Maine

[woods79]

So far rat free here ( knock on wood) my girls enjoyed some fresh cut grass this morning, growing in flats in the house also have a dust bath for 2.

 

[CoopChick719]

I wish I could help, but I have no idea. When I've had birds that someone suggested a B vitamin deficiency, I crushed vitamin tablets and sprinkled it all over and through some scrambled egg and it disappeared in a hurry. Good luck with her!

Thanks bucka! I gave her some chicken liver soup Tues & Wed and picked up some B Complex. Last night her legs were doing a split but this morning. Got really worried it was Marek's. This morning she had both of them tucked under her. I've been feeding her scrambled egg w/garlic, oregano & Moonlight Mile Farms herbal Intensive Care Remedy since I brought her in. I've added a crushed up Vit. B to it. I'll be adding liver to it as well. Hoping this works! Of course she's a favorite!

 

[IZZYBELLA]

Thanks bucka! I gave her some chicken liver soup Tues & Wed and picked up some B Complex. Last night her legs were doing a split but this morning. Got really worried it was Marek's. This morning she had both of them tucked under her. I've been feeding her scrambled egg w/garlic, oregano & Moonlight Mile Farms herbal Intensive Care Remedy since I brought her in. I've added a crushed up Vit. B to it. I'll be adding liver to it as well. Hoping this works! Of course she's a favorite!

I don't have any advice, but I hope she gets better. It is so hard when they get sick. Sounds like you are doing everything you can!

 

[buckabucka]

@CoopChick, has your lame hen been molting? I had one that briefly lost strength in her legs, weaving and wobbling low to the ground during her molt. I fed her scrambled eggs for a while and she bounced back. I hope yours improves!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I'm taking advantage of the "January Thaw" and got the goats and ducks cleaned out this morning. Still have to do the main coop and the brooder inside, but need to go pick up some shavings to do so.

 

[CoopChick719]

@CoopChick, has your lame hen been molting? I had one that briefly lost strength in her legs, weaving and wobbling low to the ground during her molt. I fed her scrambled eggs for a while and she bounced back. I hope yours improves!

She was losing a few neck feathers and has some shiny new ones. She's eating & drinking fine. No other symptoms but the lame leg.

I'm wondering if I should worm her. Any thoughts?

 

[buckabucka]

Has she been wormed before? It probably wouldn't hurt. I did have a bird who developed a bad leg and did not recover, but maybe I didn't give her enough time. How old did you say she is? Have you seen any progress? I wonder if you splinted her foot/lower leg if she would stand on it.

 

[buckabucka]

I forgot to mention my recent adventures in rat eradication. They have ignored the blocks of poison and avoided the traps. I gave up burying hardware cloth when the ground froze.

There are large horizontal tunnels running outside through the snow. One tunnel is right on the other side of the chicken fence where the chickens have no access. I took a block of poison and chopped it into much smaller pieces. I used a big glob of peanut butter to bind all the pieces together and packed it around the end of a stick, like a corn dog. Then I carefully pushed the corn dog through the wire fence and into the tunnel, using another stick to push it farther in there away from the chicken area.

The next morning, the corn dog was gone, stick and all! I hope they are eating it and not just hauling it off. I plan to make another today. Meanwhile, the piece of cardboard that I chopped/mixed things on was covered in peanut butter and loose poison pieces, so I put that in the shack coop entryway where we get mice. It's been licked clean.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

She was losing a few neck feathers and has some shiny new ones. She's eating & drinking fine. No other symptoms but the lame leg.

I'm wondering if I should worm her. Any thoughts?

can you bring a poop sample to a vet? many vets say they wont do fecals on chickens but just say it is cat poop

I forgot to mention my recent adventures in rat eradication. They have ignored the blocks of poison and avoided the traps. I gave up burying hardware cloth when the ground froze.

There are large horizontal tunnels running outside through the snow. One tunnel is right on the other side of the chicken fence where the chickens have no access. I took a block of poison and chopped it into much smaller pieces. I used a big glob of peanut butter to bind all the pieces together and packed it around the end of a stick, like a corn dog. Then I carefully pushed the corn dog through the wire fence and into the tunnel, using another stick to push it farther in there away from the chicken area.

The next morning, the corn dog was gone, stick and all! I hope they are eating it and not just hauling it off. I plan to make another today. Meanwhile, the piece of cardboard that I chopped/mixed things on was covered in peanut butter and loose poison pieces, so I put that in the shack coop entryway where we get mice. It's been licked clean.

awesome!!
borax mixed with peanut butter also works great

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I forgot to mention my recent adventures in rat eradication. They have ignored the blocks of poison and avoided the traps. I gave up burying hardware cloth when the ground froze.

There are large horizontal tunnels running outside through the snow. One tunnel is right on the other side of the chicken fence where the chickens have no access. I took a block of poison and chopped it into much smaller pieces. I used a big glob of peanut butter to bind all the pieces together and packed it around the end of a stick, like a corn dog. Then I carefully pushed the corn dog through the wire fence and into the tunnel, using another stick to push it farther in there away from the chicken area.

The next morning, the corn dog was gone, stick and all! I hope they are eating it and not just hauling it off. I plan to make another today. Meanwhile, the piece of cardboard that I chopped/mixed things on was covered in peanut butter and loose poison pieces, so I put that in the shack coop entryway where we get mice. It's been licked clean.

This is awesome. I did something similar but not as cool as you. I took advantage of cleaning out the ducks, I got right on top of one of the rat tunnels (under the wire, I actually saw a rat sleeping in it). The rat vacated, and I could see that it had stored some poultry food pellets in the lair. Well, I sprinkled some poison in it (I have some in pellets). It fell through the wire so the birds can't get to it.
The next morning there was a very "drunken" rat outside. Unfortunately it was still too spry for me to kill it, but I know it ate the poison. I know there's more rats out there than the 2 I saw (and subsequently shot one and poisoned one this week) so I rebaited last night. I also have a colony under the goat house, I might try the corn dog trick.