EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[ChickenCanoe]

Hi Paddler!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Morning peoples.

@daxigait We only treated her a few days on antibiotics as she had gotten the runs terrible. But we kept up steroids and thiamin every 3 hrs for a week then every 4 hrs and kept decreasing. She was also dewormed etc.

Thanks for the info, I have all 3 types of the sulfa med, I'm pulling all kids as bottle kids next season so this will be perfect. What age do u start 3 weeks? I doubt if bottle kids will be here long but I will def be passing info to new families. Our protocol is at 3 weeks we do 7 days of oral dimeth and then every sunday thereafter. I think Jupiter wasnt getting enough every week for preventative. And she was weird, she would eat her medicated pellets that have

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Oops she wouldn't eat the med pellets like the other 2 kids I kept.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Oh and her eyes. While she was sick they jolted up and down up and down. I took videos it was weird she didnt have head thrown back it's like u said, tilted weird and couldn't walk well. She kept falling but she could get up. Thank God we only have a few and keep an eye on them!! The baby monitor alerted Husband in middle of night of her cry and her falls.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Story.... about 25 yards from the chicken coop in a pine tree we had, yet again, a nest of hawks. This summer I started to let the chickens free range back yard, out of their covered enclosure when fully feathered a bit. Anyways, you cannot beat having a goose as your herd and flock watcher. Gooserz is amazing. She is only loud when something bugs her or when she comes flying running to me when I go out. When the hawk babies flew the nest a few weeks ago, they didnt know where to go or what to do. So we had the 3 of them hanging out in all the dead ash trees around the back goat yard. Not once had they taken a chicken. I had no idea youngsters were so loud. Screeching back and forth, I could tell they were sure what's next. I dont know if the chickens will always be lucky but at least they survived the week of heavy investigation. The young rabbit litter in the front area weren't so lucky though. Stupid rabbits ate all my replanted hosta at side of house, kids broccoli and peppers now the pests are gone.

 

[daxigait]

Oops she wouldn't eat the med pellets like the other 2 kids I kept.

I start after colostrum as soon as they're getting regular milk since I pull my kids and bottle feed so I don't have to do the other. since I started doing that I haven't had issues with coccidia. if I have one on a doe which is rare or if I get a case I use the 40% injectable. it also helps that I start kidding in January and february, so before it gets real wet and nasty here my kids are bigger. I would rather have my heated room and have to keep them warm when necessary then have them small when the parasites come out followed by barber pole since we have real issues with that here.

 

[daxigait]

Oh and her eyes. While she was sick they jolted up and down up and down. I took videos it was weird she didnt have head thrown back it's like u said, tilted weird and couldn't walk well. She kept falling but she could get up. Thank God we only have a few and keep an eye on them!! The baby monitor alerted Husband in middle of night of her cry and her falls.

yes, the rapid eye movements are common with listeria. when I get it I treat with a large dose of Thiamine and some B complex plus penicillin like 5c or 6 cc's every 6 hours until the symptoms are gone for 24 hours (Thiamine and B given twice a day after the first dose or two). yes she had the same thing with couldn't get up rapid eye movements head tilt and not eating right. she did not do the stargazing or circling like others, but they don't have to do all the symptoms either. I have seen the circling and stargazing with both though stargazing to me is closer to polio. not that it matters if they recover quickly with Simon it's usually polio but like I was told by my vet you have to treat for both you don't have time to find the answers because they'll be dead before you had them.
your goats don't have any access to Corrid do they? that can be a big problem for goats.

 

[daxigait]

@Sally Sunshine My little guy with the ears you liked (my good buckling I bought) is a two year old now. It is hard to believe. Boon

 

[Sally Sunshine]

yes, the rapid eye movements are common with listeria. when I get it I treat with a large dose of Thiamine and some B complex plus penicillin like 5c or 6 cc's every 6 hours until the symptoms are gone for 24 hours (Thiamine and B given twice a day after the first dose or two). yes she had the same thing with couldn't get up rapid eye movements head tilt and not eating right. she did not do the stargazing or circling like others, but they don't have to do all the symptoms either. I have seen the circling and stargazing with both though stargazing to me is closer to polio. not that it matters if they recover quickly with Simon it's usually polio but like I was told by my vet you have to treat for both you don't have time to find the answers because they'll be dead before you had them.
your goats don't have any access to Corrid do they? that can be a big problem for goats.

No corrid for goats. It causes thiamin dif yes

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Handsome dude... wish u were close then I def wouldn't breed Jupiter with my ND bucks lol