When I left for the OH Nationals I had a goldneck with a ripped open chest, a cream hen acting like she was choking to death, and a project bird that had sneezed at me. Each were in solitary.
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When I got home Saturday I did a quick check, and sneezy wasn't sneezing, cream was gurgling & her comb was blue, boo-boo was avoiding care. I told cream I'd be humane on Sunday, told boo-boo she was getting treatment, told sneezy I'd put her back with the others.
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On Sunday, I worked in the agrage for 30 minutes and sneezy never sneezed. So I went to get her out of the cage, and she sneezed on my hand.
Her eyes are clear, she's eating liike a pig, and perky. I said, "Are you trying to mess with my head?" She sneezed again. So I left her in the cage and washed up.
When I went to cull cream hen, she was was breathing clear, her comb was red.
She gave me a smug stink eye.
Little boo-boo was unable to avoid care, but I don't think she's going to make it. She was very pale, and her would has opened up a couple of times and bled more. I doctored her up, forced some electrolite water into her, and told her I expected to come back and find her perky tomorrow. I don't really expect that though
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This morning sneezy didn't sneeze at me at all when I put more food in the cage. I don't know what her deal is.
Cream still looks fine.
Couldn't reach boo-boo without making a mess on my work clothes.
Sticking the potential eggs in the bator was a wise choice, and DH wasn't too upset since I'd had so much turmoil in the chicken world lately. They were due to hatch 11/10, I put them in the bator 11/11.
But when one was peeping yesterday DH was considerably suprised! Until then, he didn't realize the hens had been setting on any eggs.
The chicks from my murdered prize-winner goldneck girl are considerably smaller than any other chicks. But one is quite feisty and trying to be in charge. There was one I thought was spraddle, but she seems to be moving around pretty well now. The third just hatched this morning and is a mystery.
The cream girl's chicks are larger, and there are more of them (5).
My big surprise was the goldneck over lavender, which resulted in BLUE chicks! They are definitely NOT lavender, too dark for that. Weird. Wish there were more than 2 of them...
I have one definite partridge silkie that is pure.
I have 2 d'Uccle over silkie due to a sneaky Tennessee. Both are definitely spraddle though. Isn't that weird? I don't fix spraddle, I cull. But I'm waiting to do it this afternoon, to give everyone a chance to rest up and get their legs under them if they can.
With all my weird birds, plus a new pair in quarantine, I don't have enough room for broodies. So today I will make a concentrated effort to break them all of it. I'm also going to worm them all with some meds I got at the O.N. I expect to get a LOT of stink eye today....
