Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Folly's place]

Merthiolate, remember it well; it was a step up from Iodine! The good old days, for sure. Ugh! Mary

 

[aart]

Quote: Ahh so it is the pretty factor, glad you are having them disposed of and not using them.

Is merthiolate and mecurichrome that same thing? I don't remember what mom used but it STUNG!!

 

[mindylee]

I have a red roo that carries the calico gene. He's pretty nice $10
Or I believe star bright farm has some she's in brown city. She has some roos too not sure on hens.

 

[mindylee]

Does anyone have a frizzle for sale?

Above post lol

 

[thechickenflock]

Yesterday morning one of my 7 week old GLW pullets was not acting her usual self and didn't fly right. That evening when everybody came in she just sat in the grass alone, this morning we found her dead and 2 other pullets not acting right. Please give any advice you can offer. Thanks.

We also had visitors friday that keep chickens and don't do the best job of washing there hands after holding them.

 

[SillyChicken]

"Not acting right" describes just about every ailment a bird can have. What were the poops like, were they eating, drinking, walking....... eye color, breathing. ever wormed...... give as much info as you can.

 

[thechickenflock]

"Not acting right" describes just about every ailment a bird can have. What were the poops like, were they eating, drinking, walking....... eye color, breathing. ever wormed...... give as much info as you can.

They were a little bit runny but nothing that disturbed me although last nigh she had one that was very runny. She was not eating or drinking. She got around fine until last night when she stopped walking for the most part but still could. Her eye color was normal. Her breathing was a little shallow but once again nothing that concerned me (it was 90 here yesterday) never wormed or vaccinated.

 

[SillyChicken]

http://annarbor.craigslist.org/grq/4614716101.html
Organic feeds if anyone is interested..

 

[thechickenflock]

Westwind milling also started making an organic, soy free, non-GMO chicken feed last week

 

[SillyChicken]

They were a little bit runny but nothing that disturbed me although last nigh she had one that was very runny. She was not eating or drinking. She got around fine until last night when she stopped walking for the most part but still could. Her eye color was normal. Her breathing was a little shallow but once again nothing that concerned me (it was 90 here yesterday) never wormed or vaccinated.

runny.. were there any signs of blood? coccidia maybe? Some of their poops are runny, but it's not all supposed to be that way.

Check their crops? Squishy?

How about the food? smell ok, not moldy? I found some of my goat food was moldy at the bottom of the bag... not sure if the humidity is the issue or if the food got wet somehow.

try giving your birds some yogurt or probiotics in the water...

check them over physically really well. are they at a good weight? Can you feel their keel bone? You may need to worm them... If you have a farm vet that will do a poop sample for you (mine charges $10) they can tell if you have worms and what to use.

.. and as gross as it is, check the poops good too. There was a helpful poop chart somewhere on this site.

the other issues could be viral or bacterial.. which means you'll need to try to figure that out.

Hopefully someone else can help...