Hardest decision ever :-( - UPDATE post 69!!!!!

[TheDuckCrew]

he is gonna be one HANDSOME boy!!

he's a lucky guy

 

[BarkerChickens]

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Swollen abdomen sounds like an internal layer. Speckedhen has a number of threads up on her experience with this (including treatment...which won't last forever). I am not sure Tylan will help with that, but Speckledhen did use some sort of antibiotic.

Technodoll!!! He is gorgeous!!! I am so glad he is doing better!

 

[technodoll]

Sunshine is molting like crazy, is this normal?

Shedding tons of little feathers and a few big ones.

I don't see that many new pin feathers coming in, either.

He needs to go back in the (cold!) coop on Thursday, I hope he'll be ok...

ps: he feels very light and never has a full crop, although he seems to be eating and pooping well... very strange.

He's not sick anymore though!

 

[Lunachick]

Great news on your bird technodoll! Sometimes it takes a while for those new feathers to come in. Make sure he gets extra protein - I gave my one hen extra meat scraps and other high protein goodies while she molted last winter. Her feathers came in fine and she didn't suffer too much.

 

[Sunny Side Up]

Speckledhen informed me that Tylan 50 is for respiratory infections, it wouldn't do much for my internal layer. I'm so glad it's doing so much for these 2 ailing birds, and for how much we've learned from your efforts.

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

Question, Nicky...

Did you give the Tylan-50 injectable solution orally? I have a roo that has had a snotty nose for weeks. He is eating and drinking but just can't seem to shake the snots. Doesn't smell like coryza. I brought him in today and gave him 1/2 cc of the injectable but gave it by mouth. I'm a nurse and I can inject it if necessary, but I HATE to give chickens injections. Don't mind giving them to people... Every time I've given them in the past it seems that I always aspirate blood and have to poke them again.

 

[BarkerChickens]

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Some molt more than others. I have 1 EE that I can hardly tell when she molts since it is sparse, but all of a sudden her feathering looks better. On the other end of the spectrum, I have a BR hen that goes naked minus a few flight feathers. She looks like a scrawny porcupine for a couple weeks. The pin feathers may take a few days to come back in, but you should start seeing them very soon. As for the weight, they usually lose weight when they molt. My Frenchie (the naked BR) gets to be skin and bones every year when she molts, but gains it back when her feathers all come. I'd suggest upping his protein. The extra protein will help with his feathering as well as increase his calories, both of which he could use! You may want to see about making an apron for him (like the ones for hens that get bare backs). If it is with fleece or something, it may help keep him warmer until he is done molting. Naked roo...roo with a hen's apron...either way, the other roos will still laugh at him.

(Just let him know that he'll get the last laugh when he is all feathered and gorgeous!

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[heritagebirds]

Happy to hear that sunshine is doing well!

 

[technodoll]

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The only Tylan the vet had available was water-soluble, so that's what I gave Sunshine and Rosie...

I let them drink as normal and in less than 24 hours the bronchitis had just dried up

Please let me know if it works for your roo!

 

[technodoll]

Thank you everyone for your kind words and congrats, it is heart-warming!!

Sunshine wouldn't touch anything other than his 20% protein crumbles while in the house but since he's been back in the coop with the flock this morning, he's been gobbling up treats like all the other birds so that's super good! Breakfasts are always served warm and contain lots of good protein

Just a bit worried about tonight since it's blistering cold... hope Sunshine cuddles with his mates under the heat lamp if he has any sense!