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[Kyzmette]

He still has most of his skin, so I'm not frantic over him. I didn't find any deep punctures, either. I think he's in a little shock right now, but I think if he's still okay in the morning he should be fine. He will be living the life of the ultra-spoiled chicken over the next couple of days until I know for sure.

Robin, I feel like I jumped to worst-case scenario, there. When you say "dark comb" do you mean dark red or purplish blue?

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Hope your boy makes it. I lost a cream legbar pair to my puppy today, they slipped under their pen's fence. the girl was one I'd marked as a keeper too

 

[NanaKat]

Hope you all have a good time in Coweta!
Kyzmette..still working on your iris package. Hope Orlando heals quickly

Our day started with a prolapsed cow...before delivery! Had to bring the entire herd up from the back in order to get her from the back pasture. She and another cow that is a first-timer are settled in the lot by the barn. BUT since we had all the new baby calves in the pen, we decided it was a good time to work them..ear tags, banding, shots and Ivomec...all 20 of them. The only one we didn't get was the calf born yesterday. We matched most of the calf numbers to a mother's number before taking them back to the pasture. Then the grand kids dropped in for a fast visit. We finally got back to the herd to match the last of the numbers when we noticed a cow searching and bawling for her calf. We helped look for it and then realized she was rejecting her calf passing it and even kicking at it when it would come to her. to her discerning nose, the smell of her calf was affected by a combination of smells...Ivomec, blood from the ear tagging, banding, shot, smears of poop from other calves in the squeeze chute. Roger tried to drive the calf toward her at one point. He bawled and three cows charged to his aid nearly running Roger off the pond bank. We decided to come back and check on them later. When we did, Cow 601 had allowed her calf to nurse. Now I will be able to sleep tonight.
The chicks all survived the night outside and were enjoying sunning themselves in their new digs. I will worm them this week.
There is a rabbit on the hit list for eating my Swiss Chard plants to the ground!

 

[Kyzmette]

Hope your boy makes it. I lost a cream legbar pair to my puppy today, they slipped under their pen's fence. the girl was one I'd marked as a keeper too

Wow Rinda, I'm sorry to hear that. It's like the dogs stepped up to take the place of winter.

 

[Ksane]

Nana, I have no idea how you keep up. Do you ever get tired???

Robin, dark comb is usually sad news in my experience. I don't think the comb color is the disease so much as a result of not feeling good.

Kyz, I'd go for a bachelor pen also. Maybe alternate every few months.

 

[artsyrobin]

He still has most of his skin, so I'm not frantic over him. I didn't find any deep punctures, either. I think he's in a little shock right now, but I think if he's still okay in the morning he should be fine. He will be living the life of the ultra-spoiled chicken over the next couple of days until I know for sure.

Robin, I feel like I jumped to worst-case scenario, there. When you say "dark comb" do you mean dark red or purplish blue?

lately those i have lost had deep dark red combs- i was thinking heart- but she is one of the survivors of the banty pen, those that all seemed to have mg, well i wormed her also, yup that is an issue with her, put her on duramycin, she is in the bathtub for the nite-

 

[NanaKat]

Nana, I have no idea how you keep up. Do you ever get tired???.

Oh yes! I had intended to plant potatoes today but everything else took too much time. And we are not getting any younger. And with allergies, I have lost my voice....this is Roger's favorite time of the year..what he calls "peace and quiet"...lol.
We love what we do...it's a wonderful retirement.

 

[bardies]

Hope you all have a good time in Coweta!
Kyzmette..still working on your iris package. Hope Orlando heals quickly

Our day started with a prolapsed cow...before delivery! Had to bring the entire herd up from the back in order to get her from the back pasture. She and another cow that is a first-timer are settled in the lot by the barn. BUT since we had all the new baby calves in the pen, we decided it was a good time to work them..ear tags, banding, shots and Ivomec...all 20 of them. The only one we didn't get was the calf born yesterday. We matched most of the calf numbers to a mother's number before taking them back to the pasture. Then the grand kids dropped in for a fast visit. We finally got back to the herd to match the last of the numbers when we noticed a cow searching and bawling for her calf. We helped look for it and then realized she was rejecting her calf passing it and even kicking at it when it would come to her. to her discerning nose, the smell of her calf was affected by a combination of smells...Ivomec, blood from the ear tagging, banding, shot, smears of poop from other calves in the squeeze chute. Roger tried to drive the calf toward her at one point. He bawled and three cows charged to his aid nearly running Roger off the pond bank. We decided to come back and check on them later. When we did, Cow 601 had allowed her calf to nurse. Now I will be able to sleep tonight.
The chicks all survived the night outside and were enjoying sunning themselves in their new digs. I will worm them this week.
There is a rabbit on the hit list for eating my Swiss Chard plants to the ground!

Understand the being able to sleep. We had a new calf that I spooked out of her hiding place. She took off and kept going, through the fence, by the horses, towards the road and large dogs. I was able to catch up to her and turn her into a fence she couldn't go through (and the dogs weren't out at the time). Caught her up and brought her back to my fence - shoved her back under. Whle she was bawling, mama was looking for her elsewhere, several cows came up to rescue her - scared her, so she charged them (at a day old!) and startled the cows back!
Baby tried sniffing on a bunch of cows looking for a snack and ending up getting kicked and horned. Mama still not even looking at baby... So took baby to the vet to get colostrum etc into her. Went back to get mama. Got her...so 2 hours of unplanned cow work, 40 extra miles... Got mama into pen with baby and she went to nursing. Dumb cow. But tell you what - was glad that THIS time I had cried wolf. Not totally convinced that they had fully bonded...but a day or so in the same pen with no other nosy cows around couldn't have hurt. Today, I watched her give baby a bath. Totally worth it!


How is your prolapse/her calf doing?

 

[bardies]

Wow Rinda, I'm sorry to hear that. It's like the dogs stepped up to take the place of winter.

No kidding - like a bad dog epidemic.

 

[bardies]

Bad decision time... I have a breeding rooster that is very sick. He started with respiratory thing... was on cephalexin and ciproflaxin - got better - then got worse wthin a few days of being off meds. Gurgly breathing and swollen side of the face. So went on the pig feed with ctc/ and a generic deneguard in it, + shots of tylan. We finished the shots - swelling went down within a day, but he still gasps to breath - gurgly sound much of the time. NO nasal or eye discharge (although there was a lot of it in the early stages with the swollen face). He is no longer eating or drinking. Just sits there. I have been giving him egg yolk and water via syringe.

I am thinking that it may be time to just end this suffering. Any ideas? I've tried to help things with vetrx, but it does not seem to change anything except possibly burn his wattles and comb. I really really like this guy, and feel horrible that he has gone so long feeling as bad as he has. He has lost a lot of weight over this ordeal - he used to be an armful during the first treatment - and was a real pain too - kicking, etc. Now he is more like skin and bones (well, not quite that bad) and pathetic.