Heritage Large Fowl - Phase II

[3riverschick]

Oh Bellingham, WA is rejoicing tonight! Yeah Seahawks!!

 

[Arielle]

Quote: THe value of an apple a day . . . . for us humans. lol

 

[hellbender]

Oh Bellingham, WA is rejoicing tonight! Yeah Seahawks!!

Drat! This will be the images seen in 'Seahawk Country' That thing had to go...it was driving me nuts!!!

 

[brahmabreeder]

Nutrical is great stuff and is relatively inexpensive. Good thing to have on hand for all species.

I'll look into getting it.

Did you do a necropsy, at least a home one to find out what was ailing him?
Some of his symptoms sounded like gout. Do you feed layer feed to your whole flock?
Postmortem for visceral gout - shrunken breast muscle, chalky white crystals on liver and in kidneys, either both kidneys will be shriveled or one shriveled and one pale and swollen.
At the same time you can check him for worms.

Well, if I can find the cards for the lady who did the NPIP testing( said she was a state vet ) I'll call her to see if I can send him anywhere. I just decided to keep him outside in the coop since it's below freezing.
I was feeding layer feed. Then advised to switch to something else so now they get Game bird conditioner. He was on the layer for like three months.

 

[bnjrob]

Here's link for you state diagnostic testing lab. One thing I read sounded like you needed a vet to refer your dead bird to the lab but they may take submissions for necropsy and testing directly from the public, our state lab does, so call them and check it out.

http://www.ohioagriculture.gov/divs/ai/addl/addltests.aspx

 

[brahmabreeder]

Thanks.

 

[brahmabreeder]

I think I'll just do the at home version.

 

[Arielle]

I think I'll just do the at home version.

Having done a few in college, you need to know what normal looks like, and how to interpret what you see if it is not normal. GO thru organ by organ and write notes, or better, take a picture. Good luck.

 

[NeilsHamburgs]

The best thing about poultry is they are a dime a dozen. If one dies it's not a big loss just pitch it and hatch another. A good neck ringing will fix a sick bird . No sense in trying to waste time or money in trying to figure out what happened to it unless it's happening to several.

 

[call ducks]

The best thing about poultry is they are a dime a dozen. If one dies it's not a big loss just pitch it and hatch another. A good neck ringing will fix a sick bird . No sense in trying to waste time or money in trying to figure out what happened to it unless it's happening to several.

They are most certanly not a dime a dozen. A very good example of a {production or show} bird is very hard to come by.

I do agree on how to fix the sick bird though...