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[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

That is one huge chicken!!!!!! WOW!!!! As for the BCM that's just the closest guess I have so far, I'm gonna wait till they get almost laying and and see what gives. The chick???? Well the more I think about it the more I am like you and think she has to be a mix and I wont know till she grows a bit. I think she is pretty tho. As long as she stays a she... lol The last Silkie egg finally hatched, its 6 days behind the others, do you think I will be able to slip it under one of the moms tonight? or will it be left behind/have trouble keeping up. Mom keeps the chicks pretty busy during the day always on the go someplace.

Haha, yeah, always better when they stay girls! Hope everything works out with her, and your Silkie baby as well.

I'm still pretty worried about her. Things are just not right. This chatty girl loves her food & is barely eating & very quiet. Poops today were runny. She drank on her own, but probably not enough. I have her separated but moved her box to the garage so she doesn't get a chill in our cool basement. I did a warm bath soak mid day before I moved her out. We've had a couple broody's & I'd give anything if that's all it was. Like I said, I'm worried. She doesn't look at death's door like some of the Cocci & Egg P[COLOR=020703]eritonitis [/COLOR]pics I've seen, but her behavior is all wrong. Here's a pic I took yesterday when I 1st noticed her behavior change. (She would normally be in my face begging for treats.)

Any change in her condition? I wish I could add more to the help you've gotten... She's a beautiful girl, and I'm pulling for her!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I don't remember if I mentioned it here, but I'm thinking I didn't... Anyway, when Frou-Frou passed away, my dad bought a rose bush for her and planted it by her grave. Well, to my surprise, it already has a bloom opening up on it! Just a little something to make me smile.

Her grave marker, which I'm also thinking I didn't post? It's one of those footprint stepping stone kits with her feet in it.

Along with the rose bush (which is directly behind where she was buried), I'm thinking of getting some annual flowers and flowering bushes to put around her as a memorial garden. I'm no gardener, but at least I can make it look kinda pretty.


Also, Crash duck says hi.

 

[browncow15]

I looked up several online, and just kinda winged it (ha ha) depending on what I had around.  I know we used the requisite dry red wine, probably a full cup (even a stale bottle is fine as long as it hasn't turned into vinegar), a can of chicken broth, a whole onion cut into quarters, some carrots, and I used an herb blend called herbs de Provence.  It has a lot of herbs in it, but I know rosemary and thyme are two of them.  Also salt and pepper to taste.  We cooked that mature rooster for 10 hours on low.  A younger one might only take 6-8 hours on low or about 4 on high, but I would not recommend cooking a mature rooster on high.  There is a lot of tough connective tissue to break down, and low and as slow as possible is the way to go!.  We flipped the whole bird over about halfway through. 

The leftovers make great "pulled chicken" sandwiches.  Just pull the remaining meat off the bones and mix with BBQ sauce of your choice!  Or you could make chicken and noodles with the leftovers.  He came out very moist and well flavored.

Enjoy!

Thanks! My roos were about a year old so we'll go with slow

 

[daskhan]

So as far as I know one of eight of my Araucanas hatched the other seven haven't so I'm not sure what to do... One will get lonely and it might be another week before more hatch.. The others are about ready to go outside any advice?

 

[Faraday40]

Cuddles update.
She pooped 3xs today - runny & greenish, no yellow today
* She seems to only poop when we take her out. We potty trained her not to poop when she's in our laps or in the house. (Basically if she starts to stand & wants to get down to the ground, we know she needs to get outside ASAP to poop.) I figured with everything going on, she'd simply poop in the box. Nope, she holds it until we put her outside on the ground. She then walked toward the backyard. Poor girl wanted to see her flock.

Got her to eat 2 TBSP yogurt & 1/2 scrambled egg
Corid in water (??? Just in case), but she's not drinking much. Wouldn't I see improvement w/in 24-48 hours if it were cocci?

Tested for egg bound & again nothing felt.
Gut toward back feels heavy.
Crop feels soft / empty, but I'm not sure what is should feel like since she's not eating.

Could it be sour crop? (without an odor)

 

[daskhan]

Try very small amount of laxitive

 

[Faraday40]

WORMS!

i saw a tiny something moving in the poop. Unless she happened to poop on a bug, it's worms. This is a good thing, right? (Meaning it's treatable.)

The poultry wormer I have on hand is "Strike III, Hygromycin B Medicated Feed" It's a pellet to add to the feed to de-worm the whole flock. Should I start there? Is there another product I can give for more immediate relief for Cuddles? (She's not been eating pellets since appetite is off. Only yogurt & tiny bit of egg.)

Would worms cause the yellow poop or could she also have another type of infection besides?

 

[chicknmania]

Strike 3 is good but more as a preventative. You can ask your vet for Safeguard suspension or some use Safeguard goat dewormer. I like Levamisole. Both are powerful broad spectrum dewormers and easy to use.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Is anyone going (or has anyone attended in the past) to the Lebanon show? *Really* tempted to make the drive up there and spend the day - maybe have DD drive down from Purdue and meet me. For those who've been - are there generally birds available for sale, thinking maybe there would be a lot of birds ready to be moved with it being so close to the lifting of the ban and a long summer with restricted sales.......

 

[Brat Flock]

Is anyone going (or has anyone attended in the past) to the Lebanon show?  *Really* tempted to make the drive up there and spend the day - maybe have DD drive down from Purdue and meet me.  For those who've been - are there generally birds available for sale, thinking maybe there would be a lot of birds ready to be moved with it being so close to the lifting of the ban and a long summer with restricted sales.......

I am interested as well. Would love to know details and what to expect at this type of event.