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[Mistahbue]

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Rhetts - - here's the thread -- I need to subscribe to this forum for sure.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1006213/6-week-old-chick-paralyzed-both-legs

 

[Rhetts]

OK, got the thread. What is nutri drench?

 

[Cluckies]

Just advised that basically I did the right thing. Read up some mores - sounds like possibly there is a thiamine deficiency - which is in the B vitamins. Not sure how long it will take for her to bounce back.

I still can't believe I just gave a chicken oral meds tonight..... mercy

Sounds like you are doing everything right. Keep her warm as well. also, when my chickens were sick and wouldn't eat anything, I gave them sweet potato baby food, they love that and will eat that even if they won't eat much of anything else. as they got stronger I mixed there feed and medicine or vitamins in with it (they would start to struggle when I'd try to give them the meds/vitamins)

 

[holm25]

Mistahbue I had a hen doing that the other day but sadly we lost her. I am thinking heat got her

 

[Mistahbue]

Quote: Okay I will have to get some of that to try. I've got her under a heat lamp -- they've all been under one still -- lots of naked skin and not a lot a feathers yet in some spots on these birds.

Rhetts - Nutri Drench is a liquid that's got electrolytes and a lot of other bells and whistles in it. Found it at Tractor Supply today when I went in hunting for the B vitamins.

Just stopped and mashed up the boiled egg. Holy cow she's going to town chomping it down. Mixed it with a little starter crumble. Asking for prayers for her tonight. And the other sickly chicks arcoss the miles.

 

[Mistahbue]

Mistahbue I had a hen doing that the other day but sadly we lost her. I am thinking heat got her

I am sorry to hear that. This is my first time owning chickens. We started with guineas last year.

Amazing how quickly these birds become family members.

 

[Mistahbue]

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I've got kiwi and strawberry/banana babyfood in the pantry (don't ask - I eat it for desert sometimes....) I might try that tomorrow. Gonna let her be with the boiled egg for the night.

 

[Cluckies]

I've got kiwi and strawberry/banana babyfood in the pantry (don't ask - I eat it for desert sometimes....)   I might try that tomorrow.  Gonna let her be with the boiled egg for the night.

yeah, she will likely it that baby food. if she is eating other stuff I wouldn't worry about it though. Mine didn't care for the strawberry banana, but went nuts over the sweet potato, they all do, or is weird, didn't care for beans either

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Mistahbue I read a little on the thread you jumped on and got my fingers crossed for you. How's the chook coming along? Looks like you're doing everything right. When I administered b12 I just mashed a portion of the vitamin in a waterer. Sounds like you have a means to deliver the med however. Chicken problems can feel overwhelming so hang in there and know you are doing your best. It's up to your hen now.

 

[duluthralphie]

Mistablue Sorry to hear about your chick. I have never seen that. I look at my chicks all the time, and I have some deaths but have never seen that. I have had CX's that have leg problems but they are not paralyzed. What ever it is good luck on them.. Also I think we need new Ole and Lena pictures and stories..



I think I am having a revolt or coup in my Guinea ranks. I have one guinea that spends the entire day (for two days now) chasing another around and around. It has chased him/her into a tree a few times. off the roof of the coop and it never ends. I am sure I saw the one try to push the other in front of an oncoming truck yesterday. I know guineas are , and I believe the correct psychological terminology is "wackadoodle". But this seems unusual even for them. I witnessed a coup last year where a guinea went from "leader" to dead in about 3 minutes and I could not stop it, but I need to know is this normal for them?


There was something else I wanted to comment or ask about but I forget after 20+ posts. ( BTW I love all the posts we get, another 6500 or so and we will be ahead of northern California)..

DO NOT TAKE DOG TRAINING ADVICE FROM ME! I have failed. We had to leave for about an hour last night. We lock one dog up and leave the other to wander the house (except the area with the chicks in it) We came home and my well trained, unbelievably good hunting and retrieving lab pup(7 year old) had decided she was hungry. She took a loaf of bread, minus 4 slices from the counter and ate it. 3 hamburger buns and a package of ant poison, ( we use it in the cupboards to keep ants out). I had picked 2 zucchinis for my wife and laid them on the counter ( I am way to smart to eat a zucchini myself) she had them on the floor with a couple bites out of them, obviously she is too smart to eat zucchini too.

She spent the night in jail, missed lap time and may be paroled sometime today. So whatever I said about training a dog has failed! I am sorry, as is the dog now!

The hussy got off her nest today, and she followed me around as if I was suppose to forget she tried to rip my face off when I went to check her eggs. I threw her some scratch and went to look in her nest. 11 eggs in or around her nest. She rolled one brown egg out of the nest. I know everyone says they can tell bad eggs, I am not so sure of this, as one of the eggs she was trying to hatch is ceramic. I rolled the brown egg back into the nest and removed the ceramic one.