Okies in the BYC The Original

[nnbreeder]

Yep feed those eggs right back to them, feathering is hard work. I would also give them a little cat food as a treat but if you use dry limit it to a palm full per bird per day. It's usually 30% + on protien

Active culture yogurt is what you are looking for not the pasturized stuff, will build good gut critters plus jump start them on calcium.

7 days should be plenty on the LS-50 at the right dosage its powerful stuff. I use about 1 teaspoon per gallon and change it daily.

If you have already used the pour-on they should be good to go for 6 mos, no need to use the Wazine as all it treats anyway is adult roundworms.

Rooster Booster is good stuff many use it to flight condition birds.

 

[HennyPennies2007]

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Could the roundworms be giving them the foamy poop?
I also think I was giving them way too much scratch and maybe thats why they aren't heavy.....

 

[nnbreeder]

It could be but one tell is yellow foamy poop for worms. Chances are this is from the resp. infection, it will also cause foamy poops.

The Ivermectin will take care of round worm as well as most internal/external parasites.

Could be because scratch is not a balanced diet. Now for when we get deeper into winter the black oil sunflower seeds are a good replacement for Corn. But it too should be given sparingly and have good grit for the birds free-choice in a seperate feeder.

Here is a booster recipe just made for your situation.


To help a bird recover from illness, they need extra protein.. this formula really helps them with thier recovery

My Treatment is this

“” This amount feeds one bird””

Feed the birds three times a day for three days a mixture of

This mixture is what you will need for the entire three feeds…. It is not 3 egg yolks and 3 teaspoons of honey etc…. divide the contents into three

½ to 1 x egg yolk….. give the whites to the other hens mixed into their seed or pellets (depends a lot on the size of the egg yolk)

1 teaspoon honey…. .given for energy

2 x tablespoons yoghurt…. Given for calcium and also to make the bowel go back into normal production after this upset
Only use the plain yoghurt never the one with fruit or extra sugar in it, not good for the bird

¼ teaspoon calcium powder (if you can’t get the yoghurt)

3 to 4 tablespoons rolled oats…. To give substance to the feed, or use chicken crumbles or layer pellets but soften them with some boiling water first

Sprinkle of multi vitamin powder (only if you are not already giving it to them in their drinking water, don’t overdose) just a few grains will usually be enough for this size mixture

2 to 4 table spoons of apple sauce or grated apple, it must be grated not chopped up for ease of digestion

Mix to make a crumble mixture not runny

If the bird is not eating you will have to force feed... roll into small pellets the same size as a layer pellet.... and force feed, and then massage the neck in a downward motion to get it down into the bired crop, make sure your keep the neck straight, its really hard getting someting down a neck that is bent or curved, the bird may be too weak to eat or have lost the desire to eat…. Don’t hold back…. The longer it goes without this the worse it will get

If you must give it something to drink – only give drops onto the beak or use the crop tube to get fluids down the throat, don’t try and pour any fluid down a chickens throat, it will more than likely go into the air passage and into the lungs and end up drowning the bird


This will give the bird a large dose of Vitamin D, C and A

After 3 days cut back to once a day for 2 weeks, you should notice the difference in 3 or 4 days

Give other food also, chick crumbles, grower crumbles or layer pellets depending on the age of the bird etc
Also have fresh water at all times for the birds to drink in easy reach, remember it is not well so it may not go looking for the food and water, so put it just about under its nose so it can’t miss it

 

[HennyPennies2007]

Thanks Dr. Les. I really think they are lookin better already....I was really chapped that I had the dose wrong on that LS-50. I will skip the Wazine and run the LS-50 for seven days and see where I am then. Gosh they are flimsy.......

ETA... It suddely dawned on me the other day why they are laying so few eggs (other than the molt) I turned the dang light off....! DUH!!

 

[okcarla]

I read on a thread somewhere on BYC about using Hypericum (St. John's Wort) to treat birds with a virus. Anyway, I've done a little bit of google-searching, and found some more interesting info.

http://www.hbcprotocols.com/avian.html

http://www.botanicalextract.cn/stjohnswort/stjohnswort.htm

And then for Swine Flu:

http://flourishingincrisis.com/?p=98


Allright, I must admit ... I had to run out and buy a bottle of St. John's Wort to try for myself.

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Henny
Don't forget the eye of newts and tongue of toads,and the hair of a dog!Oh wait!

That was for a different spell!LOL Sorry couldn't help it,sounds like you are covering all bases.

If those birds don't get betterit sure won't be for lack of trying on your part. You go girl!

 

[luvs2garden2000]

Good morning.

Made it to Arlington and back safe and sound. It was amazing that we did not hit to much traffic there or back. We left Arlington right at 4 pm, was very shocked. We did hit some slow downs but that was just at them roller coaster interchanges. Remind me next time Lynn says road trip to make sure I have a lap top or a book or something to do. Road trip with him is like talking to a rock. I bet I would have had a better conversation with a rock.

My grandson will NOT eat any mac n cheese that does not come out of the "blue" box. SO I did make it for him once and then kept that box. SO now when I make it again I drag out the "blue box" and he thinks.......... and he eats it.

 

[luvs2garden2000]

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I hear ya on the molting gosh I am might maybe getting 3 -5 eggs a day. When I was getting at least a doz. a day. ALL my banties have stopped laying.

The brassieness, I have Mr B and Mrs B. They never seen corn before coming to live here well Mr B has turned that orange but not Mrs B. I told Bill I was embarrassed to show Mr B to them he was so pretty when I got him from them. I have taken the corn away from them but not the sun. I just cant.

 

[FunChick]

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I'll have to take a look tomorrow & let ya know. Maybe if I get to go to Cement I could bring several for you to choose from ... that is, if you're going to that auction?

I'm already having auction withdrawals ... I need help ... it's just so much fun to visit with everone and look at all the pretty birdies

I am having withdrawals too! I wanna go sooo bad but don't know if I can WHAAAA!

 

[BetsyOK]

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Gerald will sure be happy to hear that you should've listened to him

You just can't stop at one, can you!

We have some still. Are you looking for something around the age of that partridge you bought from Betsy?

Cammie, if Carla doesn't have any about the right age, I probably could spare one from her nestmates I kept.