"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[chickenbelle]

I have seen and/or dealt with both cocci and marek's. Give us all of the details you can and I'm sure one of us can determine whether you're dealing with being eggbound, cocci, marek's, or something else.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Good morning everybody! The annual march of the stinging buck moth caterpillars has begun -- we had a swarm about six inches wide and 30 feet long heading down our oak tree this morning. I still have the scar from where one stung me five years ago - it was one of the most painful stings I've ever had & I had to take antibiotics for two weeks also. The wasp & hornet spray by Eliminator in the red can does a great job on these nasty things - you can stand back & shoot about a twenty foot stream & it kills them on contact.

 

[mzstre]

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.

My "good" kitties have been mousing in the field behind my house and lining up the mouse carcasses on the windshield of my car so I'll be sure to see them every morning. Yuck!!!

 

[kuntrygirl]

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.

My "good" kitties have been mousing in the field behind my house and lining up the mouse carcasses on the windshield of my car so I'll be sure to see them every morning. Yuck!!!

Awwwww how sweet. You should take a pic and post it.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Good morning everybody!  The annual march of the stinging buck moth caterpillars has begun -- we had a swarm about six inches wide and 30 feet long heading down our oak tree this morning. I still have the scar from where one stung me five years ago - it was one of the most painful stings I've ever had & I had to take antibiotics for two weeks also. The wasp & hornet spray by Eliminator in the red can does a great job on these nasty things - you can stand back & shoot about a twenty foot stream & it kills them on contact.

I better keep an eye out for them.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

I have seen and/or dealt with both cocci and marek's. Give us all of the details you can and I'm sure one of us can determine whether you're dealing with being eggbound, cocci, marek's, or something else.

Okay, Brandy gave me ideas of what to look for last night. She is not on one foot or favoring a leg, she is walking normally and her wings look normal. Her droppings seem normal and there's no blood that I can detect. She doesn't seem very interested in the scratch, but she eats her pellets. I felt her craw this morning and it was empty and soft. I didn't know exactly what to feel for an egg, but I felt around where I thought and I didn't feel anything strange. She's pecking around normally. I put out yogurt and she ate that. Today if there are 3 eggs, I will know it's not an egg issue. Here is a foto. Her comb has always leaned to the side, so that's normal, it's her tail that is leaning and that is new. This foto looks like she is leaning to the side, but she's not, she looks normal except her tail. And, she hasn't been acting herself about eating scratch. Also, tomato treats, she takes them, then kind of drops them and doesn't seem like she is seeing as well, if she drops the treats the others get it before she can look around. She used to be dominate and very quick.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I have seen and/or dealt with both cocci and marek's. Give us all of the details you can and I'm sure one of us can determine whether you're dealing with being eggbound, cocci, marek's, or something else.

Okay, Brandy gave me ideas of what to look for last night. She is not on one foot or favoring a leg, she is walking normally and her wings look normal. Her droppings seem normal and there's no blood that I can detect. She doesn't seem very interested in the scratch, but she eats her pellets. I felt her craw this morning and it was empty and soft. I didn't know exactly what to feel for an egg, but I felt around where I thought and I didn't feel anything strange. She's pecking around normally. I put out yogurt and she ate that. Today if there are 3 eggs, I will know it's not an egg issue. Here is a foto. Her comb has always leaned to the side, so that's normal, it's her tail that is leaning and that is new. This foto looks like she is leaning to the side, but she's not, she looks normal except her tail. And, she hasn't been acting herself about eating scratch. Also, tomato treats, she takes them, then kind of drops them and doesn't seem like she is seeing as well, if she drops the treats the others get it before she can look around. She used to be dominate and very quick.

Perhaps she is just felling a little sluggish like we get from time to time. I would continue to offer yogurt and make sure she has ACV in her water. Continue to monitor her for any changes.

 

[kuntrygirl]

FYI: I will try this this weekend. I have noticed a few skeeters flying around.

HOMEMADE MOSQUITO TRAP:
Items needed:
1 cup of water
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1 gram of yeast
1 2-liter bottle

HOW:
1. Cut the plastic bottle in half.
2. Mix brown sugar with hot water. Let cool. When cold, pour in the bottom half of the bottle.
3. Add the yeast. No need to mix. It creates carbon dioxide, which attracts mosquitoes.
4. Place the funnel part, upside down, into the other half of the bottle, taping them together if desired.
5. Wrap the bottle with something black, leaving the top uncovered, and place it outside in an area away from your normal gathering area. (Mosquitoes are also drawn to the color black.)

Change the solution every 2 weeks for continuous control.

 

[Gracie9205]

FYI: I will try this this weekend. I have noticed a few skeeters flying around.

HOMEMADE MOSQUITO TRAP:
Items needed:
1 cup of water
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1 gram of yeast
1 2-liter bottle



HOW:
1. Cut the plastic bottle in half.
2. Mix brown sugar with hot water. Let cool. When cold, pour in the bottom half of the bottle.
3. Add the yeast. No need to mix. It creates carbon dioxide, which attracts mosquitoes.
4. Place the funnel part, upside down, into the other half of the bottle, taping them together if desired.
5. Wrap the bottle with something black, leaving the top uncovered, and place it outside in an area away from your normal gathering area. (Mosquitoes are also drawn to the color black.)

Change the solution every 2 weeks for continuous control.

Let me know how that works out!

 

[kuntrygirl]

FYI: I will try this this weekend. I have noticed a few skeeters flying around. HOMEMADE MOSQUITO TRAP: Items needed: 1 cup of water 1/4 cup of brown sugar 1 gram of yeast 1 2-liter bottle HOW: 1. Cut the plastic bottle in half. 2. Mix brown sugar with hot water. Let cool. When cold, pour in the bottom half of the bottle. 3. Add the yeast. No need to mix. It creates carbon dioxide, which attracts mosquitoes. 4. Place the funnel part, upside down, into the other half of the bottle, taping them together if desired. 5. Wrap the bottle with something black, leaving the top uncovered, and place it outside in an area away from your normal gathering area. (Mosquitoes are also drawn to the color black.) Change the solution every 2 weeks for continuous control.

Let me know how that works out!

Ok. I will.