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[Akrnaf2]

@casportpony

Kathy, a friend of mine bought a ducking last week and it had a runny eye. The bought meds for it and that cleared up the eye however now it's enlarge and it has a cough wheezes.

This is the good one

This is the bad one

What else can they do or will eye get better. What to do for wheezing

It could be some Respiratory pathogen, Mycoplasma could be a good candidate.

He didn't quarantined it !?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

THIS is from a mess from a JUMBO Project egg hatch,, obviously IT DID NOT have correct weight loss

Had to wash the big wet chick with soap and water, and it made a mess all over the other eggs in his basket

This is why if you can incubate different size eggs separately DO IT!! I could not spare a few eggs for the sake of all the normal sized eggs.

Perhaps these eggs will get lucky as there are a few more to go.

 

[kwhites634]

@kwhites634 Good morning! So have you been hunting or fishing recently?
How is the worming going!

Hunting is history for the season; been fishing a couple times so far...not enough, though it's usually C&R for me.
Haven't started worming quite yet; waiting for the feeder to get empty in a couple days.

How's the ankle this morning?

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Any, day now. My broody hens eggs should hatch, and thing two and three.

 

[Pensmaster]

He didn't quarantined it !?

Yes he did and it still is. However it came home in the same box as others. That seem ok

 

[kwhites634]

Phil, even if you have to hog tie her and throw her in the trunk take her to the hospital. Head injuries are nothing to mess around with.

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Mornin' Chaos

 

[Sally Sunshine]

DAY 18!!! Lockdownnnnn!!!!

Anyone find out what I can do for a chick with scissor beak? Is it hereditary?

@Bejammie some will argue its genetic but some say in most cases its hatch issues and vitminerals, its best not to breed them!

Scissor beak or cross beak is caused when the top and bottom part of the beak don’t align correctly due to the growth plates in the chicken’s skull not closing at the same rate. This results in the beak growing at different angles which can make eating and drinking difficult for some birds. There is no real treatment for this disorder and it varies in severity. Birds that have a mild case don’t ever have any difficulty, their beak is just crossed and with a little special care they are able to get on just fine. In moderate to severe cases though, this disorder can be deadly because it prohibits the bird from eating or drinking.

In most cases, this defect is caused by the chick positioning herself incorrectly for hatching -- normally, one wing will shelter the head inside the shell, but if she doesn't have her wing over her head, the skull can malform, and it will reveal itself within the first few weeks as a cross beak or scissor beak as she begins to grow. This can also commonly be caused by various nutritional deficiencies, for instance, a lack of vitamin D, folic acid, biotin, methionine or calcium. An injury to or infection in the cere can cause the development of a crossed beak, too. Birds with liver disease may develop beak (and nail) overgrowth issues, as well, which can lead to crossed beaks. A crossed beak can be--but is not commonly--a genetic issue, even though it’s often mistaken for one. Consider that breeding birds kept together are likely on the same (nutritionally deficient) diet, and chicks hatched together in an inexpensive home incubator can experience the same incubation issues, so when these are the causes, you are likely to see several cases together. http://www.mypetchicken.com/backyard-chickens/chicken-help/Crossed-beak-overview-H254.aspx

HELPING THEM TO SURVIVE
1. It is possible to either file or cut the beak to help realign it and take off some of the growth. This is not a permanent fix but it helps. It has to be done every 4-6 weeks, and you have to use some caution when attempting this. I used a cordless Dremel to ever so gently shave/sculpt the beak. Remember, don’t go too fast because you don’t want to create more problems than you started with! Also, the Dremel can get very hot, so exercise caution and patience when trying this method. Paired with some of the ideas below though, their hen has a good chance of living a fairly normal life.

2. Make sure your chicken’s food and water dishes are wide and deep because chickens that have this disorder “scoop” their food and water into their mouth.

3. It helps to feed the chicken a pelleted form of feed instead of a crumble. For some reason that appears easier for the chicken to manage.

4. Moisten the feed so it is not so difficult for the chicken to “scoop” it into it’s mouth and they don’t have to chase it.

5. Feed the chicken separate from the rest of the flock because it takes them extra time to eat and prohibits the other chickens from pushing them away from the feeders.

http://ontheurbanfarm.blogspot.com/2012/10/cross-beaksplit-beak-not-hopeless.html

'Birdie braces' used to treat macaws with scissor beak by University of Queensland experts

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-...atton-treat-macaws-with-birdie-braces/5976648



CHICKEN CHICK CROSS BEAK INFO CLICK HERE

 

[Chaos18]

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Mornin' Chaos 

Howdy

 

[LittleLakePhil]

I just randomly candled egg number 8.....I have a blood ring....

 

[kwhites634]

Hey guys any suggestions for keeping the little buggers from wasting so much food by tossing and scratching,? I am about ready to try a mesh of some kind.

Also with 50+ in the brooder(actually 8.5x10 coop floor), is their an easy way to check for pasty butt? For some reason they won't stay still or even in the same area so I can get a look at them

No idea for the spilled feed. I thought I'd solved the same problem by going to a PVC gravity feeder, but they've started scattering feed again after several months.
Fortunately, it's easy to see poopy butts on red chickens. Then starts the problem of catching the little buggers, who ain't exactly what you'd call tame.