Allsfairinloveandbugs
Free Ranging
Hi again @azygous. Want to let you know i have just completed re-reading both entire threads encompassing your ongoing ordeal. And also jotted down your stated medical notes. First the "Nanny Su-Su" thread, where you first posted on October 7 when you (at the time) believed that pullet Jules had "substained a serious leg injury." Before i go on, want to say again how wonderful that thread began, with all your delightful descriptions of chicken behaviors and the accompanying photos. Your commentary put a smile on my face today just as it did the first time, even tho you/i/we now know the detour that the initial thread would take. I had the idea to compile a sort of medical record of your observations, much as an actual veterinary record would appear. But with You doing all of the exams, treatments, & written records of course. I have written down, date by date, everything you medically reported, beginning with Jules' symptoms on October 7. (And also noted, same as a veterinary medical record would, that there is a history of lymphoid leucosis in your flock, but no other known chicken diseases). It appears that your pullet's medical records will encompass several pages! At least according to my hand-written hen scratch (harhar). I dont know if it would somehow be helpful to compose a complete concise record or not. But while its all still fresh in my mind, i noticed that the Only treatment you mentioned that seemed to show any obvious lasting improvement was the 5 day treatment of tylan. According to your observations, June seemed to completely recover (as of now). And May seemed to vastly improve during tylan treatment, then quickly took a nose dive immediately after tylan ceased. Also, May seemed to at least temporarily improve several times after you dosed her with nutri-drench. Again, I dont know if any of those observations are ultimately in any way helpful. But i also know that poultry veterinary medicine knowledge is generally way behind compared to companion animal veterinary knowledge. And your detailed observations, treatment and reporting are comparable to the best pet medical records i have ever seen. Whatever the eventual diagnosis & outcome for your pullets, these threads do tend to live on. So i hope your thread will somehow help those in the future faced with similiar symptoms. When i first decided to get chickens, it was Only to have fresh eggs. But then i quickly came to realize that chickens are intelligent, entertaining, & unique in their personalities, among many other special qualities. And anyone who believes otherwise simply isnt paying attention! So thank you again for going to such lengths to try and save "a few ten dollar chickens." And even more thanks for your honest though sometimes dis-heartening reporting. Its an on-going roller-coaster i know. For many of us, their little feathered lives hold comparable value to our also beloved dogs, cats, horses, goats, chinchillas, etc. etc. I hope that somehow May can be healed, & that all three pullets continue their happy lives with their nanny Su-su. Either way, you are providing a great service through this continuing thread. And btw, i still remain utterly fascinated by Su-su's surrogate broody behaviors. 
