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[SallyinIndiana]

I'd try sugar or honey too as they can be quick temporary energy boosters.

Then once she is more willing to eat, I'd up the protein as that is always a good thing. Personal suggestions include eggs, milk, ground beef, liver, cheese,....

As for the temperature, maybe a bath that starts off warm but gets cooler. I'm not sure how low to get her temp as too low and she'll be using energy to stay warm.
If its worms dish soap in the water. IF its mites or lice, frontline or anther bug spray. But something tells me you have all kinds of frontline available to you. I use 3 drops on a FULL size hen, 2 on a production red, 5-6 on a Full size rooster.

 

[Creekbank]

Hey Brad, I got my first egg from one of my Bielefelder hens this afternoon. They are 23 weeks old. The roo has had full crowing voice for about 3/4 weeks, and he was mounting the hens a couple weeks ago. Let's see how long before the second hen takes to lay.

Rex

 

[flyladyrocks]

This just occured to me: How about aspirin? It is a fever reducer. When I had a chicken with bad frostbite I gave aspirin. The Chicken Chick quotes "chicken health for dummies" as the dosage being five aspirins at 5 grains each ( which is 325 mg. Had to look that up!) In a gallon if water for 1-3 days. Hope she does better soon!

Editing to add- try putting fermented feed in blender, add some egg or liver. Make it as smooth and easy to digest as possible and even try feeding small amounts with a dropper if she does not have the desire or strength to eat. I have read on BYC where some people have even tube fed so you can search that. Sorry but I can't get links to insert correctly on my phone right now.

I need help from the masses. One of my Jubilee hens (a little over a year old) is lethargic, sleepy, not moving much, with a high fever (didn't use a thermometer, but her vent just about cooked my finger).  No discharges anywhere.  No comb discoloration.  No visible wounds.  Nothing in her crop, nothing I felt in her vent as far as my finger would go except a tiny amount of poop.

I've given her an injection of penicillin, a tepid bath, and am getting ready to give her some subcutaneous fluids.

Thoughts???  I noticed her acting "sleepy" yesterday, but it was nearly bedtime so I didn't think anything of it.  Today she had her eyes closed right through DH running the rototiller and the rest of the flock in full freak-out mode, which is when I decided she needed to be brought inside.

All I can think of is symptomatic and supportive care at the moment.

TIA!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Anybody know of someone in northern Indiana southern Michigan with turkey poults? None of my feed stores are ordering any more or they only can order the meat birds. I'm wanting heritage breeds. But only a few so I can't meet the minimum order at any hatcheries I've seen.

Thanks!

@lilrider
Try Spring Valley Farm
5737 CR 43
Middlebury, IN

574-825-4209 X3

I don't know anything about them except that they are heritage breeds. I don't know their management/husbandry methods so I can't vouch for them. I think they are Amish so you'll have to leave a message and they'll return.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Just stopping in to say that I'm going to be away from the computer for at least a couple weeks. If anyone wants to reach me, I think I'll still be able to get personal messages.

 

[flyladyrocks]

@bradselig I can't stop looking at your cuckoo silkies! I want a couple so bad!!! We were getting 3 maybe 4 silkies. HA! We now have 5, a showgirl and a sizzle. And after seeing adult silkies in person DH spent as hour or more looking at silkies chicks online. So maybe we can sneak in some more next year. He really likes partridge as do I but since DD got to pick them out she did not pick partridge. I find cuckoo so irresistable! But @ellymayRans you are not far so be sure to keep me posted on those partridge!!

 

[bradselig]

Thanks. I did have a couple more but sadly lost them to coccidiosis. First time this year of having it and it was the first time this year I've used pine shavings. I've found the pelleted horse stall bedding to be amazing stuff! Anyways, I had a much better ratio from the hatch. Now I'm curious to see how this next hatch goes.

 

[bradselig]

@bradselig I can't stop looking at your cuckoo silkies! I want a couple so bad!!! We were getting 3 maybe 4 silkies. HA! We now have 5, a showgirl and a sizzle. And after seeing adult silkies in person DH spent as hour or more looking at silkies chicks online. So maybe we can sneak in some more next year. He really likes partridge as do I but since DD got to pick them out she did not pick partridge. I find cuckoo so irresistable! But @ellymayRans you are not far so be sure to keep me posted on those partridge!!

Haha. Thanks. I've always loved them, hatched some last year, and then let them go because I already had too many projects. I've really found out this year that if I keep mainly bantam breeds, it allows me to have more varieties and projects! Lol. Hopefully I'll be able to offer eggs/chicks later this year and definitely have some available next year.

 

[prairiegirl]

My newest goat and her mom. My DH likes her mom the best of all of our moms as she is still small. I'm still in awe that she was able to get pregnant. She's not even a year old now.

For those of you with milking goats or cows, how do you recommend straining the milk? I have been using a tea strainer but I just feel like the holes tiny as they are are too large. But coffee filters are too dense. I looked in RK and in TSC over the weekend for anything called milk filters or milk strainers. Both stores had nothing. lots of options for udder balm but no milking supplies, not even udder wipes. I've been using soapy water and baby wipes to wash the milking area but thought if there were actual udder wipes I would use those instead.

I milk a cow and have found it worth the money to purchase milk filters. I tried cheese cloth and coffee filters and found both materials to be more trouble than good. I get the smaller filters from Hoegger's Goat Supply. They fit right into a smaller stainless steel strainer I purchased at Walmart. The strainer fits well into a wide mouth mason jar. As for washing, I have a designated bucket that gets a good squirt of Dawn dish soap and a splash of bleach then filled with warm water. I have a stack of smaller towels that I use for washing and drying. I think Hoeggers carry some sort of wipes.
I've used this method for a few years and our milk test results always come back good.

If you would like to try the filters before purchasing, I'd be happy to send you a few.

 

[prairiegirl]

Just a quick note to say "Hi" from another Hoosier who happens to raise chickens......other farm animals.

These days our chickens are mostly a barnyard mix. We also have Muscovy ducks mainly for all the bugs they eat.
We added Bourbon Red turkeys about a year ago. Any advice on hatching turkey eggs would be appreciated.
We also have Dexter cattle and Katahdin sheep.

I've been trying to read the last few pages and look forward to reading more.