Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

Terramycin antibiotic ointment in the eyes, once a day for seven days. This and including meloxicam for swelling was the vet plan last July when she had a bad flare up and one eyelid was swelling too, the vet thought that and the flare up was due to dust irritation and then particulate matter caught in there. No swelling this time, and I’m not sure of the cause for the flare-up, it’s not real dusty in their run or coop.

I did just one apparently pretty bubbly eye the first day, then her other eye was really foamy the next day, so I’m doing both eyes.

Chickens are so hard to diagnose for causes... they are smaller animals & don't have a dog/cat physiology so symptoms are not easy to pinpoint to a cause. Sometimes it can be an allergy, diet deficiency, sensitive chronic condition, latent internal condition, etc. So, sometimes all we can do is treat a symptom without ever knowing why. Sometimes tests can reveal problems... but at best it's a guessing game for us w/o a vet's assistance.

Sometimes even if we know the problem we still can't do anything if it's arthritis, tumor, cancer or reproductive issues~ Like Ponypoor says... all we can do sometimes is pain mgmt.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

I would not put any in water, because it is made for direct dose, nobody else is apparently sick and doesn’t need it at this point, and if the others get just a little bit and not the right dose, enough to really do a microbe in, that can contribute to resistance developing.

I don’t think it’s critical. Bob and RC know more than I do, but I think general consistency is the goal so I wouldn’t worry. Are we taking about half a day later or a few hours? Can it at least be done in the morning at some point?

It’s not like fooling with some kind of intravenous medicine which might need more precision. These oral medicines are made to be effective within some tolerance levels, as every individual animal / human is a bit different in how fast one might digest and metabolize something.

If it were me, knowing a future dose is going to be a few hours late I’d push back the current dose time by an hour or two, and then do the aberrant dose, and stick with that new time after that. But I think your own school schedule might make that difficult? So just do that one also at 7am, unless you can do it a bit later, and do the Saturday and Sunday doses at times as close to that hour or the new hour, and try to keep it relatively consistent. Just don’t wildly bop around with the dosing times all willy-nilly.

My unprofessional two cents…

It’ll be a few hours. Early afternoon, is my guess.
I could give it to her around 11am tomorrow, since I have been skipping my third block to go work on the chicken coop and play with the chickens. I’m not sure about tomorrow though, since the ag teacher whose class I’ve been going to won’t be there. I can ask the teacher whose class I should be in though, and if I have permission and just tell the sub, I should be fine.
I really appreciate the advice from you and everyone else

 

[rural mouse]

Just got about babies that moved out update.

No other roos hiding in the group. None laying yet, but the dog

(the red one sleeping with a 13 week old Sherlock) likes to run through the greater flock of chickens. The babies follow him right on through.

 

[RoyalChick]

Thank you! I’ll see what other people have to say, but reading what you’ve said, and most of the article, I will most likely finish the dosage. Should I put some in the water so that everyone else gets a little bit?

She took it pretty well this morning. I gave her 1ml.

No. Give to the one you are treating only. If you need to treat others then you can treat them individually too.

 

[RoyalChick]

Alright, I’ll finish the course.
Does she need to get it around the same time every day? I gave it to her at 7am today, and I’ll do the same tomorrow, but I won’t be able to Saturday and Sunday. I’ll be able to give it to her if I tell my parents she needs it, but it won’t be early.

As close as you can but no need to sweat that too much.

 

[RoyalChick]

1. Crowing. He will settle down eventually. Sounds like he's currently going through the obsession with his own voice or uncertain of his status with the ladies so constantly reminding them that he exists.

2. He's been a "mama's boy". Mama is usually either the 1st to accept or the last to accept the attentions of her male offspring. If mama flips the switch and drives the babies away, then the last is likely. If she goes gradually/babies leave her, then she's likely first to accept and unlikely to thump unless he gets egregious.

3. Sylvie. Squawk loud and run is one option hens can use. The squawk is a call for help from another rooster (her own or any other male willing to run interference). Some hens aren't as willing to physically thump. Hens willing to thump may respond to the call, they may not, and it frequently depends upon the call itself. If she will dodge around one of the intimidating ladies, they should take advantage of him being oblivious to them and thump him on the way by. As he fills out, he's going to find it more difficult to catch her. Her agility will help and he's going to find courtship will go a long way toward keeping her from bolting. Most of the violent stuff is already past. It's why he's afraid of them. They should be able to give him a hard look and get results at this point.

4. Piglet. She's learning where is safe and will learn to navigate. He will catch her sometimes too. The feather and straw is his attempts to help her nest build. The rooster tidbit call is similar to but not identical to mama calling babies. Once she's more accepting of him, you should see him in nest boxes...or tucked into unlikely locations (not on his feet) making similar sounds. He's suggesting places to lay to her.

Your ladies are having to learn how to respond to a rooster just as he's having to learn how to behave with them. Instincts are helping and hormones are hindering.

Thank you!

 

[RoyalChick]

Sigh... I miss her a little more than usual today.

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Gone much, much too soon

So lovely.
Sorry.