Michigan

[M.sue]

Stacykins....Wonderful news about Ally

and yes to a lot of treats.....she's cute!

Raz.....Bake needs a treat too for that egg she delivered!!

 

[AngelaB]

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I hope it ends up being a pullet. The little one was the tiniest of the group, all the rest were the same size as the bigger one

 

[M.sue]

Wow the wind is horrific out here, we had a gust that almost blew my DH's smoker over and had a power surge. I imagine there will be a lot of things flying if people don't have stuff anchored down. My coop is anchored even though it's moveable thank goodness......I'd sure hate to have to go rounding up flying chickens!!

AngelaB...... fingers crossed the little fluff ball isn't a Roo. They sure are cute.

 

[NovaAman]

The feathering around the neck too will tell now at 6 months. I can totally tell now that mine are older, but at 15 weeks, was harder, but now I know what to look for, and NO I will not say I am right. But I'd not be surprised if she was a he.

Diana, he/she should have a comb by now if its a roo, a nice purple growth of a comb... LOL. All my roos, well, the ones I rehomed and the 2 I have left have those combs and they are 5 months and the 2 girls do not have that kinda comb at all. Its much much smaller.

I went on the search for a good comb... here it is

I don't remember whose guy this was, but...

 

[AngelaB]

M.sue :

Wow the wind is horrific out here, we had a gust that almost blew my DH's smoker over and had a power surge. I imagine there will be a lot of things flying if people don't have stuff anchored down. My coop is anchored even though it's moveable thank goodness......I'd sure hate to have to go rounding up flying chickens!!

AngelaB...... fingers crossed the little fluff ball isn't a Roo. They sure are cute.

Me too! Thanks!​

 

[chicken grandma]

I had a very interesting day!
Our favorite d'uccle hen has been having diarrhea the last 4 days. It progressively became more watery until today she only pooped 'water'.
I took her to the vet and he diagnosed - PNEUMONIA. Now how would I have known that from watery poop?
She is on amoxicillan and will recover just fine. The vet felt the sudden weather change was what caused the pneumonia.
He recommended a heat lamp with no teflon on the heat lamp (yes they do coat some heat lamps with teflon so they won't shatter) in the coop for her.

He said the reason she had diahhrea was that the air sacs go way down in the abdomen and so the infected air sacs were causing irritation to the intestinal tract.
A very interesting and unexpected diagnosis.

 

[NovaAman]

I just had to take the shovel to my garage to scrape chicken poop out. I left the door up a bit, cuz I am nice, so the girls could go in out of the wind if they wanted. They do not like to hang out in the coop during the day, no matter the weather, BUT, they will chill in the garage... eat the cat food... Heck chase the cat off in order to eat her food... Oh my word... POOPOO CITY! HOLY COW!

A lady was supposed to come today to take the last silkie roo that I want to rehome. She's been supposed to come for 3 days now, and hasn't. I guess I will not count on that. I think I will probably keep him now anyway. He's just a 2 pounder anyway.

I've got a feeling that I might have to turn the heat on in the house. Its getting cold in here.

 

[NovaAman]

Wow, I wouldnt have guessed that either! Glad she's gonna make a good recovery.

 

[chicken grandma]

One side note; I asked our vet who is an Avian and Zoo vet about routine worming.

He did not recommend it because of #1 the resistance to the wormer that occurs and #2 the side effects of the wormers.

He recommends checking the poop for worms (fecal check) and suggested that MSU would do fecal checks, most vets will do fecal checks without having you bring the chickens in and he also suggested contacting the local 4-H extention office for recommendations. I know of folks in the U.P. who found the Humane Society would do the fecal check for them.

Once he knows what kind of worm is involved he chooses a wormer. He said that he 'does use a lot of Ivermectin because it is in and out of the bird quickly, lessening side effects'.

I hope this information is helpful to some of you. I have read some heavy promotion of Valbazen on BYC by one individual. I do not know that individuals motivation for the constant promotion of that wormer, however our vet stated that he does not use Valbazen (Abendazole) because of the long time it is in the chickens' body and the potential for liver damage.

 

[M.sue]

OK....so the vet recommends not to routinely worm for the reasons he stated. I also have heard different people say the same thing.....
Don't worm until it's necessary and they had the same reasoning as the vet. I know everyone has different views and reasons but I was just curious as to how many Michigan Threaders do worm. I haven't yet but need to make my decision on as whether to or not.