MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

It's spirochaetes. She has way too many in her crop.

She's going to have a highly effective medication but I won't be allowed to eat her eggs any more. It's called metronidazol. Or something like that.

 

[MaryJanet]

It's a very long appointment. 30 minutes and counting.

 

[RoyalChick]

It's spirochaetes. She has way too many in her crop.

She's going to have a highly effective medication but I won't be allowed to eat her eggs any more. It's called metronidazol. Or something like that.

I didn’t know spirochetes caused issues in chickens.
Spirochetes (of different varieties) are what cause Lyme disease and Syphilis amongst other things!

 

[MaryJanet]

Here she is feeling too sick to eat the mealworms the vet gave her.

 

[MaryJanet]

I didn’t know spirochetes caused issues in chickens.
Spirochetes (of different varieties) are what cause Lyme disease and Syphilis amongst other things!

She did say it might be secondary and to bring her back for xrays if the medication doesn't work.

 

[MaryJanet]

I didn’t know spirochetes caused issues in chickens.
Spirochetes (of different varieties) are what cause Lyme disease and Syphilis amongst other things!

I hope I got the name right

 

[RoyalChick]

I hope I got the name right

Well it isn’t a word that is like any other so I am thinking yes you did.
I looked it up in the Merck veterinary manual and indeed a specific kind of spirochete infects chickens - particularly in the ceca.
Transmitted by ticks.

 

[MaryJanet]

Well it isn’t a word that is like any other so I am thinking yes you did.
I looked it up in the Merck veterinary manual and indeed a specific kind of spirochete infects chickens - particularly in the ceca.
Transmitted by ticks.

Blimey. Ticks! There must be ticks in the backyard!

 

[RoyalChick]

Blimey. Ticks! There must be ticks in the backyard!

I don't think it is only ticks - it said mosquitoes too.

 

[MaryJanet]

I don't think it is only ticks - it said mosquitoes too.

Ok, well there a loads of mozzies. I'm guessing the pesky mozzies were the culprits.

I'll step up my mozzie reduction efforts in the roost.