***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[ashtree]

Lost little Solo, the serama chick, thought it was wryneck, but they are so fragile- meanwhile, little yogi looks pretty well recovered, his beak though looks like it took a beating

I'm sorry you lost the little serama chick. I failed to notice that when I read your post last night. And then felt like a double jerk for making a duck joke so sorry for your loss. I know you love them all!

 

[artsyrobin]

i think the mystery of yogi the duckling has been solved. i counted duckling this morning- mama has 8, had to recount- i thought yogi was from that group- but she would have had 7 after bringing him in. i found him in the run looking real wobbily with her standing by with the others
only thing i can figure is his egg was left in the nest and he hatched on his own.

@ashtree no problem, don't feel bad

 

[lonnyandrinda]

I have one of those Lavenders from Coweta. She has a "cold" that I just can't cure. I have tried every antibiotic and everything else I can. She is acting fine but sneezes occasionally. I would think it is allergies but Rebecca lost both of the Lavs that she kept.

Have you tried Tylan? I spoke recently with the state vet about using Tylan 50, he said the recommendations online are VERY conservative at 1/2 CC for a chick and 1 CC for an adult per day. He suggested a more appropriate dose for an aggressive respiratory infection was 3-5 CC per day, broken up into 3 or 4 doses throughout the day.

 

[ashtree]

i think the mystery of yogi the duckling has been solved. i counted duckling this morning- mama has 8, had to recount- i thought yogi was from that group- but she would have had 7 after bringing him in. i found him in the run looking real wobbily with her standing by with the others

only thing i can figure is his egg was left in the nest and he hatched on his own.

So does that in anyway explain the scraping on the beak? What a will to live!

 

[artsyrobin]

Have you tried Tylan? I spoke recently with the state vet about using Tylan 50, he said the recommendations online are VERY conservative at 1/2 CC for a chick and 1 CC for an adult per day. He suggested a more appropriate dose for an aggressive respiratory infection was 3-5 CC per day, broken up into 3 or 4 doses throughout the day.

That is good to know, have a white cochin i am starting on tylan in those doses-

 

[Kyzmette]

Have you tried Tylan?  I spoke recently with the state vet about using Tylan 50, he said the recommendations online are VERY conservative at 1/2 CC for a chick and 1 CC for an adult per day.  He suggested a more appropriate dose for an aggressive respiratory infection was 3-5 CC per day, broken up into 3 or 4 doses throughout the day.

My Coweta bird had the same stuff, but it went away when I got sick of the ick that was going around in my flock and tried aureomycin. Whatever that crap was seemed to be Tylan resistant, because I had the whole flock on it for a couple of weeks when I was treating the Corid resistant coccidia.

Sigh. After typing that paragraph I think maybe I should abstain from antibiotics on my flock except in urgent situations. We're creating microscopic monsters.

Robin, your flock and mine must be in some horrible harmonic synchronization. Apparently this keet had something delicious on her nose, or maybe her nose was just delicious, because her hatchmates pecked her nose right off. Poor baby, I found her with a face covered in blood yesterday.

 

[artsyrobin]

awww...poor little one!!!



here is mystery ee mix baby- the guy that shipped the eggs has Spitz and Polish and the EE mix- so am thinking...looking at pics this might be a Spitz/EE mix hoping a girl?? She did hatch from a blue egg

 

[Kyzmette]

Robin, your mohawked babies are just too cute!

Guinea people, I just found this and you might like it if you're hatching colored keets.

http://www.guineafowl.com/fritsfarm/guineas/colors/

 

[greenbeetle]

Robin, your mohawked babies are just too cute!

Guinea people, I just found this and you might like it if you're hatching colored keets.

http://www.guineafowl.com/fritsfarm/guineas/colors/

Guinea chciks are so cute, but when they grow up they are so ugly...

 

[subhanalah]

Guinea chciks are so cute, but when they grow up they are so ugly...

not vulture guineas! They look dignified and distinguished! And like all their names are Jeeves!