Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

Sounds like some improvement if she is drinking and eating more. Today is day 4 hoping for even more improvement. If indeed the toxins are the cause of the issues, then I am hoping the toxins can be cleared fast.

Charcoal may help and a few other natural things

 

[Marie2020]

Since I have removed one very bad neighbor from the list, my chooks have not been poisoned, taken away, or killed.
Poor little things have enough trouble with molting, not eating right, fleas and egg laying problems.

Good riddance to that bad neighbour

 

[Marie2020]

Mugs Monday:
Snicker decided she was game for a series of mug photos to showcase her comb(over).

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[Marie2020]

Phyllis has never been blown over by the wind. At least not that I've seen. She is very aerodynamic.

You should see princesses fluffy flying about in the wind

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

That one on the side looks like a Silkie to me.
Is it glass?

Not quite a silkie, but very silkiesqe. It is actually probably a cochin if I were to put a breed to it. Instead I think it favors my silkie mix Goose. It is not glass but a very hard plastic. I like how it is made. It is made in the style of the vintage refrigerator dishes.

 

[Marie2020]

Monday mug/wattle

 

[Ponypoor]

Adorable video followed by a adorable tax!
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Awww babies

 

[Ponypoor]

That is true. She does that. I think her large tail help to rotate her into the wind like a wind vane

Oh is that why Mr P isn’t facing the wind lately? Since he lost his tail feathers he seems rudderless….

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

I’ve already found people who want him . I mistakenly thought you were in Piedmonte, that would have been feasible. We’re two hours away from the colle della Maddalena and three from Saluzzo.

The hens are not red hybrids, that would have been very strange ! It's difficult to get accurate information from my 85 years old neighbour. He drives a long way to get them from a breeder in Gap and says they are sold as layers. They are just medium sized, sleek plain black and brown hens. Lulu is the pullet from the hatch who looks the most like them, but I think they don't have any white feathers.
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Well good that he is going to a good home! Darcy's mom is a Plymouth Rock and his dad is a Light Sussex rooster! You have some beautiful chickens!

 

[Ponypoor]

I think you did right. I have also not heard of Coccidiosis not responding at all to Corid after several days. And I think at the stage Anna is at she needs help quickly.

I have suspected Mycoplasma in my flock and read a bit about it at the time. I had one hen with bubbles in her eyes and four chickens with very swollen faces, and sneezes. I didn't treat any with antibiotics because their behaviour were otherwise completely normal. Just rinsed the eye and checked that they had no difficulty breathing. Those symptoms disappeared by themselves, but now I do have most of my birds sneezing a few times a day.

I suppose you know that the antibiotics treat the symptoms but do not eliminate the bacteria, that birds can be asymptomatic carriers, or develop symptoms that range from light to deadly, and that stress tend to make them develop symptoms.

I would personally not treat Ida with antibiotics just for sneezes, and keep the Baytril for when she really needs it. Enrofloxacin seems to be a very effective and wide range antibiotic. My view is that those must be used sparingly to preserve their efficiency. It's a personal choice. I think you can wait one day or two to see the evolution.

Not sure you see my post before you run to the store, but just in case, I would suggest getting also some powder. My chickens utterly hate the spray and it becomes more and more difficult to use it on them, whereas they don't mind the pyrethrum/ geraniol powder or the neem oil.
If you had tapeworms in your flock, you would know, believe me. They reproduce by shedding live segments through feces so it's not like roundworms, you can't have them without knowing, unless you never look at a fresh poop (after a while the segments move away).

Sorry for the yuck! A few Monday mugs.
Laure
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Pied beau
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Piou-piou
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Nieva (both a mug and a thirst pic!)
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One cannot get powdered stuff here, I am sure they only allow the horse spray here because the equine industry would have a hissy fit if people couldn’t put bug spray on Old Bessy,

I only use bug spray on the horses when I go riding so they do t shake their heads so much and fuss. It’s a waste to put it on them in the paddock they roll and it’s useless.

I haven’t had any issues with spraying them; I do under their wings, their vent and at the back of their necks, I also did Mr Ps head feathers they are just growing in from molting and I don’t see nits there but I didn’t want to take a chance.

No I have never seen any segments of tape worms in the chickens poop, it’s the one thing I look at every day with the horses, chooks and cat