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[artsyrobin]

Adding my welcome to all the new folks here. Ask and ye shall receive. Chickens, advice, directions, prayers. Whatever you want we seem full of it.
Speaking of advice... Muscoveys eat rodents? Like mice? Can this be true?
Please confirm because I'm going to need a few dozen ducks to take care of my infestation!

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https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/596842/overrun-with-mice-in-chicken-pens/10

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[TaraBellaBirds]

A few chick pics from today 8 days old


That red "hair" is awesome!


Can't wait to see how this one feathers out.

I think I may be in love with the bottom one though!!! Kassaundra I never thought I'd be a fan of NN but you have managed to show the beauty in them and I just love them!

 

[mjgigax]

Hotcurlr speaking for myself it doesn't matter how much I trust the seller I ALWAYS ALWAYS quarantine. Good habit and can save you heartbreak. Even if they are healthy as a horse at sale the stress of travel and a new environment can weaken their immune system and they can start showing symptoms RIGHT after you combine them with your own precious ones. Then you are up a creek. I do min of 14 days, but I prefer 30 if I can swing the pen space.

Well said.

 

[mjgigax]

@cathiesue use peppermint oil! Mice hate the stuff!

I am going to try that!

My bantams just ignore the mice. I want to plant mint around the outside of the pens. I have a lot of chocolate mint in my perenial borders and it is quite invasive. This year when I thin it out I will replant what I pull out.

 

[mjgigax]

I think I may be in love with the bottom one though!!! Kassaundra I never thought I'd be a fan of NN but you have managed to show the beauty in them and I just love them!

I agree. It seems they are very hardy and healthy too.

 

[artsyrobin]

the girls are home..... critters-rodent type you are warned....

 

[Kassaundra]

Muuuhaaaahaaa converting the world one at a time.

 

[Kyzmette]

Sigh. The Neverending (Sob) Story... I think one of my Buttercup girls is blind. I noticed the last couple of weeks she was losing color in her comb. I also noticed the skittish girl was letting me get closer to her, but I thought maybe she was just getting used to me. A couple of days ago she was right at my feet, so I reached down and she let me get all the way to touching her, then jumped a mile. I brought her inside and in two days her comb pinked back up. Her poop was totally water, no solids, and she's starting to poop real poop now. So... she was starving and likely dehydrated.

She has no cataracts I can see, no distension of the orb or misshaping of the iris. I'm not inclined to believe it's Mareks, so for right now I'm just going with non-disease-related loss of sight. Unless anybody else has ideas?

So... what now? She'll let me almost touch her eye without flinching one minute, then turn her head the next. I'm not sure if she's blind or not. And if she is, does anybody have suggestions on how I can help her be self-sufficient? I thought about setting up a timer over the food dish that would make a tapping sound or ring a bell. Although I suppose if she's blind, a life in a cage wouldn't be the worst thing.

I really need chicken diapers.

 

[artsyrobin]

Sigh. The Neverending (Sob) Story... I think one of my Buttercup girls is blind. I noticed the last couple of weeks she was losing color in her comb. I also noticed the skittish girl was letting me get closer to her, but I thought maybe she was just getting used to me. A couple of days ago she was right at my feet, so I reached down and she let me get all the way to touching her, then jumped a mile. I brought her inside and in two days her comb pinked back up. Her poop was totally water, no solids, and she's starting to poop real poop now. So... she was starving and likely dehydrated.

She has no cataracts I can see, no distension of the orb or misshaping of the iris. I'm not inclined to believe it's Mareks, so for right now I'm just going with non-disease-related loss of sight. Unless anybody else has ideas?

So... what now? She'll let me almost touch her eye without flinching one minute, then turn her head the next. I'm not sure if she's blind or not. And if she is, does anybody have suggestions on how I can help her be self-sufficient? I thought about setting up a timer over the food dish that would make a tapping sound or ring a bell. Although I suppose if she's blind, a life in a cage wouldn't be the worst thing.

I really need chicken diapers.

i am sorry! have two nearly blind silkie roos, they have always been together- as long as they are in a somewhat small spce and the food and water is always in the same place they are fine. Might give her vitamins also

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

I agree. It seems they are very hardy and healthy too.

Muuuhaaaahaaa converting the world one at a time.

LOL I will definitely be adding NN to my flock eventually.....along with like 10 others I can't live without (does it ever end?)