"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[LindaB220]

Hello everyone, Happy Thanksgiving! Well chicken pox/fowl pox has found its way to one of my coops... What a nightmare!!!! Mine are not vaccinated, but vaccination is on its way. My favorite BLRW is severally infected. Now one of my Wheaten Marans has a bump, and one of my 6 week old Cornish chicks looks like his eye is swelling. NONE of these are in the same coops......OK, I feel better now....I vented, the last two weeks have been a nightmare with sun down early, and working till dark I've had a flashlight in hand and coop lights helping watch for any sick chicks. Its funny how when one is sick, you find something wrong with all of them.....Good news, no one else is showing signs of sickness. The wheaten hen, its really not noticeable unless I pick her up and look eye to eye with her, and the Buff Cornish, I am beginning to think it was a little dust in his eye. I gave them all antibiotics for a week and its not noticeable now. But my BLRW it looks bad. He is isolated and a very unhappy camper, his girlfriends are lost without him. The have become anti social, perching by themselves, and hiding in the back of the coop. Even when they are out, the two girls find a spot and perch by themselves. It makes you wonder about chickens and there ability to grieve or miss a flock member! But. there is no way I can let him go back right now, they would all pick on him, and if it is pox, he could spread it to everyone. It was just a slight eye discharge when I got to him, now his eye has swollen shut. I started him on Tylan, and Water Soluble Auromician.

Then Neville, the Jungle Fowl, decided to pick a fight with his roost mate, Blue, a many breed mongrel rooster, that's too pretty to cull. It must be in the air. All of my roosters are behaving except these two...And the Guinea's are egging them on squawking louder and louder until I break the two up. Then they settle down for a while. Nevil, Blue, Bertha, and Mutt all free roam at nigh an usually get along well. But now Nevil is hurt and in hiding and I cant get close enough to see how bad he is hurt.

I've got to stop incubating eggs, I've got 140 in the bator, and a dozen hatching every week until mid December and I think I am done for the year. Ill start back again in March or April. I love to see what they are going to look like, especially the project eggs. I took on several new breeds, Danish Brown Leghorns, Red Leghorn's, Black and Lavender Australorps, Rhodebars, Isbars, Legbars, and White Rocks. and I am adding a few new Wheaten and Splash Marans, Gold Laced Wyandotte, and Blue Laced Red Wyandotte to the flock.

I am not keeping them all of course, 1/2 already have homes, I already have too many, I counted 133 yesterday, that not including the 5 half breeds I keep around running lose.

That's about it on my end, so how's everyone else's coops?

Wow, Jennie, you really have it going on. So many different kinds. Maybe we can do a swap on eggs in the spring. I'll be have the Blosl Silver gene White Rocks. And also I have XW regular white rocks. Both great breeders. I'd be interested in your Lavender Australorps. We'll talk.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Hello everyone, Happy Thanksgiving! Well chicken pox/fowl pox has found its way to one of my coops... What a nightmare!!!! Mine are not vaccinated, but vaccination is on its way. My favorite BLRW is severally infected. Now one of my Wheaten Marans has a bump, and one of my 6 week old Cornish chicks looks like his eye is swelling. NONE of these are in the same coops......OK, I feel better now....I vented, the last two weeks have been a nightmare with sun down early, and working till dark I've had a flashlight in hand and coop lights helping watch for any sick chicks. Its funny how when one is sick, you find something wrong with all of them.....Good news, no one else is showing signs of sickness. The wheaten hen, its really not noticeable unless I pick her up and look eye to eye with her, and the Buff Cornish, I am beginning to think it was a little dust in his eye. I gave them all antibiotics for a week and its not noticeable now. But my BLRW it looks bad. He is isolated and a very unhappy camper, his girlfriends are lost without him. The have become anti social, perching by themselves, and hiding in the back of the coop. Even when they are out, the two girls find a spot and perch by themselves. It makes you wonder about chickens and there ability to grieve or miss a flock member! But. there is no way I can let him go back right now, they would all pick on him, and if it is pox, he could spread it to everyone. It was just a slight eye discharge when I got to him, now his eye has swollen shut. I started him on Tylan, and Water Soluble Auromician.

Then Neville, the Jungle Fowl, decided to pick a fight with his roost mate, Blue, a many breed mongrel rooster, that's too pretty to cull. It must be in the air. All of my roosters are behaving except these two...And the Guinea's are egging them on squawking louder and louder until I break the two up. Then they settle down for a while. Nevil, Blue, Bertha, and Mutt all free roam at nigh an usually get along well. But now Nevil is hurt and in hiding and I cant get close enough to see how bad he is hurt.

I've got to stop incubating eggs, I've got 140 in the bator, and a dozen hatching every week until mid December and I think I am done for the year. Ill start back again in March or April. I love to see what they are going to look like, especially the project eggs. I took on several new breeds, Danish Brown Leghorns, Red Leghorn's, Black and Lavender Australorps, Rhodebars, Isbars, Legbars, and White Rocks. and I am adding a few new Wheaten and Splash Marans, Gold Laced Wyandotte, and Blue Laced Red Wyandotte to the flock.

I am not keeping them all of course, 1/2 already have homes, I already have too many, I counted 133 yesterday, that not including the 5 half breeds I keep around running lose.

That's about it on my end, so how's everyone else's coops?

Did you get your lavender Australorps from that guy on Ebay or where? I started to bid on his but he is only offering 6 at a time & that's too pricey for me for shipped eggs. I do like the idea of the breed though. Hope you get your pox problem worked out. Happy thanksgiving everybody!

 

[Ron Skekel]

One more chick hatched so far . Pam

 

[Ron Skekel]

I am not so sure its pox at all....go to https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...len-eye-with-bubbling-liquid/90#post_14401012 I posted pics on emergency thread....my husband just sent me pics...Hes ready to take my blue lace to the chopping block, I am not ready to give in that quick..... can you take a look and get back to me here it got worse..His throat is clear, but his eye is bad. It may only be a bad infection. There is no nasal discharge that I know of right now.

It looks like dry poxs I think the eye is involved because all the pox is all around the eye. I wouldn't cull yet. It's not as bad as campingshaws birds and they pulled threw. She used the same antibiotic she cleaned with betadine diluted with water. She used neo plain not the kind with pain reliever in it. Add probiotic to water too. Pam

 

[campingshaws]

Hello everyone, Happy Thanksgiving!  Well chicken pox/fowl pox has found its way to one of my coops... What a nightmare!!!! Mine are not vaccinated, but vaccination is on its way. My favorite BLRW is severally infected. Now one of my Wheaten Marans has a bump, and one of my 6 week old Cornish chicks looks like his eye is swelling. NONE of these are in the same coops......OK, I feel better now....I vented, the last two weeks have been a nightmare with sun down early, and working till dark I've had a flashlight in hand and coop lights helping watch for any sick chicks. Its funny how when one is sick, you find something wrong with all of them.....Good news, no one else is showing signs of sickness. The wheaten hen, its really not noticeable unless I pick her up and look eye to eye with her, and the Buff Cornish, I am beginning to think it was a little dust in his eye. I gave them all antibiotics for a week and its not noticeable now. But my BLRW it looks bad. He is isolated and a very unhappy camper, his girlfriends are lost without him. The have become anti social, perching by themselves, and hiding in the back of the coop. Even when they are out, the two girls find a spot and perch by themselves. It makes you wonder about chickens and there ability to grieve or miss a flock member! But.  there is no way I can let him go back right now, they would all pick on him, and if it is pox, he could spread it to everyone. It was just a slight eye discharge when I got to him, now his eye has swollen shut. I started him on Tylan, and Water Soluble Auromician.

Then Neville, the Jungle Fowl, decided to pick a fight with his roost mate, Blue, a many breed mongrel rooster, that's too pretty to cull. It must be in the air. All of my roosters are behaving except these two...And the Guinea's are egging them on  squawking louder and louder until I break the two up. Then they settle down for a while. Nevil, Blue, Bertha, and Mutt all free roam at nigh an usually get along well. But now Nevil is hurt and in hiding and I cant get close enough to see how bad he is hurt.

I've got to stop incubating eggs, I've got 140 in the bator, and a dozen hatching every week until mid December and I think I am done for the year. Ill start back again in March or April. I love to see what they are going to look like, especially the project eggs. I took on several new breeds, Danish Brown Leghorns, Red Leghorn's, Black and Lavender Australorps,  Rhodebars, Isbars, Legbars, and White Rocks. and I am adding a few new Wheaten and Splash Marans, Gold Laced Wyandotte, and Blue Laced Red Wyandotte to the flock.

I am not keeping them all of course, 1/2 already have homes, I already have too many, I counted 133 yesterday, that not including the 5 half breeds I keep around running lose.

That's about it on my end, so how's everyone else's coops?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/935412/fowl-pox-treatments-warning-gross-pics/30#post_14341892

Here's the link to my thread with pics and treatments. I did the oral tylan 50, saline wash, plain triple antibiotic ointment, and iodine. There's a pic of my supplies, too. I had three get coccidiosis at the same time, and had to tube fluids for one pullet. But I was diligent and they all made it. If you find casportpony's wet pox thread, it has the worst cases I've ever seen. I think she only lost a handful that were just too far gone when she started treatment.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Has anyone ever tried canning citrus, specifically satsumas? I have about 1/2 box I need to do something with. I tried marmalade a few years ago but we didn't care for it, so I'm thinking of just going a light syrup over segments.... I read mixed reviews that said it sometimes turns bitter -- maybe they didn't get all the pith off? - I'm of mixed mind about this. I also want to try "candying" some kumquats & drying them in my dehydrator.

 

[JennieRD]

It looks like dry pods I think the eye is involved because all the pox is all around the eye. I wouldn't cull yet. It's not as bad as campingshaws birds and they pulled threw. She used the same antibiotic she cleaned with betadine diluted with water. She used neo plain not the kind with pain reliever in it. Add probiotic to water too. Pam

I don't give up that easy...it looks bad compared to last night, ill add the probiotic to his water..He is really a sweet bird...ill let you know how it goes, crossing my fingers...I never had the pox as a child, can I catch it from him?

 

[Ron Skekel]

Has anyone ever tried canning citrus, specifically satsumas? I have about 1/2 box I need to do something with. I tried marmalade a few years ago but we didn't care for it, so I'm thinking of just going a light syrup over segments.... I read mixed reviews that said it sometimes turns bitter -- maybe they didn't get all the pith off? - I'm of mixed mind about this. I also want to try "candying" some kumquats & drying them in my dehydrator.

I think I would juice than without pulp you can then freeze it or make jelly. In other news all 5 crested cream Legbars look like poulets but one isn't completely dry yet. Pam :

 

[JennieRD]

Did you get your lavender Australorps from that guy on Ebay or where? I started to bid on his but he is only offering 6 at a time & that's too pricey for me for shipped eggs. I do like the idea of the breed though. Hope you get your pox problem worked out. Happy thanksgiving everybody!

I bought one from ebay, the others came from different breeders. I am working on a 7 generation lavender australorp They are due to hatch tonight, three are piping as I am typing...Ill let you know how they do when I start breeding ill pass some your way. If you want, I'm not that stingy. But I am picky about what I breed into my flock. I've worked too hard to build what I have to bring one in to undermine all the hard selective breeding I have done

 

[JennieRD]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/935412/fowl-pox-treatments-warning-gross-pics/30#post_14341892

Here's the link to my thread with pics and treatments. I did the oral tylan 50, saline wash, plain triple antibiotic ointment, and iodine. There's a pic of my supplies, too. I had three get coccidiosis at the same time, and had to tube fluids for one pullet. But I was diligent and they all made it. If you find casportpony's wet pox thread, it has the worst cases I've ever seen. I think she only lost a handful that were just too far gone when she started treatment.

Thank you ill give it a shot, so far its just one....Ill take al the advise I can get. .......