Okies in the BYC The Original

[Greybear23]

Anyone got a pair of Golden Cuckoo Marans they want to trade for Standard size Cochins!!!!! Hey Micheal, would do some trades on the Cochins for some pure Games(ThinkDOMS!!!!) Hey Doc what you got to trade, Interested in Standard Buff Orps, Cockoo Marans, Games(Pure Only)!!! Barnvelders, Americaunas, Pure Laying hens!!! Call me!!! Lynn

 

[okracefan]

hatched a single silkie, Blue / splash mix I believe, My wife found it when she dumped a couple inches of rainwater out of teh nesting box this morning. She dried it out, put it in the brooder under a light and it seems to be doing fine.

Questions are will it eat and drink on its own or do we need to help it. It's mom is still on a couple of other eggs in a different nest, she will not go back in the old nest. Look'n for some advice on how to make this survive.

Thanks.

 

[poultryand bees]

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If you will gently dunk the beak of the chick in the waterer, it will learn where to find the water. Sprinkle chick starter on the paper towels you put on the floor of the brooder and the chick will naturally peck at the crumbles. If you have another chick that is less than two weeks old that you could put in with the silkie, the older chick will teach the silkie what to do. It isn't necessary, but helpful. Are the eggs that mom is on the same variety of eggs as this silkie? If so, when she starts hatching those you can probably sneak this chick back under the mama hen. The trick is to do it at night and not allow mama to see the chick before you put it beneath her. She can see colors but can't count, so she takes a "picture" of her babies when she first leaves the nest. You can add additional chicks of the same color without problem, but if the chick is a different color she needs to think that she hatched it in order to accept it.

 

[FunChick]

Hi guys! HELP!

Again--we have one in our flock that is not OK...I just can't believe our luck...but I guess for all of that smooth sailing now we get to REALLY learn how to treat & doctor birds...

OK I have a pullet who is 4 months old. Her obvious symptom is that her crop is bloated--full of air I believe--although it has some food in it but doesn't feel impacted. I have dealt with an impacted crop before and this feels really different. It literally feels like a squishy balloon! She doesn't smell bad or stinky around her beak either. She does occasionally move her neck as though she is trying to clear her crop, but not very often.

Other than that, she looks and acts just fine! She is bright and interested in food and water (although I have now withdrawn food until I can figure out what is going on with her). She is acting like a chicken should--and interacting with the other birds in her run. Tonight I did pen her all by herself so I could watch her more closely.

OK peeps...I really need help here...thanks in advance!

Suzi

 

[FunChick]

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Al, please pass along that we are keeping them in prayer...

 

[poultryand bees]

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Suzi, I have no clue, so will just ask some questions that might help others more knowledgable than myself answer your problem.
1) Has there been any change in the feed recently? Any "treats" recently?
2) What called her to your attention if she is looking and acting fine? Is the bloated crop something that is obvious at a casual glance or did you pick her up and notice it?
3) After she has been penned awhile, does her poo seem normal or is it an odd color or consistency?

 

[poultryand bees]

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Since there was a lot of junk at the sale, you must have liked the honey real well to consider sitting through the sale of the junk to be worthwhile. LOL!
I try to get to Blanchard at least once every 6 weeks. Let me know when you need more spun honey so that I can put it in the magic poultry van. The spun honey needs to be kept chilled or it will separate, so I need to keep it in an ice chest and can't leave a box of it in the van like I do with raw honey.

 

[FunChick]

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Suzi, I have no clue, so will just ask some questions that might help others more knowledgable than myself answer your problem.
1) Has there been any change in the feed recently? Any "treats" recently?
2) What called her to your attention if she is looking and acting fine? Is the bloated crop something that is obvious at a casual glance or did you pick her up and notice it?
3) After she has been penned awhile, does her poo seem normal or is it an odd color or consistency?

OK--No change in feed, same brand, etc. They did get watermelon yesterday as a treat...

Her crop is VERY big--I noticed it because it is so big and saw her move her neck as if readjusting the bloated crop. She doesn't stink at all either...

I only isolated her tonight, so I can tell what her poop looks like in the morning...

Hope that helps!

 

[nnbreeder]

No stink? could be an impacted crop which is covered by the link too and I will send another tidbit on that.

one of the most common causes of impacted crop is long strands of grass that they get after mowing the yard. The blades of grass gets balled up like twine in the crop and blocks the entrance to the gizzard. They still eat and if they eat layers pellets or scratch grains those sit on top of the blockage and the moisture and heat makes the whole mess spoil and causes sour crop.

 

[FunChick]

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Well...shoot...I did mow all of the property on Saturday with the tractor...She could have reached thru the fence to get the cut grass...darn it!!

Ay carrumba!