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[Acornewell]

Quote: OMG those are so neat! Great Job!

 

[PeacefulWalls]

In case anyone's interested, here's info for Goshen High School's musical. Performances are this weekend and next weekend. Our daughter is in the cast again, DH & DS both worked on set & I sewed a lot of the costumes this year. Should be another great show -- the music director puts out a top notch production every year. Tomorrow night is the parent preview performance -- can't wait!

 

[ellymayRans]

So I've had a RIR mix girl from NonNN breeding a few years ago and I noticed her having a awful looking bottom. Found it to be a prolapse vent! This is a new one for me. I separated her got the meds Friday night and started treating her. She's been spending most of her day in a small box and I've had her in the bathtub here and there to treat and make sure she's drinking some vitamin water. What a yucky thing to deal with! Unfortunately she continued to lay 2 eggs which didn't help matters. I've withdrawn feed since Saturday and finally today she passed a bowel movement without it reoccurring! I really hope she gets through this! Here's some pics of her this morning. I didn't take any of her prolapse although I realize I should have as it may have been useful for others. It was a bloody nasty mess.

It's not the best pic but you can see it's not protruding out!

I've had to put her back together multiple times a day. I started with a soak in the tub, cleaning her up with baby wash. Using non latex gloves and lots of hemroid cream I've tried doing my best at helping her. After last night and her constantly prolapsing I really have been questioning her recovery. Only time will tell.

 

[Indyshent]

One of our dark Brahma chickies died in the night. He'd had one of the worst cases of impacted vent I've ever seen, and while I've cleaned him out several times, I think it was more that he just didn't drink enough.

 

[ChickCrazed]

So I've had a RIR mix girl from NonNN breeding a few years ago and I noticed her having a awful looking bottom. Found it to be a prolapse vent! This is a new one for me. I separated her got the meds Friday night and started treating her. She's been spending most of her day in a small box and I've had her in the bathtub here and there to treat and make sure she's drinking some vitamin water. What a yucky thing to deal with! Unfortunately she continued to lay 2 eggs which didn't help matters. I've withdrawn feed since Saturday and finally today she passed a bowel movement without it reoccurring! I really hope she gets through this! Here's some pics of her this morning. I didn't take any of her prolapse although I realize I should have as it may have been useful for others. It was a bloody nasty mess.

It's not the best pic but you can see it's not protruding out!

I've had to put her back together multiple times a day. I started with a soak in the tub, cleaning her up with baby wash. Using non latex gloves and lots of hemroid cream I've tried doing my best at helping her. After last night and her constantly prolapsing I really have been questioning her recovery. Only time will tell.

I lost a hen to it last Summer. I don't think I caught Margo's in time. When I would push it back in she would immediately start trying to push it back out. After three days of fighting to keep the prolapse in (including diapers to try to hold it in) I let her go. She was one of my first girls and it was a tough loss. I also went through a bunch of hemeroid cream but I didn't see a difference when using it, maybe because I didn't catch it in time.

 

[flyladyrocks]

Really long day today. Mom spent all day at the ER in Anderson. Had severe pain in her abdomen, rushed her to the ER. Got her home around 9 tonight, has an infection going and possibly diverticulitis. We see her Dr tomorrow to find out more.
Still wondering if its not time to rethink things, against my family's wishes.

 

[flyladyrocks]

I was shopping in Shipshewana this past Friday and thought all the buggies lined up would make fun pics to share. I took these after I was shopping at that store -- E & S Sales. It started 2 expansions ago as a bulk food store and has grown considerably over the years. There's all sorts of grocery products, tons of different items in bulk, huge selections of cheeses (sold in small chunks and by the horns,too). I go about every 3 weeks in conjunction with my feed run to Honeyville Feed where I get my non-GMO feed. I believe @leahsmom gets her organic feed there too. When I was there they had run out of the chick starter that morning, but by the time I got there had already milled some more. Can't get much fresher than that!

 

[iamfivewire]

we have 2 EE chicks (2 days old) & some 6 week olds if anyone interested in any - can P.M. me if you are :

 

[SallyinIndiana]

here is a nice shed if someone is thinking of making a sectioned coop.
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grd/4924081329.html

 

[Leahs Mom]

@PeacefulWalls

I forgot folks don't get to see the Amish as much as we do!!! I think that should be a drawing point for the chickenfest.... Come to Amishland! Come on Friday and visit Amish attractions then stay overnight and go to chickenfest the next day