North Carolina

[Hollowoakfarm]

All right I'm all caught up!
Thanks for all the well wishes, much appreciated, I'm feeling great. 

I'd still like to downsize more, but we're at a much more manageable number, my husband's chicken math was starting to get a little out of control haha!
I still have my 14 I started with last summer then another 10 about to start laying I really need to pick my favorites from (and another 4 on Craigslist).
And 7 or 8 roo's but they're about to processed.
But I've gotten rid of quite a few.

We processed 5 rabbits yesterday too.  Surprisingly I did well, I thought I'd be a mess.

Still have my peacock, turkey, & 4 ducks.  (DH put 2 dozen duck eggs in the 'bator last week, I have NO idea why haha, so I'll probably have free ducklings in a few weeks there's no way I can take on more animals!)

Hope everyone is doing well.  Kids are back in school!!!! 

So pleased to see you posting! Was worried about you!

 

[ramirezframing]

Posted this in Emergencies, but thought I'd post here too:

I have a hen that I found sitting in my yard a few days (almost a week) ago when I went out to feed the chickens. She had been pecked on top of her head enough to bleed and make me think she had a concussion, she has trouble standing up, but not paralyzed in legs or wings. After a week in separation, she has not laid an egg, she is not bloated, normal stool, she's eating and drinking, but still having a bit of trouble standing. She literally wobbles, like a drunk person. I contacted a chicken breeder that I trust to see what she thought. She referred me to a vet that suggested either neurological Marek's, or egg peritonitis. From the symptoms I've researched for both, I honestly don't think she has either. My hubby says we should just euth her, burn the body and quarantine the rest of the flock. Any thoughts? Any other ideas besides Marek's or egg peritonitis? What should I do about the rest of my flock?

The lack of egg laying could be due to the stress of the injury, could also be due to molting. Do you know if she has started to molt or if she was laying pretty good before she was hurt? Keep her separated for awhile longer and see how she does. Good luck.

 

[ramirezframing]

O how I love the start of school, kids going back, supply lists that are not right (and teachers acting like it's the parents fault when the kids are missing stuff), and most of all the kids bring home sickness and infect me with it.

And the school decided to make September the attendance awareness month with awards for students with perfect attendance for this month. I think it should be sickness awareness month. I mean what do you expect to happen at the start when you throw that many kids together in one building.

Hope everyone has a good week.

 

[tjbuckshotbarn]

Does anyone have meat chickens for sale or trade? I will be at the cedar creek flock swap this Saterday and I have silkie chicks, Maran roo, Dominique roo, and some mixed red & blk sexy linked hens for sale or trade

 

[tjbuckshotbarn]

Here's a few pics of the birds I'm bringing to the cedar creek flock swap this saterday

 

[2StrayRoos]

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Posted this in Emergencies, but thought I'd post here too:

I have a hen that I found sitting in my yard a few days (almost a week) ago when I went out to feed the chickens. She had been pecked on top of her head enough to bleed and make me think she had a concussion, she has trouble standing up, but not paralyzed in legs or wings. After a week in separation, she has not laid an egg, she is not bloated, normal stool, she's eating and drinking, but still having a bit of trouble standing. She literally wobbles, like a drunk person. I contacted a chicken breeder that I trust to see what she thought. She referred me to a vet that suggested either neurological Marek's, or egg peritonitis. From the symptoms I've researched for both, I honestly don't think she has either. My hubby says we should just euth her, burn the body and quarantine the rest of the flock. Any thoughts? Any other ideas besides Marek's or egg peritonitis? What should I do about the rest of my flock?
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I have a hen who had wry neck and I saw a post on here to give it polyvisol w/o the iron and crush 2 selenium tablets and 2 vit. E soft gels and mix it all together in the polyvisol and give it to her 3 times a day. I did 2 times because we work and also give her sav-a-chick in the water. Because mine couldn't hold her head up she couldn't walk. I use a dog pillow shaped like a bone to prop her neck on and she stayed like that in a box in the house for 3 weeks until she started to hold her head up and started to try to stand. She would get out of the box with her wings (low sided box). I use puppy pads and switched her food to laying crumbles, easier for her to eat. Once she mastered standing then she started to walk so I had to put her in a large dog kennel. Once she started to resist taking the medicine, we just stopped. I had her cut back to one dropperful when she started holding her head up. When I was cleaning her cage back in July I was moving her stuff I didn't even realize I was also moving an egg. She started to lay again and is still laying. Put some oyster shell in there to keep her shells hard and grit. I still have her in the house because she is use to the AC and I don't want to move her out until it turns cooler. I take her out on cool days to take a dust bath and she loves it, coos and coos. So don't give up on your chicken it takes time and patience and a lot of puppy pads lol, but to see them get better does your heart good to know you tried. This has been going on for 4 months. She is a 3 year old EasterEgger one of my first so she is special.

 

[JayDubYa]

Good morning,

I just listed two silkie roos on CL, if anyone is looking for a silkie to spoil, please let me know. See my avatar for pic of one.

Janelle

 

[CricketR4]

Could be neurological damage from the head injury?
My silkie got a solid peck on the head and I thought she was going to die. She was laying on her side unable to walk, head swaying back and forth like she was dizzy. I brought her inside and after three days she was totally back to her normal crabby self. I was lucky that it was temporary with no noticeable longterm effects and a fast recovery. Hopefully yours continues to improve.

The lack of egg laying could be due to the stress of the injury, could also be due to molting. Do you know if she has started to molt or if she was laying pretty good before she was hurt? Keep her separated for awhile longer and see how she does. Good luck.

Ok, y'all a quick update:
The hen (Speckles) is still not laying, but she is moving around a bit more. Still having normal stools and eating and drinking normally. She moves away from me when I reach into the crate to feed her or change her water, although she's still a bit wobbly. I'm going to keep an eye on her for a while more and see what happens.

On another note, anyone interested in a rooster that is White Marans/Lavender Orp mix? He's aggressive (attacked me when I went to feed them this evening), but gorgeous. He's yours (anyones) for breeding, retraining (if that's even possible!) or for the pot, if you'll trade two bantam hens or two call duck hens for him.

 

[starlingdaly]

Ok, y'all a quick update:
The hen (Speckles) is still not laying, but she is moving around a bit more. Still having normal stools and eating and drinking normally. She moves away from me when I reach into the crate to feed her or change her water, although she's still a bit wobbly. I'm going to keep an eye on her for a while more and see what happens.

On another note, anyone interested in a rooster that is White Marans/Lavender Orp mix? He's aggressive (attacked me when I went to feed them this evening), but gorgeous. He's yours (anyones) for breeding, retraining (if that's even possible!) or for the pot, if you'll trade two bantam hens or two call duck hens for him.

I hope Speckles continues to improve!! She may not lay eggs for a week or two. My silkie didn't after her injury. Biologically it makes sense. Why try to start a family when you are recovering from something that could've killed you?

Not to be rude, but I think two bantam hens or two duck hens is a high price for a mixed breed rooster with known aggression issues. you might find a good deal selling or trading him at a flock swap though, especially if he looks handsome.
I guess I have a hard time thinking a rooster is worth a hen, much less two hens.

 

[Matt A NC]

An injury, sickness, or any stress will stop their laying cycle for several weeks. Could even be a couple months. Depends on how they recover.