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Say a prayer for me folks, please! My beautiful Jersey Giant roo, Hero, has taken ill. I think it’s the same bug that killed Meggido. Respiratory distress is apparent (he wheezes and is clearly in pain), though he has no obvious nasal discharge. Also bright green poop with yellow urine. I lost 2 hens to this disease last year, and he was infected then, but recovered. He had a high fever then, which I haven’t seen yet.

The good news is, he didn’t hide the symptoms like Meggido did. As soon as I went out to the coop this morning I knew something was wrong. The others went running for food, but he just stood by my wagon, looked my right in the eye, and in his own way very clearly said “Mom, I need help!” Unlike Meggido he hasn’t lost weight (in fact, he is gaining weight and looks great!), and is up and alert, standing on his own in front of a heat fan (I just bathed him), and he clearly wants to live, whereas I think Meggido basically had given up when I found her. He has food in his crop, and I got some NutriDrench in him, but other than a few bites of bread soaked in egg (which he hates!) he won’t eat. Gave him some Metronidazole I had left over from a previous infection, and a little aspirin.

We also still have white mites. I uploaded a picture of their eggs on his down feathers. I can’t see anything crawling, but the eggs are everywhere. I thought we got rid of these 2 weeks ago (bathed each bird in water with permethrin concentrate 20:1), but I must have missed somebody. Any idea how to get rid of these little devils, and/or whatever microbe is causing the respiratory bug?

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Edit: HE’S EATING!! I sacrificed my fodder project, and Hero is slowly but surely sampling some 3 day old sprouts. I hope it helps, he won’t eat the egg-bread, he just looks at me like I’m a murderer.
 
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BullChick said:
:lol: They hopped in and out of the layer side, but didn’t take to being pecked. They still kept going back though!
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They will keep returning... it is a deeply rooted instinct to belong with the flock, especially to seek the company of older hens when they are around. The 'safety in numbers' mentality, even if they take some pecking in the process. They maintain their own sub-flock until they begin laying eggs, then will disperse a bit more into the flock, always seeking to gain acceptance from the elders who are higher up in the pecking order. They are social ladder climbing experts!
 
Yes, I am familiar. I cannot say I’ve ever had a new group with such a difficult decision. Mom in one coop, Dad in the other. Mom and aunt have a new group with them, Dad has the quail that the chicks tower over. It was ultimately Steven calling them in to eat that made them choose. The layers were ignoring them, and he called.
 
Sally Sunshine said:
oh and Good Morning to all, now I must run and get some soap orders and make some more felted soaps for orders, I need a clone most days. You would think I would be a skinny little twerp yet, unfortunately not the case, thanks prednisone prisoner for life ugh :(
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BullChick said:
:oops: Does anyone else really not want to go out to close up the coops?
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You are NOT alone lol. The two Mike's harder black cherry drinks that I had are solidifying that too. It's too cold and too far out there lol
 
I actually put socks on this time (flip flops seemed like a bad idea), and the people door stayed shut when I closed it. Ahhhhhhhhh! So warm in with the birds. Even before I shut the pop door, I just stood there, and took in the vast difference. The lack of windchill, and heat from the bodies.
 

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