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OneMountainAcres said:
It was a little rough on my way to work early this morning but not terrible.

Anyone going to the farm show, please stop in here and fill in those of us who can't make it this year!
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We went to the Farm Show yesterday (sister's family and my daughter's family went along). It was as good as usual. Not very crowded because of the weather. Lots of good food. Not many cows and other hoof stock was there yet, but all the chickens, ducks, etc were in and judged.
 
Sorry to be a thread hog..... BUT... I Need to say, I am SICK to death of dealing with the health system. We are being denied In Home Nursing and PT Care that my daughter needs.... Because.... she is currently hospitalized in DE and will be coming home to my home in PA. My home is more suitable for a wheelchair. (Her apartment in DE is a 3 story walk up). Good Gawd! This is madness. I could spit and hit DE.
 
VictoriaTemple said:
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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For external parasites (lice and mites) I prefer drops of Ivermectin applied to the back of the neck (like Frontline for dogs). I treat once a year and haven't found parasites since I started doing that and excluded starlings from the coop.

For respiratory illness I have not had a lot of luck with antibiotics, It seems like they either recover or not, without regard to what I treat them with. The "classic" respiratory wheezing is most likely to be Mycobacterium (MG or MS in the trade lingo). This is usually recoverable, but the birds are still carriers for the rest of their lives. My turkeys get it worse, but not all of them, and if they survive the initial bout they never get symptoms again, so I assume they have a level of immunity. Many antibiotics list MS/MG as something they treat. I have tried several and not found a miracle drug yet.

Hope you can deal with all of these issues quickly.
 
Blarneyeggs said:
I am currently in Chester County but am Delco born and raised. My hubby says, ‘you can take the girl outta Ridley, but you can’t take the Ridley outta the girl’. :thumbsup And I’m GLAD for it!! Where are you in Delco?
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I’m in Springfield.
I like your husbands quote. I’m originally from Harrisburg, but Delco has a lot more pride and I’m happy to raise my family here.
What do you have going on in Chester county? Animal? Garden?
 

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