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[PrimroseMom1]

Oh no! Which of your babies are you talking about? Is either wing drooping? Standing more on one leg?

it's jazzmine. I think I noted her walking kind of stiff legged. She's definately not herself, then I noticed the tail feathers curling to the side today. What do you think?

EDIT: I just looked up wry tail, a condition where the tail droops to the side. It's geneic, so I wonder if that could be it since she was acting differently and since it is a new condition.

ANYONE with ideas PLEASE let me know. I'll try to get a foto of her posted.

 

[JohnnyxRex]

While we are on baby birds, I keep finding them. This morning a baby blue jay decided he was going to position himself right behind my dads truck when he was leaving for work. So my mom had to guide him to back out without hitting it. The mama was trying to dive bomb them.

I just checked, and it is STILL out there. No idea where the mom went, but it's been a good 12 hours.

I took a picture but now, ironically, my phone will not upload. It's because our internet is so slow though.

Not worried about him though. Surely it was just learning to fly and the mom will come get it.

 

[mzstre]

it's jazzmine.  I think I noted her walking kind of stiff legged.  She's definately not herself, then I noticed the tail feathers curling to the side today.  What do you think?

EDIT:  I just looked up wry tail, a condition where the tail droops to the side.  It's geneic, so I wonder if that could be it since she was acting differently and since it is a new condition.

ANYONE with ideas PLEASE let me know.  I'll try to get a foto of her posted.

I have never seen wry tail have sudden onset. I have only seen it where it develops early or it's a mild and gradual change. I'm not saying it's impossible, just that I personally have never seen that.

I was asking about the wing drooping and standing more on leg because I was trying to eliminate symptoms of Marek's. It can present in different ways, but those are 2 common symptoms.

Birds with cocci are often uninterested in eating. Are her feathers ruffled? Is she less active than normal? Have you noticed anything different with her droppings?

 

[PrimroseMom1]

I have never seen wry tail have sudden onset. I have only seen it where it develops early or it's a mild and gradual change. I'm not saying it's impossible, just that I personally have never seen that.

I was asking about the wing drooping and standing more on leg because I was trying to eliminate symptoms of Marek's. It can present in different ways, but those are 2 common symptoms.

Birds with cocci are often uninterested in eating. Are her feathers ruffled? Is she less active than normal? Have you noticed anything different with her droppings?

Her feathers are not ruffled and she's not on one leg, I will have to check her wing in the morning since she's sleeping right now. I could put her in a separate pen tomorrow so I can isolate her droppings and have a better look. If it's Cocci I can go get some Corid and treat all three. If they are on Corid, do I dispose of the eggs? for how long? I haven't started the worming because in just a few weeks I will be off of school and I wanted to try the ff for that. Think I should give her some yogurt while she is isolated tomorrow? I had two eggs today, so someone didn't lay, but that's not unusual. Thanks for responding Brandy. I know I'm a small player here, but I really love my girls.

 

[Ron Skekel]

Dogs do not like electric fences, but they can tell when they are on and when they are off. I know this because my knuckleheads would get out when it was off. Good luck with the next brood, and sorry for the little guys. Oh yeah coons and possum don't like them either . Works for me by ron

 

[mzstre]

Her feathers are not ruffled and she's not on one leg, I will have to check her wing in the morning since she's sleeping right now.  I could put her in a separate pen tomorrow so I can isolate her droppings and have a better look.  If it's Cocci I can go get some Corid and treat all three.  If they are on Corid, do I dispose of the eggs?  for how long?  I haven't started the worming because in just a few weeks I will be off of school and I wanted to try the ff for that.  Think I should give her some yogurt while she is isolated tomorrow?  I had two eggs today, so someone didn't lay, but that's not unusual.  Thanks for responding Brandy.  I know I'm a small player here, but I really love my girls.

I haven't had this happen to one of my girls yet,but also take a look at the following symptoms I pulled from a website regarding symptoms of being eggbound:

....An eggbound bird typically shows the following symptoms: lethargy, loss of appetite, draggy wings, closed eyes, puckering vent that is dripping clear or white liquid, swollen vent, tail either straight up in the air or at "half mast".

Don't you wish they could talk? It would make things so much easier for us!

I have a bag of Corid that expires next month, and there's no way I'll use it before I have to toss it. I'd be happy to pack some up and bring it to you tomorrow if you decide cocci could be an issue. Yogurt or kefir can only help. There is no withdrawal time for eggs with Corid; it is simply a thiamine (vitamin B1) inhibitor and reportedly does not leave the digestive tract (no tissue absorption).

 

[Celie]

Sorry one of your girls is sick, PrimRoseMom, I will say a little prayer for her and you !

All the wild birds around hatching eggs this time of the year reminded me of a kind of funny story. A few years back, a little Orange Tabby was abandoned at a few weeks old and wandered around and smelling cat food, walked right under my large tom cat and joined him for breakfast. It was a sight to see this very tiny orange tabby looking up from under a very large white tom cat. For a couple of years, he would try to earn his keep by first bringing me live mice, but realized I hate mice, pretty quick, so it was dead mice after the first two! LOL Well, soon after, Georgie came to live with us, I started raising chickens and pheasants, so he understood I liked birds, live birds! The spring, he was almost 2 years old, we had a large flock of Purple Martins( about 40 or so) glean an adjacent field every evening around dusk. One evening as we were finishing dinner, Georgie trotted in, (all of my house pets are housebroken at a young age and have free run through their own door to outside)carrying a small bird in his mouth. He came right to me and deposited this bird at my feet. As I reached down to pick up this bird, that was motionless and appeared dead, it grabbed onto my hand and planted it's claws painfully into my flesh! I tried to grab it with my other hand to remove it and it's beak bit hard into my finger. There I stood, in pain, held by this seemingly small, gentle bird that had me caught, with both hands bloody, unable to free myself, without hurting this wild creature! Hubby, coming to my rescue, had to pry open it's beak, for me to free my hand from it's grasp. Hubby put a towel around the bird and helped me to free my other hand from it's claws! All the while, the cats looked on with amazement, waiting for my words of approval. I then realized I had not thanked Georgie or told him what a good boy he was. After that was done, not wanting to send the wrong message and get a dead bird the next time, I had to sit and hold my new "chickie" until he was interested in something else, to bring it outside and let it go. Needless to say, it was a long, painful spring, as I continued to be gifted with Purple Martins every few days! To this day, I do not understand how the cats weren't the bloody mess I was from these birds? Sometimes, when I came home hours after dark, there they would be, waiting patiently, with a Purple Martin in mouth, for me to come home.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Oh no! Which of your babies are you talking about? Is either wing drooping? Standing more on one leg?

it's jazzmine.  I think I noted her walking kind of stiff legged.  She's definately not herself, then I noticed the tail feathers curling to the side today.  What do you think?

EDIT:  I just looked up wry tail, a condition where the tail droops to the side.  It's geneic, so I wonder if that could be it since she was acting differently and since it is a new condition.

ANYONE with ideas PLEASE let me know.  I'll try to get a foto of her posted.

How is she doing this morning?

 

[kuntrygirl]

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[catdaddyfro]

Her feathers are not ruffled and she's not on one leg, I will have to check her wing in the morning since she's sleeping right now. I could put her in a separate pen tomorrow so I can isolate her droppings and have a better look. If it's Cocci I can go get some Corid and treat all three. If they are on Corid, do I dispose of the eggs? for how long? I haven't started the worming because in just a few weeks I will be off of school and I wanted to try the ff for that. Think I should give her some yogurt while she is isolated tomorrow? I had two eggs today, so someone didn't lay, but that's not unusual. Thanks for responding Brandy. I know I'm a small player here, but I really love my girls.

Yes by all means separate her immediately from the others and too besides looking for bloody stools(cocci) if the droppings are dark green this could also be one of the signs of Mareks as this affects the liver and the green is an over abundance of bile in the system, the other symptoms are from the neurological disorders which accompanies Mareks. I sure hope it not, as it is an unforgiving illness with suffering effects. The mortality rate is very high, any survivors are generally crippled and lifelong carriers of the disease.


Sorry

Jeff