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[Thriftymom6]

My prayers are with you and your family!

 

[goatluver20]

Got two lavender orpingtons (Mr.Darcy and Elizabeth) and two chocolate orpington bantams (junior and midge). Will try to post pics soon!

 

[ChickCrazed]

Got my last run 90% complete and have approx. 90% of my skin left. $*(#*#& hardware cloth!!! It attacked my face at one point, I am going to get some strange looks at work on Monday. This is REALLY a job where you need at least 2 sets of hands. It is not perfect since I only had two hands, but it is good enough and I think it will do the job of keeping predators out.



I still need to add a latch and handle to the door, bury the hardware cloth along the perimeter, assemble a jungle gym, and add shade cloth to part of the run and then cut the new pop door. Still sounds like an awful amount of work left!

I got the necropsy results back on my poor pullet. It was, as I suspected, Coccidosis and seemingly unrelated to Gregor's ailment. I'm still not sure why she got it at 14 weeks old, and the rest of the babies seem fine. I have been treating them just in case but now I'm going to be stressing about it. What are the early early signs? I can obviously recognize it when it is too late now but would like to be able to catch it earlier if it happens again.

Gregor is absolutely moving his feet and legs better and still seems to be eating ok but stopped drinking today. I am getting concerned about that. If he can make it to tomorrow my parents vet offered to try acupuncture on him for free as a guinea pig. I think anything is worth it at this point. It has been two weeks. If the acupuncture doesn't work I am getting ready to throw in the towel. At least then I can necropsy and get some answers. He is getting sick of being messed with, will not tolerate the sling any more (and it was helping him so much) and it is getting difficult to watch.

 

[kabhyper1]

Got my last run 90% complete and have approx. 90% of my skin left. $*(#*#& hardware cloth!!! It attacked my face at one point, I am going to get some strange looks at work on Monday. This is REALLY a job where you need at least 2 sets of hands. It is not perfect since I only had two hands, but it is good enough and I think it will do the job of keeping predators out.



I still need to add a latch and handle to the door, bury the hardware cloth along the perimeter, assemble a jungle gym, and add shade cloth to part of the run and then cut the new pop door. Still sounds like an awful amount of work left!

I got the necropsy results back on my poor pullet. It was, as I suspected, Coccidosis and seemingly unrelated to Gregor's ailment. I'm still not sure why she got it at 14 weeks old, and the rest of the babies seem fine. I have been treating them just in case but now I'm going to be stressing about it. What are the early early signs? I can obviously recognize it when it is too late now but would like to be able to catch it earlier if it happens again.

Gregor is absolutely moving his feet and legs better and still seems to be eating ok but stopped drinking today. I am getting concerned about that. If he can make it to tomorrow my parents vet offered to try acupuncture on him for free as a guinea pig. I think anything is worth it at this point. It has been two weeks. If the acupuncture doesn't work I am getting ready to throw in the towel. At least then I can necropsy and get some answers. He is getting sick of being messed with, will not tolerate the sling any more (and it was helping him so much) and it is getting difficult to watch.

There is nothing cloth about hardware cloth! I cut my face by my eye in four places this morning on that crap!

Im sorry about your hen. Im glad your roo is doing some better. I hope the drinking thing is just a glitch. Maybe give him some watermelon to get some fluids in him.
Your runs look great!

 

[flyladyrocks]

Got my last run 90% complete and have approx. 90% of my skin left. $*(#*#& hardware cloth!!! It attacked my face at one point, I am going to get some strange looks at work on Monday. This is REALLY a job where you need at least 2 sets of hands. It is not perfect since I only had two hands, but it is good enough and I think it will do the job of keeping predators out.



I still need to add a latch and handle to the door, bury the hardware cloth along the perimeter, assemble a jungle gym, and add shade cloth to part of the run and then cut the new pop door. Still sounds like an awful amount of work left!

I got the necropsy results back on my poor pullet. It was, as I suspected, Coccidosis and seemingly unrelated to Gregor's ailment. I'm still not sure why she got it at 14 weeks old, and the rest of the babies seem fine. I have been treating them just in case but now I'm going to be stressing about it. What are the early early signs? I can obviously recognize it when it is too late now but would like to be able to catch it earlier if it happens again.

Gregor is absolutely moving his feet and legs better and still seems to be eating ok but stopped drinking today. I am getting concerned about that. If he can make it to tomorrow my parents vet offered to try acupuncture on him for free as a guinea pig. I think anything is worth it at this point. It has been two weeks. If the acupuncture doesn't work I am getting ready to throw in the towel. At least then I can necropsy and get some answers. He is getting sick of being messed with,

The run looks great. We still want to come up and see your shed but at this point we probably won't be able to do it till the end of June. We are scrambling to get the girls set in their run and interim coop and get ready to go out of town.

I hope the acupuncture helps poor Gregor. sorry about the pullet with cocci, I'd be nervous too and welcome the responses to the early signs questions!

 

[flyladyrocks]

You know those crazy busy weeks when you don't have the time for extra crazy thrown in? Yeah, That was my week, Daily migraines extra emergencies (but not mine that are suddenly supposed to be mine?)

So here it is now on Friday and I have not written what I wanted to Monday!

I went to the council meeting for LPT Monday night. it was interesting and the vote on the chicken ordinance was postponed b/c one councilman had been gone on medical leave and was not up to speed, That was a good thing. She spoke and so did one of her neighbors and they both spoke very well. They said things that brought up valid points the council may not be considering. They were clear headed and to the point. Then the angry old man who hates chickens stood up and ranted for awhile - he was not recieved well. I had the feeling he is well known. The council's body language completely changed. Then later one of the council women, Linda talks to the ACC lady Barb and works it out so that LPT can keep her chicks til we get this figured out. The Twist? The angry old man who hates chickens is that council woman, Linda's, brother!

We came away really feeling like there is hope - this can be changed but support is needed. The councilman specifically said numbers of people make a difference. So Please try to make it tot he meeting on June 16 at 6:30 in the City of Lawrence Gov, building at 59th and Post. support LPT and other chicken lovers! Unfortunately we can't be there, we'll be out of town. But if you can go -You really could make a difference.

Then tuesday night I got a great Chicken Education form LPT my new chicken mentor! I went over to help her treat her birds for Poultry lice, I am so glad I went, made a new friend and I learned so much! I am such a tactile learner, I need to see and feel, so doing both really was a great experience,. Yeah, I probalby know moore about poultry lice than I ever wanted to know BUT I am no longer ignorant about it!

SO that was the part of the week that went as planned, it was downhill from there on, But the girls are in their interim playhouse coop. This is their second night and they put themselves to bed (but still whined and cried a little which was funny). I was really excited that they just seemed to know to go into the coop at dusk. They also got their first unplanned free range experience yesterday. That was fun. We have a fenced in yard, but those gals sure knew how to find the trouble spots quickly! Getting them back into the run after it had been moved was a giant game of chicken tag (3 humans vs. 6 chickens) but they all made it.

Lastly - a question: What do you have in your chicken first aid kit? We are goign out of town for a week, and I want to put together a first aid kit for the chicks, just in case, since someone else will be caring for them.

So far with help from LPT the list includes Blue Kote, Corrid, Antibiotics, Electrolytes (where do I get those?) and Poly Vi Sol without iron, Apple Cider Vinegar, anything you would add? Thanks for your input!

Have a great weekend all!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

You know those crazy busy weeks when you don't have the time for extra crazy thrown in? Yeah, That was my week, Daily migraines extra emergencies (but not mine that are suddenly supposed to be mine?)

So here it is now on Friday and I have not written what I wanted to Monday!

I went to the council meeting for LPT Monday night. it was interesting and the vote on the chicken ordinance was postponed b/c one councilman had been gone on medical leave and was not up to speed, That was a good thing. She spoke and so did one of her neighbors and they both spoke very well. They said things that brought up valid points the council may not be considering. They were clear headed and to the point. Then the angry old man who hates chickens stood up and ranted for awhile - he was not recieved well. I had the feeling he is well known. The council's body language completely changed. Then later one of the council women, Linda talks to the ACC lady Barb and works it out so that LPT can keep her chicks til we get this figured out. The Twist? The angry old man who hates chickens is that council woman, Linda's, brother!

We came away really feeling like there is hope - this can be changed but support is needed. The councilman specifically said numbers of people make a difference. So Please try to make it tot he meeting on June 16 at 6:30 in the City of Lawrence Gov, building at 59th and Post. support LPT and other chicken lovers! Unfortunately we can't be there, we'll be out of town. But if you can go -You really could make a difference.

Then tuesday night I got a great Chicken Education form LPT my new chicken mentor! I went over to help her treat her birds for Poultry lice, I am so glad I went, made a new friend and I learned so much! I am such a tactile learner, I need to see and feel, so doing both really was a great experience,. Yeah, I probalby know moore about poultry lice than I ever wanted to know BUT I am no longer ignorant about it!

SO that was the part of the week that went as planned, it was downhill from there on, But the girls are in their interim playhouse coop. This is their second night and they put themselves to bed (but still whined and cried a little which was funny). I was really excited that they just seemed to know to go into the coop at dusk. They also got their first unplanned free range experience yesterday. That was fun. We have a fenced in yard, but those gals sure knew how to find the trouble spots quickly! Getting them back into the run after it had been moved was a giant game of chicken tag (3 humans vs. 6 chickens) but they all made it.

Lastly - a question: What do you have in your chicken first aid kit? We are goign out of town for a week, and I want to put together a first aid kit for the chicks, just in case, since someone else will be caring for them.

So far with help from LPT the list includes Blue Kote, Corrid, Antibiotics, Electrolytes (where do I get those?) and Poly Vi Sol without iron, Apple Cider Vinegar, anything you would add? Thanks for your input!

Have a great weekend all!

You can get vitamins and electrolytes at farm stores such as TSC and Rural King. I believe Pipd on here has a whole article written up on here first aid kit.

 

[number9]

I have had a couple of eggs that have looked like this.

I am sorry that the yolk is broke but there is thick strings of white that almost look like it had started to cook in the shell. Looked pretty nasty but I didn't notice a smell. Any guesses what caused it?

Here is another weird egg that I got today when I collected eggs. I have never seen anything like it. It is from an EE and looks like it has been dipped in egg dye.

 

[Mother2Hens]

Got my last run 90% complete and have approx. 90% of my skin left. $*(#*#& hardware cloth!!! It attacked my face at one point, I am going to get some strange looks at work on Monday. This is REALLY a job where you need at least 2 sets of hands. It is not perfect since I only had two hands, but it is good enough and I think it will do the job of keeping predators out.



I still need to add a latch and handle to the door, bury the hardware cloth along the perimeter, assemble a jungle gym, and add shade cloth to part of the run and then cut the new pop door. Still sounds like an awful amount of work left!

I got the necropsy results back on my poor pullet. It was, as I suspected, Coccidosis and seemingly unrelated to Gregor's ailment. I'm still not sure why she got it at 14 weeks old, and the rest of the babies seem fine. I have been treating them just in case but now I'm going to be stressing about it. What are the early early signs? I can obviously recognize it when it is too late now but would like to be able to catch it earlier if it happens again.

Gregor is absolutely moving his feet and legs better and still seems to be eating ok but stopped drinking today. I am getting concerned about that. If he can make it to tomorrow my parents vet offered to try acupuncture on him for free as a guinea pig. I think anything is worth it at this point. It has been two weeks. If the acupuncture doesn't work I am getting ready to throw in the towel. At least then I can necropsy and get some answers. He is getting sick of being messed with, will not tolerate the sling any more (and it was helping him so much) and it is getting difficult to watch.

ChickCrazed ~Sorry about your pullet, but it's good you had the necropsy. Gregor is lucky to get such good care. I hope he pulls through.
Your run and pics you've posted before of your set-up looks fabulous! I want you to know that when you posted the first pics, probably two months ago, and you asked if anyone had ideas about how to keep chickens from being bored since yours are in pens (very nice ones!) while you're at work. At that time, I started collecting ideas, and I finally completed these suggestions:

 

[Mother2Hens]

Anyone in IN interested in adopting a month old mallard... Can't walk right and I don't have time to go or it the care it needs... She can't straighten her legs, looks like she may have been in egg too long before I helped her hatch.... Anyhow I hate to do away with her if there is someone with a big enough heart to adopt a special duck.... PlEase let me know if you are intersted I will deliver

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@leslea posted: Pull over and take the pics, hon. Please. The photos will come out better and you won't crash.

You and pginsber are correct-- I should not take photos while driving, but at least it was in the one lane closed section of I70 when we were at a standstill. I am smart about NOT texting, and I don't talk on the phone unless I really need to. Btw, leslea, good to see you back! I had just been thinking about PMing you to see if your allergies were keeping you down, and then I saw your posts.

Just wanted to pop in quick with a picture of my new momma. The chick standing in the feed bowl hatched last Sunday, the one peeking out from under her wing hatched sometime today. She is still sitting on 3 eggs. I am going to leave them until she kicks them out or gets off of the nest. Sorry for picture quality. Have a great weekend!!!!

@ barb s ~ Wow! That's quite a time difference in hatching. Congrats on your new little ones! I love to see the chicks peeking out from their mom. So cute! While I was in Indy, my kind DH let Bonbon and her chicks in when it rained. There are actually two of the light colored OEGB chicks. The Wheaton OEGB chick is pictured twice, and the Mille Fleur is resting. Mom is English Chocolate Orpington. All are bantams. (I'm "labeling" my breeds in case new members wonder about them).

Got two lavender orpingtons (Mr.Darcy and Elizabeth) and two chocolate orpington bantams (junior and midge). Will try to post pics soon!

goatluver ~ How exciting!! I love Orps! Can't wait to see your pictures.