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[Mojo Chick'n]

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They had a little of it, but got over it really quickly - Diva was ill for a couple of days, Rudy just a tiny bit snotty for a day - I figured it was dust and stress - didn't think anything about it until James got snotty, then the Jap got swollen sinuses. (I had Diva in the brooder cage in the banty pen, that is how the banty pen got any of it.)

I don't think they got it from your flock, and if yours is fine, then I wouldn't worry about it - I don't know where it came from, to be honest.

The jap reacted the worst to it, but it has been so dry, maybe it is just dust irritation, or maybe I got a mold problem that I can't see?

It seems like any of them that had snotty noses (beaks,

) got over it in a couple of days with just some vinegar or vitamins in the water. It has been so dry and dusty here, and the donkeys kick up a lot of dust when they run around out back.

The Jap was really healthy, then all of a sudden his sinuses just swelled up. He doesn't act sick other than that - he's eating, running around, drinking fine, just has swollen sinuses. That's why I think it looks worse than it probably is. But I've never seen sinuses that swollen, poor baby, so I sort of went into panic mode and gave them antibiotics right off after I saw him.

He seems to be doing ok, just swollen still. I don't know what it is, really - it's perplexing.

I do think that maybe since none of the bigger chickens have it, it must be something to do with the dust, or some such, because the banties are closer to the ground. (? just guessing ?)

You would think if it were something highly contageous then all of my chickens would have it, and not just some of them (not even all the banties have it, just a couple of them). Maybe it is something that one of the birds is a carrier for - shows no signs but infects everyone else?

Heck, I don't have a clue.

I'll go change out the water right now for them.

ETA I got mice really badly around here - would they make the chickens sick?

Be back in awhile -
Meri

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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The cochin roos (the bantams) don't crow a whole lot and aren't very loud when they do crow. Hoss crows the most of mine, and he only crows maybe three times a day. That is much less than most of the roos I've had here, and less than the oegb have done.

meri

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

Oh, ya know what else? Bruce mowed hay last Saturday and Sunday - and he's been raking and baling out there all week, too. That kicked up a lot of stuff - I wonder if chickens can get hay fever?

Meri

 

[shelleyd2008]

I don't think mice can make the chickens sick, but they do make a yummy treat!

It could also be that since the japs are younger, and that's why they got it worse than anyone? But I would think they would be just like us, some are more affected by dust and stuff.

I've been lucky so far, and the only thihg I think I've had problems with is cocci, but then again, if that were the case, I would have lost a lot more chickens than I have. I usually treat them with sulmet whenever I get new ones (especially from the sale) and when I put new babies outside. I haven't done that in a few months, and haven't had any problems.

 

[wyldehorses]

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I have to give Diva a bath. But I want to wait until she has had a little more time here - she got into something (no idea what or how) and it is on her shoulders, making her feathers stiff up there.

I'll have to find Sam's blow dryer if I do it, though, too cold out at night to just let her go back to the coop damp.

So, what is the count on chicks I'll be brooding, now?

When ya come by to drop them off, be sure to let me know which ones can find homes (or stay here) and which ones ya need back.
I think that Matt will probably like a variety, too, so maybe he'll take some of those, if you don't mind.

reminds me, I need to go turn eggs....

Meri

That stuff on the shoulders is the first sign that they are getting sick. They wipe their faces on their wings.

And I saw a post about mice carrying diseases. They do carry disease from pen to pen, and wild birds to domestic. That is why the NPIP program reqiures a method of rodent control. They can also carry other things (lice).

Yolonda

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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I have to give Diva a bath. But I want to wait until she has had a little more time here - she got into something (no idea what or how) and it is on her shoulders, making her feathers stiff up there.

I'll have to find Sam's blow dryer if I do it, though, too cold out at night to just let her go back to the coop damp.

So, what is the count on chicks I'll be brooding, now?

When ya come by to drop them off, be sure to let me know which ones can find homes (or stay here) and which ones ya need back.
I think that Matt will probably like a variety, too, so maybe he'll take some of those, if you don't mind.

reminds me, I need to go turn eggs....

Meri

That stuff on the shoulders is the first sign that they are getting sick. They wipe their faces on their wings.

And I saw a post about mice carrying diseases. They do carry disease from pen to pen, and wild birds to domestic. That is why the NPIP program reqiures a method of rodent control. They can also carry other things (lice).

Yolonda

Yep, after looking closer, it does look like dried snot. I'm treating the cochins, too, so it ought to clear anything up in there.

I believe it must be IB, and I need to research that a little more to see about the after effects - I'll have to make sure I let anyone know who gets the birds after me that they had it

No idea how it got into the flock - guess I'll have to stop getting strange birds, and just hatch my own from now on.

meri

 

[Andora]

Infectious Bronchitis. I thought my birds had this and I researched it. (Turned out to be infectious coryza though, with the swollen faces.) IB is treated with Tylan or Tetracycline and birds who survive are shedders for at least four months after they heal, meaning they can keep infecting other birds. Coryza leaves birds as shedders for life.

IB also can lower egg production, and those who were badly infected but survive might suffer damage to the reproductive tract and lay eggs with ridges on the shells.

Are you sure you didn't pick up birds from David in Richmond/Berea.
un un un He looooves to share his illnesses...(I'm just a little bitter.)

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Gosh Meri, I hope those cochins didn't come from there! I don't think we are close enough to get birds from Berea, but who knows with that sale. People buy the birds from one place one day, and sell them somewhere else the next, so who knows?
Remember I told you the guy had 3 pair that he had bought there at the sale? I bought one, then went to the consignment auction the next day in Liberty, and he was there with the other two lined up for the auction!

 

[kycowgirlchick]

Well I was a busy gal yesterday. I acquired a frizzle from a gal in Lexington and on my way home picked up a trio of Cochins.

 

[kycowgirlchick]

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Is your blue slate a hen or a tom? If it's a hen you wouldn't mind parting with it would ya?

I'm going to IN next month for a pair, but would really like a trio!

Shelley did you get a blue slate turkey? Here is mine and if you are still interested I may be looking to thin out my turkeys. I think I have 8 right now. Tooo many.