Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[hopefulpeeps]

I knew our EE would lay while we were gone! My husband found these today.

Beautiful!!!!

I is so hard to figure out who is laying and which egg belongs to which chicken. I still am not sure if Big Mama is laying, so far there has not been another egg like the lighter colored one.
Eventually they will all start or you and you'll have more eggs then you can eat. How many chickens do you have again? I know I knew before but, I've forgotten.

Here is my list of chicks for next week, you only have to ask once, so excited!!!!!

16 total

Black Australorp
Buff Laced Polish
Columbian Wyandotte
Cuckoo Marans
Easter Egger
Easter Egger
Golden Campine
Golden Laced Wyandotte
Golden Lakenvelder
Light Brown Leghorn
Meyer Meal Maker
Rare Egg Layer
Rare Egg Layer
Salmon Favorelle
White Leghorn
Welsummer

Oh, I'm excited about your golden lakenvelder! I decided whenever I can get chicks again, that's the white egg layer I would want to get!

 

[trsturself]

Well Lynn, I feel a little of your pain today...

I got a call from my husband today when he got home from work... he found a yard full of feathers! I immediately thought the worst!
Turns out our dog(s) got to our EE! The big girls have been flying over the chain link into the yard where the dogs are. This hasn't really been a problem because we're usually home and the dogs are usually inside keeping cool. Unfortunately my daughter and I are both out of town so no one was home.
Stupid chickens can fly out but can't figure out how to get back in their area without the gate open. So I think she went back to their side of the yard trying to figure out how to get in and couldn't, she laid an egg right near the gate. I think she must've done an egg song after that and that's what called the dogs out of the house to investigate. I think it was our little pug puppy (7mo old) because her feathers were torn off her back and neck right where she normally plays with the cat. If our other dog had "played" with her, she'd be dead because she flings things around.

So I just got off the phone with my husband again. My friend came over to help him so he was better able to assess the injuries. She had a chunk of skin hanging off the front. They figured out where it belonged and super glued it back in place. But she has a LARGE wound on her back that shows her back bone and all around it. She is eating and drinking and moving around. Hopefully she's not just in shock and then going to die in the night.

Of course it has to be our favorite bird! Any tips Lynn for open wounds?

 

[kbh82310]

Well Lynn, I feel a little of your pain today...

I got a call from my husband today when he got home from work... he found a yard full of feathers! I immediately thought the worst! 
Turns out our dog(s) got to our EE! The big girls have been flying over the chain link into the yard where the dogs are. This hasn't really been a problem because we're usually home and the dogs are usually inside keeping cool. Unfortunately my daughter and I are both out of town so no one was home. 
Stupid chickens can fly out but can't figure out how to get back in their area without the gate open. So I think she went back to their side of the yard trying to figure out how to get in and couldn't, she laid an egg right near the gate. I think she must've done an egg song after that and that's what called the dogs out of the house to investigate. I think it was our little pug puppy (7mo old) because her feathers were torn off her back and neck right where she normally plays with the cat. If our other dog had "played" with her, she'd be dead because she flings things around. 

So I just got off the phone with my husband again. My friend came over to help him so he was better able to assess the injuries. She had a chunk of skin hanging off the front. They figured out where it belonged and super glued it back in place. But she has a LARGE wound on her back that shows her back bone and all around it. She is eating and drinking and moving around. Hopefully she's not just in shock and then going to die in the night. 

Of course it has to be our favorite bird! Any tips Lynn for open wounds?

I'm so sorry about what happened. Are you guys gonna be back home soon? Ill be thinking about her..

 

[MsChickenMomma]

Well Lynn, I feel a little of your pain today...

I got a call from my husband today when he got home from work... he found a yard full of feathers! I immediately thought the worst! 
Turns out our dog(s) got to our EE! The big girls have been flying over the chain link into the yard where the dogs are. This hasn't really been a problem because we're usually home and the dogs are usually inside keeping cool. Unfortunately my daughter and I are both out of town so no one was home. 
Stupid chickens can fly out but can't figure out how to get back in their area without the gate open. So I think she went back to their side of the yard trying to figure out how to get in and couldn't, she laid an egg right near the gate. I think she must've done an egg song after that and that's what called the dogs out of the house to investigate. I think it was our little pug puppy (7mo old) because her feathers were torn off her back and neck right where she normally plays with the cat. If our other dog had "played" with her, she'd be dead because she flings things around. 

So I just got off the phone with my husband again. My friend came over to help him so he was better able to assess the injuries. She had a chunk of skin hanging off the front. They figured out where it belonged and super glued it back in place. But she has a LARGE wound on her back that shows her back bone and all around it. She is eating and drinking and moving around. Hopefully she's not just in shock and then going to die in the night. 

Of course it has to be our favorite bird! Any tips Lynn for open wounds?

I am so sorry... That must be really hard. I'll be keeping you and your EE in my thoughts. I hope she is able to make a full recovery for you.


Update on Sunni. She has been doing good. She does a little better every day. Today she wasn't interested in food so much, but she was eating dirt and little bits of grass and weeds on her own, and we think she even got a drink by herself. We are still feeding her feed that we grind up in a coffee grinder and then put through a fine mesh sieve to get any leftover big chunks out. Then we add water and it makes a paste that will go through a syringe no problem. She doesn't like the syringe, but she has been doing good with it and has been taking a huge interest in the food. (Pecking at the container it's in, picking splatters off of the towels she's standing on, etc)

We noticed yesterday that her tongue is very think and almost gray looking, and she doesn't have much dexterity or muscle control over it. Tonight we used a flashlight and held her beak open to look at her tongue. After getting a good look at it we did some research and found out that she didn't get stung by a bee or get something stuck in her throat like we had original thought. She actually has wet fowl pox. It has no treatment either. Either the bird lives through it or it doesn't. All we can do is make sure she had plenty of food and water in her system, and keep her mouth as clean as possible. We also found out that if a young bird catches this disease that it could potentially stunt the birds growth. I noticed today that Sunni is already much smaller than her sisters. So if we are able to help Sunni pull through this, she will probably never get any bigger or lay any eggs. If that is the case I may have to try and convince the household authorities (parents ) to let me make her a house chicken to prevent any injuries or picking issues that will most likely happen if she never gets any bigger.

One of the symptoms for the disease is also swelling of the larynx and esophagus, and mucus build up. Which is what she had a week ago. It's a slow moving viral infection, and it's typically transferred to chickens by mosquitos, and the disease thrives in hot weather. :/ Which we had both mosquitos and hot weather for about 2 months straight this year.

Sunni is doing great otherwise, which is a very good sign. Hopefully it stays that way. We read online that the disease takes 3-5 weeks to run its course, and if the bird lives through it, it becomes immune to the disease. I just really hope she is one of the birds who makes it through it. I'm also hoping it doesn't spread to any of my other girls. It's a contagious disease, and by now considering she's had this disease for 1 week (maybe more), it's too late to try and separate her to prevent spreading.

I didn't put all of the details of this disease into this post, so if you would like to know more about it, we just searched the disease on google. (I would put more details, but my post is already much longer than I had intended it to be. )

 

[NanaLynn]

Well Lynn, I feel a little of your pain today...

I got a call from my husband today when he got home from work... he found a yard full of feathers! I immediately thought the worst!
Turns out our dog(s) got to our EE! The big girls have been flying over the chain link into the yard where the dogs are. This hasn't really been a problem because we're usually home and the dogs are usually inside keeping cool. Unfortunately my daughter and I are both out of town so no one was home.
Stupid chickens can fly out but can't figure out how to get back in their area without the gate open. So I think she went back to their side of the yard trying to figure out how to get in and couldn't, she laid an egg right near the gate. I think she must've done an egg song after that and that's what called the dogs out of the house to investigate. I think it was our little pug puppy (7mo old) because her feathers were torn off her back and neck right where she normally plays with the cat. If our other dog had "played" with her, she'd be dead because she flings things around.

So I just got off the phone with my husband again. My friend came over to help him so he was better able to assess the injuries. She had a chunk of skin hanging off the front. They figured out where it belonged and super glued it back in place. But she has a LARGE wound on her back that shows her back bone and all around it. She is eating and drinking and moving around. Hopefully she's not just in shock and then going to die in the night.

Of course it has to be our favorite bird! Any tips Lynn for open wounds?

Oh wow, so sorry. We had the same problem with our chickens flying out of the garden area and not being able to get back in. Our dog Maxie, we are pretty sure would kill any chicken that got within her reach. She is on a runner leash and she is a couple feet from the outside of the fence, so I hope no chicken that gets out would wander within her reach. I know it is the dogs natural instinct, but that still doesn't help the matter and it's still upsetting that your own dog would do something like that. Then there are stray dogs...but you know that story.

Depending on how deep and where the injury is you may be able to do something. I followed some OT advice (Old Timers) and applied Nu Stock, Amazon has it and feed stores or horse supply stores have it. It is a sulfer based cream in a tube, you have to shake it and it helps to squeeze some in a small container to get a good consistency and apply it with a gloved finger. It helps with infection and healing.

I had five that were injured, I found the Nu Stock at a store the following day and gobbed it on the 3 that had opened wounds. I had my one little polish that died overnight, but she had no noticeable wounds and I also had Big Mama the BO who was just in shock so no wounds there. Our cochin, Gizmo just had a small wound on her back that I could see and Google the BR had the most wounds of all. On those two nothing I did worked and they both died. I think the injuries on them were too deep and maybe there was more internal stuff going on.

Oreo, my one surviving BR had her deep back wound. After the first two days of applying the Nu Stock, I eventually reapplied a large amount on her back wound and put vet wrap over it. I just wrapped her like you would with an ace bandage. The vet wrap works good and is self sticking. When I wrapped her back I went under her wings so she could still have use of them. I used the vet wrap to cover her wound so others would not pick at it.

There are other threads with info on how to wash wounds and people who have actually sewed up wounds on their chickens. I did not do all that, I did use some hydrogen peroxide once on the wound to clean it, but they say only use it the very first time. I also used a saline wash I had also. It is your choice about what you feel comfortable doing. I only had one with dog bite injuries that made it, so maybe my advice is not the best. Oreo is back to head of the flock now, but still is not 100%

Whatever you do remember some injuries you may not see, so don't beat yourself up over it. If she is not injured too deeply you may be able to pull her through this. Do what you can and time will be your final answer. Treat her and then provide food and water and safety from picking from the others. Keep an eye on her wound and if it starts to smell and drain a lot that is not a good sign, means infection has set in.

I hope the wounds are not too deep and she pulls through, so sorry you are going through this.

 

[trsturself]

I, of course, spent the next hour after hearing about the attack reading threads on here on wound care. I'm not home so it's hard since my husband isn't a reader. Thankfully my friend was around! They washed her up and put antibiotic ointment on her (no pain reliever). My friend took her home to care for her since my hubby will be at work the next couple days. I'm sorry if this is all a repeat I can't remember how much I put on here before. They found a strip of skin/feathers hanging in front of her wing and they tacked that in place with superglue. It sounds like the wound on her back is the worst. A couple inches wide and about 4 inches long and exposed the back bone. I don't expect internal injuries if it was our puppy that got her. She's not an aggressive dog, just playful. She's smaller than the chicken! It looks like she was just able to grab feathers and rip them out with the skin. I don't think any of the wounds are even real bite wounds. Which is good since maybe they won't have any dog bacteria in them and have a better chance of not getting infected.

I got an email from my friend this morning. She made it through the night and is still eating/drinking. They are rinsing the wounds and doing what they can to keep infection at bay. We go back home tomorrow. Hopefully the transfer between houses doesn't stress her out too much. Luckily these people are around our chickens and us them that the smells shouldn't be too strange. And we've already exposed her since day 1 to any viruses/bacteria they may have that's different than our house.

I'll keep you posted. I'm really hoping she pulls through this.

 

[NanaLynn]

I, of course, spent the next hour after hearing about the attack reading threads on here on wound care. I'm not home so it's hard since my husband isn't a reader. Thankfully my friend was around! They washed her up and put antibiotic ointment on her (no pain reliever). My friend took her home to care for her since my hubby will be at work the next couple days. I'm sorry if this is all a repeat I can't remember how much I put on here before. They found a strip of skin/feathers hanging in front of her wing and they tacked that in place with superglue. It sounds like the wound on her back is the worst. A couple inches wide and about 4 inches long and exposed the back bone. I don't expect internal injuries if it was our puppy that got her. She's not an aggressive dog, just playful. She's smaller than the chicken! It looks like she was just able to grab feathers and rip them out with the skin. I don't think any of the wounds are even real bite wounds. Which is good since maybe they won't have any dog bacteria in them and have a better chance of not getting infected.

I got an email from my friend this morning. She made it through the night and is still eating/drinking. They are rinsing the wounds and doing what they can to keep infection at bay. We go back home tomorrow. Hopefully the transfer between houses doesn't stress her out too much. Luckily these people are around our chickens and us them that the smells shouldn't be too strange. And we've already exposed her since day 1 to any viruses/bacteria they may have that's different than our house.

I'll keep you posted. I'm really hoping she pulls through this.

Glad she made it through the night. Hopefully she'll continue recovering day by day.

 

[NanaLynn]

Beautiful!!!!


Oh, I'm excited about your golden lakenvelder! I decided whenever I can get chicks again, that's the white egg layer I would want to get!

I had one on my last order for April, but it was not packed for some reason. I hope I get one this time.

I wanted some white egg layers too, so I added the Lakenvelder and a Campine too.

Meyer's has so many breeds to choose from, I keep checking, but so far I have not added or changed my order.

 

[NanaLynn]

I am so sorry... That must be really hard. I'll be keeping you and your EE in my thoughts. I hope she is able to make a full recovery for you.

Update on Sunni. She has been doing good. She does a little better every day. Today she wasn't interested in food so much, but she was eating dirt and little bits of grass and weeds on her own, and we think she even got a drink by herself. We are still feeding her feed that we grind up in a coffee grinder and then put through a fine mesh sieve to get any leftover big chunks out. Then we add water and it makes a paste that will go through a syringe no problem. She doesn't like the syringe, but she has been doing good with it and has been taking a huge interest in the food. (Pecking at the container it's in, picking splatters off of the towels she's standing on, etc)

We noticed yesterday that her tongue is very think and almost gray looking, and she doesn't have much dexterity or muscle control over it. Tonight we used a flashlight and held her beak open to look at her tongue. After getting a good look at it we did some research and found out that she didn't get stung by a bee or get something stuck in her throat like we had original thought. She actually has wet fowl pox. It has no treatment either. Either the bird lives through it or it doesn't. All we can do is make sure she had plenty of food and water in her system, and keep her mouth as clean as possible. We also found out that if a young bird catches this disease that it could potentially stunt the birds growth. I noticed today that Sunni is already much smaller than her sisters.

So if we are able to help Sunni pull through this, she will probably never get any bigger or lay any eggs. If that is the case I may have to try and convince the household authorities (parents

) to let me make her a house chicken to prevent any injuries or picking issues that will most likely happen if she never gets any bigger.

One of the symptoms for the disease is also swelling of the larynx and esophagus, and mucus build up. Which is what she had a week ago. It's a slow moving viral infection, and it's typically transferred to chickens by mosquitos, and the disease thrives in hot weather.

Which we had both mosquitos and hot weather for about 2 months straight this year.

Sunni is doing great otherwise, which is a very good sign. Hopefully it stays that way. We read online that the disease takes 3-5 weeks to run its course, and if the bird lives through it, it becomes immune to the disease. I just really hope she is one of the birds who makes it through it. I'm also hoping it doesn't spread to any of my other girls. It's a contagious disease, and by now considering she's had this disease for 1 week (maybe more), it's too late to try and separate her to prevent spreading.

I didn't put all of the details of this disease into this post, so if you would like to know more about it, we just searched the disease on google. (I would put more details, but my post is already much longer than I had intended it to be.

)

Our BO, Big Mama, had trouble using her tongue too, and she's recovered very well and is bigger then before and has laid 2 eggs so far. I wouldn't go too much on what others are posting online, I am sure it is different for each individual chicken. Sunni may come out of this even stronger then before. Big Mama sure seems to be, she never roosted on the top roost but now she does, she also seems stronger then before. So hang in there and each small improvement is good. I hope she keeps getting better.

Not sure if you are giving her vitamins and electrolytes in her water still, but that really helps a lot.

trsturself: I'm not sure if your friend can give your EE vitamins and electrolytes too?

 

[trsturself]

Our BO, Big Mama, had trouble using her tongue too, and she's recovered very well and is bigger then before and has laid 2 eggs so far. I wouldn't go too much on what others are posting online, I am sure it is different for each individual chicken. Sunni may come out of this even stronger then before. Big Mama sure seems to be, she never roosted on the top roost but now she does, she also seems stronger then before. So hang in there and each small improvement is good. I hope she keeps getting better.

Not sure if you are giving her vitamins and electrolytes in her water still, but that really helps a lot.

trsturself: I'm not sure if your friend can give your EE vitamins and electrolytes too?

She said she has electrolytes in the water. I have vitamins at home I'll add too. Need to pick up some electrolytes for myself on the way home.