full of sublingual b vitamins and electrolytes. I think I can provide it what it needs for comfort...the chicks aren't picking on him much and if he is pecked he puts his head down and bulldogs through. So much spunk in something so pitiful. It has started using its wing to hold onto the waterer so he doesn't lose it. The food thing still seems accidental but the waterer, it knows right where it is.
Thanks again everyone for helping.

they are very strong and she will adapt and work things out- after all, she will follow in the footsteps of Derp...

 

[Nambroth]

Flynn,

I wish you all the best with your eyeless chick! Raising it and giving it a good life will be no small challenge, but it can be done. You have to be willing to dedicate a lot of extra time and possibly resources to it, though. If you are unwilling, or unable, I suspect there might be someone out there that is near you that would be willing to take on a special challenge-- the reward would be, of course, probably a very sweet pet bird, though one that relies on its owner or 'chicken buddies' much more than usual.

If you do decide to keep the blind chick and raise it, might I suggest starting a new thread? Not because I think you are intruding here-- definitely not! But that way people can track the chick's progress and help you along the way... without it getting buried in our Derpiness over here. Perhaps that way you can connect and chat with other people who have kept blind chickens.