Pipd's Peeps!

[Crazy Maizie]

Hope Dandelion Fluff can pass the egg and that the prolapse heals. Are you using preparation H? I've heard that it can help.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I wasn't able to get any preparation H until today (I would normally have some on hand in my chicken first aid kit, but apparently it got tossed), so I'll be treating her with that from here on. Unfortunately they didn't have any calcium citrate in stock, so calcium carbonate will have to do. I also got a new hair dryer because I couldn't find the old one, so Dandy ought to have a nice, warm, dry fluff butt after each treatment from here on. I hope that gives her some comfort at least.

She did pass the egg just fine, though, so that's a relief! Her prolapse doesn't seem any worse for it, either, thank goodness!



EDIT: Okay, I've just finished cleaning up Dandy's rear end in a bath with soap and water, blow drying her feathers on warm, wiping the prolapse with a preparation H wipe, spritzing it just a tiny bit with Vetericyn for the minor pecking that occurred before I realized it was a problem, wiping again with preparation H, and reinserting it. It was staying inside when I returned her to her pen just now, knock on wood!

 

[Crazy Maizie]

It sounds like you've got it well treated now. Hope it heals up.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

She was prolapsed again this morning, but seemed to be less, err, material than last night. Another round with preparation H wipes and a bit of Vetericyn and she's keeping it inside again. The wipes really do seem to help a lot with the swelling and she almost pulled it all in on her own with just them, but I did have to help with the last bit of it. I'm hoping if I'm persistent with this that she'll eventually be able to keep it inside on her own. At least for the time being it's not causing any blockage or anything and she's just as sassy and talkative as always.

 

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After 2 days of working hard to get it arranged for them, tonight was the big move for the English Orpington boys to join the Guinea in the Guinea coop as planned back in this post. The coop was cleaned out thoroughly (it had been neglected a bit, but it's only had one Guinea using it and only to sleep in for a long time), rebedded, tarped over as a temporary fix for the leaky roof, and I lowered one of the two 5-foot-high perches down to about 2-3 feet so the big boys could reach it. I'm a bit achy from all the work, but the boys now have a coop of their own (well, with the Guinea) and my morning routine should be a ton easier without having to juggle them and all the other cockerels.

This was the best picture I got of the three of them after I moved them and perched them. They kept ducking their heads down every time the flash on the camera went off.

No real change in Dandy. I keep reinserting her prolapse and by the next time I check on her, she's prolapsed again. No change in her behavior or appetite, and she seems to be enjoying her daily spa treatment before bed, so I guess I'll keep on spoiling her and hope something eventually works.

 

[Crazy Maizie]

Funny boys!

Come on dandy!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I went in to check on Dandy this morning, figuring she'd be prolapsed again as has been the usual, but she was not!! I could feel an egg in there last night when I reinserted her prolapse, so it remains to be seen if she stays this way after laying, but at least for now, she is prolapse free!


And in other news, there are three very confused cockerels in the Guinea pen this morning.

 

[Crazy Maizie]

Yay!
The boys are so handsome.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

They are, and they're so round and fluffy, too!! I just couldn't get rid of them, they're such good eye candy

 

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Apologies for disappearing! I got a bit busy preparing for the trip south to attend the Central Indiana Poultry Show. Pictures of that experience to come!

Unfortunately, Dandy laid an egg the same day that she was able to keep her prolapse in overnight, and she has been prolapsed again ever since. She's still eating, drinking, and pooping normally despite her condition, and is as chipper (and sassy) as ever, so I guess I'll just keep cleaning her up periodically until I see a change for better or worse.

Since today was finally a nice, sunny day, I took pictures of the younger crowd to share! Because I'm reasonably sure that I'll hit the picture limit in a single post, I'll post them here and the show pictures in my next post.

So, to start, the 4-and-a-half month olds, starting with the silkied Cochins. Their names are on their pictures, except the one boy who I still haven't named. The other guy who was unnamed last time I've been calling Pete. Poor Pete got beat up on by Hank, so he and the pullets are in the main flock and Hank, Diesel, and the unnamed fella are in their own pen. Oh, and since some of them are really hard to tell anymore, especially in pictures, just a reminder that Diesel, Hank, Harley, and Wash are my Blues and the rest are Black.

Here's another shot of Juni because she's a cutie

And Ms. Coco, who was VERY interested in the camera lens

Next up are the English Orpington boys, who are easier to tell apart so I didn't label them. This is Bruner, previously the red leg band Chocolate Mottled, whose beak has healed up and looks pretty much back to normal now:

Rayburn, previously the purple leg band Chocolate Mottled:

And Dawson, the Crele:

Lastly, the three-and-a-half month old Meyer babies, starting with my Blue Orpington girls, Isolde:

And Neela:

The Barred Plymouth Rock bantams, Findlay:

And Skeeter:

And our meal maker Legbar lady, Harriet:

That's it from my flock for now. Next post will be the pictures I took of birds at the Central Indiana Poultry Show, but first it looks like coop closing time so I'll be back in just a bit with those pictures!