Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

A vet would need to prescribe and a pharmacy compound it.

I don't think there is much chance of that - I would have to find a truly avian vet who saw chickens - and I haven't found one of those yet.

 

[RoyalChick]

That's another reason to avoid galvanized nails, etc. Zinc poisoning.

Yes indeed. That is why I tried the chelating agent because of zinc.

 

[RoyalChick]

This is what I believe. It's taken a long time to get this run down. It's going to take a while to turn her back around.

I don't know how to do that multi-quote thing for you and @bgmathteach. Yes, it takes time, but I am not seeing any improvement yet.
She is still gaping and still coughing. The virus is supposed to go dormant on average in 2 weeks. I get an average is just an average but we are really pushing the bounds of the range.
Off out for the next feed. I got some fancy syringes from a squirrel rescue on line and they are easier to use. I am also looking for bigger tubes to see if I can get more nutrients into her on each feed.

 

[RoyalChick]

I wish there was something more I could do to help. Maybe you should try the colloidal silver and worry about other issues down the road. It is the only idea outside of supporting her that I have left.

It is arriving tomorrow. Do you have any clue how much to give?

 

[lightm]

Hello Bob. I am a forever lurker. You are a very good story teller. I am going to be very frugal on commenting or replying on this thread because I am currently at page 1960, and I don't want to give myself more to read.

Anyway, I just played this and my house chicken (injured, you may remember from Shad's thread) totally responded and made the same squeaky sound that Aurora did. It was interesting.

PS: I have calculated that I will be able to catch up in half a year (including the new ones of the half year) if I can read about 3.5 days worth of pages every day. Currently I am doing far better than this.

I ran into my first post today. This summer has not been going well for me and I hadn't been on BYC for a while, but I started doing catch up again 2 days ago and I think I am still scheduled to be all caught up in August.

Tax: Four new babies meeting the bigs.

 

[Ponypoor]

Lately he’s been “the bantam menace “ (StarWars spoof). Because he pecks my shoes.

I would groan at that one but as I am a star wars geek I will have to say I love it !!

 

[BY Bob]

I don't know how to do that multi-quote thing for you and @bgmathteach. Yes, it takes time, but I am not seeing any improvement yet.
She is still gaping and still coughing. The virus is supposed to go dormant on average in 2 weeks. I get an average is just an average but we are really pushing the bounds of the range.
Off out for the next feed. I got some fancy syringes from a squirrel rescue on line and they are easier to use. I am also looking for bigger tubes to see if I can get more nutrients into her on each feed.

Mrs BY Bob says you should move to multiple smaller syringes. You can squeeze them easier and they are not hard to swap out. That's what they do/did with neonatal babies.

 

[BY Bob]

It is arriving tomorrow. Do you have any clue how much to give?

I will call her tomorrow. I never thought to find out.

 

[BY Bob]

I ran into my first post today. This summer has not been going well for me and I hadn't been on BYC for a while, but I started doing catch up again 2 days ago and I think I am still scheduled to be all caught up in August.

Tax: Four new babies meeting the bigs.

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So nice to have you back. Take your time and enjoy the journey.

 

[RoyalChick]

Mrs BY Bob says you should move to multiple smaller syringes. You can squeeze them easier and they are not hard to swap out. That's what they do/did with neonatal babies.

I thought of that but weirdly they are too skinny for the tubing.
The syringe from the squirrel rescue is holding up so far. It is called an o-ring syringe. They sent me a pack of five.