Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[christine9]

 
I remember reading that now too about the prep h. It will be interesting to see if that works. I stopped giving mine ACV in their water during the summer because it started to get nasty looking. I give it to them if I give them wet feed or treats now, I just add it. Makes sense now why it got nasty looking.

I love all the Wyandottes, especially the golden one. My golden one is so sweet and even her feathers seem softer. That's great that they let you get one at a time. I wish we had a feed store like that near us! A Blue Laced Red one too! That's great!

I am so sorry you are going through this. You are getting a tough education this year in chicken keeping. Not fair for you.

I heard that they can still lay eggs when molting, mine never did, but I have heard that? 

Make sure to shake and knead the tube of Nu Stock before opening and have a large zip lock bag to put it in for storage. It really has a bad sulfar smell. Also make sure you have disposable gloves that you can throw away and squeeze a little in a disposable cup. Apply it with your gloved finger from the cup and do not get it on your clothes since you can't wash it out. I was warned of all this before I used mine and it helped a lot. I keep the tube in a bag in the garage now too since it stinks. 

It does work really well and it stays on them better then just regular ointment.

I hope that all of you chickens get better soon!

Thanks for the Nu Stock advice. I'll put it on my BA's head when it comes in.  

I have still been looking up the cause of my girls bare bellies and have seen multiple threads on it. Never a solution. All the same suggestions of molting, feather picking, broody, environmental, food change. Lice/mites are usually ruled out as people state they don't see any evidence.  None of the people post as to if it was ever resolved so I'm still at a loss.

I'm wondering if I should go back to my old feed I was using or switch to Purina Flock Raiser since it has higher protein and calcium on the side. I really don't think it's mites/lice and probably won't stress them out again and dust them all again.  Anyone have ideas about the feed idea?  Still haven't wormed and may try that in a month or so but I don't want to overwhelm them. 
I've never given them yogurt but bought some plain yogurt... how does everyone feed that?  Mixed with their feed?

Sorry for so many questions but I'm still so new I would love to hear from everyone else... no matter how new to chickens    We've all gone through so many different things and it's so great that we have a place to share. 


A little late but I'm now building up my first aid kit.  I had Poultry nutridrench, Poly Vitamins (baby vitamins for when they are chicks) Wazine, Corid, gloves, electrolytes, calcium, pick no more, vaseline, neosporin, prep H, probiotics.  I am thinking of ordering [COLOR=333333]Vetericyn VF HydroGel Wound & Skin Care  [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]it's pricey but I've read it's great for wounds etc.[/COLOR]

What does everyone else have that they have really found useful? 

I got my chicken health book yesterday. I read through it and it pretty much says the most common causes are molting, lice/mites, and feather picking. It also says if you are feeding a major brand of feed, it is probably not your feed. I think you did the right thing treating for bugs. It also says you may not see them until they are really out of control. I would watch for a feather picker too, just to cover your bases. It will probably take a few days to notice a difference. Don't let it stress you out more.

 

[christine9]

I am also going to make a first aid kit FINALLY! Once I figure out what's going in it, I'll let you know.

 

[kittykorat]

They are here. they are NOT looking well. They are all alive... but barely standing up, and falling over. I dipped their beaks in electrolyte water...

 

[NotableNancy]

They are here. they are NOT looking well. They are all alive... but barely standing up, and falling over. I dipped their beaks in electrolyte water...

awww, I'm so sorry.
the PO is just a disgrace sometimes.
do you happen to have any poly vi sol (infant vitamins without iron)? just a few drops of that into each chick may help

 

[NotableNancy]

Here's my Junior with a prolapse:



I cleaned her up, put the Prep H and pushed it in and it stayed for a little bit but now it just keeps popping out.
I have her in a cage with just some water in a dark room and towel over the cage. I read to not give a lot of food or light to discourage egg laying. Boy that sounds painful just thinking about laying an egg with that. We'll see what happens.

Thanks all!!

 

[RoostersCrow HensDeliver!]

Here's a list of what's in my Chicken Medical Kit:
Blue Kote spray
Red Kote w/applicator
Iodine
Tylan50
needles/syringes
blood-stop powder
Duramycin10
Vetrycin eye ointment
Vitamin/Electrolytes powder
Poultry probiotics
udder balm
very sharp knife
scissors
latex gloves

 

[MamaShell]

They are here.  they are NOT looking well.  They are all alive...  but barely standing up, and falling over.  I dipped their beaks in electrolyte water... 

Finally!! I hope they make it!!

 

[christine9]

Here's a list of what's in my Chicken Medical Kit:
Blue Kote spray
Red Kote w/applicator
Iodine
Tylan50
needles/syringes
blood-stop powder
Duramycin10
Vetrycin eye ointment
Vitamin/Electrolytes powder
Poultry probiotics
udder balm
very sharp knife
scissors
latex gloves

Thank you for posting this!!! I will work on getting this together this weekend!

 

[christine9]

Ok so studying my chicken health book some more to add to the first aid list and came across this:
Use plain, water-based personal lubricant to gently push prolapse back in. More often than not, it will pop back out. After that, leave it alone. More handling with various ointments will cause the area to become more swollen.
According to this, you should see improvement within the first day or so.

 

[NanaLynn]

Ok so studying my chicken health book some more to add to the first aid list and came across this:
Use plain, water-based personal lubricant to gently push prolapse back in. More often than not, it will pop back out. After that, leave it alone. More handling with various ointments will cause the area to become more swollen.
According to this, you should see improvement within the first day or so.

What is the title of your chicken health book?

This isn't a health book, but I have Harvey Ussery's "The Small Scale Poultry Flock". It does have some health suggestions too, but it's more about raising your own back yard chickens and even a little for egg sellers, or meat sellers.