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[Kimbroe1981]

Just witnessed a scene from a horror movie even w/ sound effects. It seems we have a new broody. When skyfire was broody she would puff up and give you the evil eye whenever you tried to mess w/ her, but this new one, one of the young black NN's w/ the rose comb, she attacks and makes a blood curdling scream, even when she sees a fellow chicken!!!!! Well that is the good news now for the bad news 2 of my new hatches are in ICU I have them back in the freshly cleaned bator. I don't think either one will make it the dark NN and the houdan. The NN has been weak ever since hatch and seems to be getting even weaker, I think it has some internal issue, it has a very large and very soft abdomen, fully formed and all fully intact skin. The houdan was strong and actually a bully, but last night while still in the bator started noticing some balance issues, they have got much worse today she can't seem to stand w/o falling over let alone walk. Looks like my fab 4 are going to become the dynamic duo.

Are you giving them Poly Vi Sol vitamins in their water? One of my EE has a very large soft bulge on it's back end, splay leg and very weak, I seperated her, splinted her legs and gave her water with vitamins in it. Now at 10 weeks she's the larger of my 2 EE and very strong. I had her on vitamin water for a couple weeks.

I hope they make it!!

 

[dgibson]

Mike & Nana those were Partridge Chantecler, i kept a trio for breeding , i have the white variety also , these are very rare in this area .

 

[Kassaundra]

Are you giving them Poly Vi Sol vitamins in their water? One of my EE has a very large soft bulge on it's back end, splay leg and very weak, I seperated her, splinted her legs and gave her water with vitamins in it. Now at 10 weeks she's the larger of my 2 EE and very strong. I had her on vitamin water for a couple weeks.

I hope they make it!!

I'm hand feeding them every 30 minutes or so as much honey water for the NN as I can safely get him to drink, and as much sweetened (w/ honey water) chick start greul as I can get the houdan to eat.

 

[Ksane]

My big Silver Laced Cochin boy ended up with a slipped Achilles tendon. The vet caponized him and stitched the tendon in place and put a big honking splint on him. Then she caponized 1 of my little Birchen Ameraucana boys and he started bleeding and she couldn't get it to stop and he died. Thankfully she called me and asked me if I wanted her to continue with the other 6. I told her no and that I'd be right up there to pick the rest of them up. Just not worth the risk. I knew there was a risk but I wasn't expecting only a 50% survival rate. She's done it lots of times before, she said. But it seems Poco has better odds and this woman is an actual Avian vet, that's her specialty. The students on the case were so sweet and felt so bad, they don't do any of the surgery part, for the record. Anyway, Plan B is in order.

Kass, I'm so sorry about your babies. I do hope they make it. It would be such a shame to get through the tough part of hatching not to make it. Chickens are so worth it, they're only fault is they just die too easy. I'm not so sure feeding them at all is necessary. I'd be tempted not to feed at all since they don't need to eat for several days.

 

[Greybear23]

Hey folks, I heard a little while ago that one of our long time group members, Stimpy was taken to the hospital this morning.
Possibly a heart attack ! Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.
Thanks

Prayers for Stimpy, if you see him Monty tell him we are here for him and hope he is better!! Lynn

 

[NanaKat]

Hey folks, I heard a little while ago that one of our long time group members, Stimpy was taken to the hospital this morning.
Possibly a heart attack ! Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.
Thanks

Please keep us informed! Prayers are lifted for a speedy recovery.

Just witnessed a scene from a horror movie even w/ sound effects. It seems we have a new broody. When skyfire was broody she would puff up and give you the evil eye whenever you tried to mess w/ her, but this new one, one of the young black NN's w/ the rose comb, she attacks and makes a blood curdling scream, even when she sees a fellow chicken!!!!! Well that is the good news now for the bad news 2 of my new hatches are in ICU I have them back in the freshly cleaned bator. I don't think either one will make it the dark NN and the houdan. The NN has been weak ever since hatch and seems to be getting even weaker, I think it has some internal issue, it has a very large and very soft abdomen, fully formed and all fully intact skin. The houdan was strong and actually a bully, but last night while still in the bator started noticing some balance issues, they have got much worse today she can't seem to stand w/o falling over let alone walk. Looks like my fab 4 are going to become the dynamic duo.

Sorry to hear about your babies.
Gotta love those broodies!
I'm trying to bust up two that are making a valient effort to steal eggs. I put Delilah's eggs in a small frame tray box 'cause she was nesting on the gound. Will then hopefully be able to move her in the tray to a brooder pen before the eggs hatch. I'm going to be out of town for a week beginning the 29th. She is due to hatch on the 29th.

Mike & Nana those were Partridge Chantecler, i kept a trio for breeding , i have the white variety also , these are very rare in this area .

Wow! I had Buff Chantecler a while back. Love that breed.

My big Silver Laced Cochin boy ended up with a slipped Achilles tendon. The vet caponized him and stitched the tendon in place and put a big honking splint on him. Then she caponized 1 of my little Birchen Ameraucana boys and he started bleeding and she couldn't get it to stop and he died. Thankfully she called me and asked me if I wanted her to continue with the other 6. I told her no and that I'd be right up there to pick the rest of them up. Just not worth the risk. I knew there was a risk but I wasn't expecting only a 50% survival rate. She's done it lots of times before, she said. But it seems Poco has better odds and this woman is an actual Avian vet, that's her specialty. The students on the case were so sweet and felt so bad, they don't do any of the surgery part, for the record. Anyway, Plan B is in order.

hmmmmm...so sorry.

 

[Kassaundra]

My big Silver Laced Cochin boy ended up with a slipped Achilles tendon. The vet caponized him and stitched the tendon in place and put a big honking splint on him. Then she caponized 1 of my little Birchen Ameraucana boys and he started bleeding and she couldn't get it to stop and he died. Thankfully she called me and asked me if I wanted her to continue with the other 6. I told her no and that I'd be right up there to pick the rest of them up. Just not worth the risk. I knew there was a risk but I wasn't expecting only a 50% survival rate. She's done it lots of times before, she said. But it seems Poco has better odds and this woman is an actual Avian vet, that's her specialty. The students on the case were so sweet and felt so bad, they don't do any of the surgery part, for the record. Anyway, Plan B is in order.

Kass, I'm so sorry about your babies. I do hope they make it. It would be such a shame to get through the tough part of hatching not to make it. Chickens are so worth it, they're only fault is they just die too easy. I'm not so sure feeding them at all is necessary. I'd be tempted not to feed at all since they don't need to eat for several days.

So sorry about your boy.

The two healthy ones are eating and drinking up a storm, and I can't think of any other way to give them strength. W/o food or at least a few carbs they are just getting weaker and weaker (this morning until I started feeding them by hand.) Not that they are running in circles now, but they do raise their little heads more then they had before eating.

 

[jcatblum]

Mitzi sorry surgery didn't go well. How old was the one you lost? I thought I read the older the more problems with bleeding????

I went ahead & tuffed it out & came to the fair. Tuesday is the way to go! Arm bands were only $14 military gets in free everyone else $3. Kids didn't even want to ride anything so thankful I didn't buy arm bands in advance. They had the cutest tiny pigs & some pretty calves. Taron wanted to look at everyone. Told her we had cows all around us... She said yes but none are as pretty as these. Think she would have taken one of everything home if she had a choice.
Came close to getting an adjustable bed-- price was right & it was so comfy, but I googled the company & they only sale at fairs & trade shows. Makes me question dropping that kinda money when they don't have a store front but offer a lifetime warranty with service with in 24 hours. Sometimes things are just to good to be true.
Best part was even with all the chickens we have Taron stops to watch the chickens for a good 15min!!! Chickens are always entertaining.

 

[jens-hens]

My big Silver Laced Cochin boy ended up with a slipped Achilles tendon. The vet caponized him and stitched the tendon in place and put a big honking splint on him. Then she caponized 1 of my little Birchen Ameraucana boys and he started bleeding and she couldn't get it to stop and he died. Thankfully she called me and asked me if I wanted her to continue with the other 6. I told her no and that I'd be right up there to pick the rest of them up. Just not worth the risk. I knew there was a risk but I wasn't expecting only a 50% survival rate. She's done it lots of times before, she said. But it seems Poco has better odds and this woman is an actual Avian vet, that's her specialty. The students on the case were so sweet and felt so bad, they don't do any of the surgery part, for the record. Anyway, Plan B is in order.

Kass, I'm so sorry about your babies. I do hope they make it. It would be such a shame to get through the tough part of hatching not to make it. Chickens are so worth it, they're only fault is they just die too easy. I'm not so sure feeding them at all is necessary. I'd be tempted not to feed at all since they don't need to eat for several days.

So sorry for you both. This chicken stuff is hard sometimes!

 

[MacGuyver]

Hey folks, I heard a little while ago that one of our long time group members, Stimpy was taken to the hospital this morning.
Possibly a heart attack ! Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.
Thanks

Will do. Thank you for the update.