North Carolina

[sbrooks88]

Good morning folks 

On the road today to get some chickens.......like
I really more  


hope everyone has a good day  :yiipchick

I just figured out how to do these little doo-dads! :yiipchick

 

[FVRM]

What about avian tuberculosis? I can't find much about it online but much if what I've read sounds like what he has going on!!! Idk if it's contagious to humans or what. Idk how it would be passed on but it says that it can take up to a year for an infected chicken to show signs! All my chickens were raised together! Ugh! Help!

i don't think it's tb I'm guessing it's something with his digestive system, crop or one of his organs that affect digestion. Maybe he ate some plastic? Neon green poop seems to be common around this forum but no one ever has a clear answer to what causes it. it ranges from worms to liver disease to intestinal bacteria

 

[dutchbunny83]

Help Please????? I would like to get a trio of Call Ducks, preferably snowy, where can I get them in NC? Or East Indie ducks? P.S I tried the Forsyth Fowl Fanciers show/sale but they didn't have any??? In the piedmont triad area???

Can't help you on those, but I have a trio of Fawn & White Runner ducks if you wanted a different breed???

 

[dutchbunny83]

sbrooks-- Sorry about your roo

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

sbrooks-- Sorry about your roo

me too.....so sorry

 

[DylansMom]

What about avian tuberculosis? I can't find much about it online but much if what I've read sounds like what he has going on!!! Idk if it's contagious to humans or what. Idk how it would be passed on but it says that it can take up to a year for an infected chicken to show signs! All my chickens were raised together! Ugh! Help!

sbrooks88, go to the emergencies/diseases/injuries and cures section of the forum and look for a post from 6/28/2013 entitled "I'm pretty sure my hen has sour crop, need advice". If you can find that look at the hen's symptoms, do they sound like your boy's symptoms? Just a thought.

 

[sbrooks88]

sbrooks88, go to the emergencies/diseases/injuries and cures section of the forum and look for a post from 6/28/2013 entitled "I'm pretty sure my hen has sour crop, need advice". If you can find that look at the hen's symptoms, do they sound like your boy's symptoms? Just a thought.

Somewhat similar. I'm can't "find" his crop though. He doesn't eat a lot And it feel like nothing is there. I hold him really gentle too because he is just bone now. Really fragile and honestly I'm scared I will "break" him. He can no longer stand alone. I have to support him and he has pillows and blankets to prop him up. He is literally dying right in front of me. Wasting away and there isn't a thing I can do about it. Part of me wants to pray he will just go painlessly in his sleep. But the other part of me isn't ready to let go and give up yet.

 

[DylansMom]

Somewhat similar. I'm can't "find" his crop though. He doesn't eat a lot And it feel like nothing is there. I hold him really gentle too because he is just bone now. Really fragile and honestly I'm scared I will "break" him. He can no longer stand alone. I have to support him and he has pillows and blankets to prop him up. He is literally dying right in front of me. Wasting away and there isn't a thing I can do about it. Part of me wants to pray he will just go painlessly in his sleep. But the other part of me isn't ready to let go and give up yet.

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. When I read that post the cocci sounding diarrhea and the vomiting up fluid sounded like him. Hopefully he will go peacefully when he is ready, you won't be ready, but that's how it always is. You loved him and gave him great comfort during his last weeks and I am certain he knows that. Take care, my thoughts are with you. Mindy

 

[FVRM]

Somewhat similar. I'm can't "find" his crop though. He doesn't eat a lot And it feel like nothing is there. I hold him really gentle too because he is just bone now. Really fragile and honestly I'm scared I will "break" him. He can no longer stand alone. I have to support him and he has pillows and blankets to prop him up. He is literally dying right in front of me. Wasting away and there isn't a thing I can do about it. Part of me wants to pray he will just go painlessly in his sleep. But the other part of me isn't ready to let go and give up yet.

He is starving to death. This confirms there's something wrong with his digestive system. Sometimes they get growths in their throats or some other blockage in there. If it was me I would put him down and not let him starve. You could also do an autopsy to see what was wrong with him.

 

[cwhittington]

He is starving to death. This confirms there's something wrong with his digestive system. Sometimes they get growths in their throats or some other blockage in there. If it was me I would put him down and not let him starve. You could also do an autopsy to see what was wrong with him.

Rollins laboratory in Raleigh will do a necropsy for chickens as well. I've had one done there and they were very helpful. I know that doesn't help bring him back, but it will give you closure that you've done everything you can and if possible prevent something from spreading in your flock if, say, parasites or disease are the culprit.

ETA link:
http://www.ncagr.gov/vet/ncvdl/FeeBrochure.pdf