My flock's birds who are sick:
" Cluck Norris " the Black Rosecomb Bantam Rooster- Male-
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I though he had frostbite as it was cold outside and he wouldn't move and would stumble over. I slowly moved him towards the heatlamp to help his body temperature, but he keeps stumbling around!
Symptoms:
- Will not eat
- Will not drink
- Stands up asleep
- keeps left eye closed
- Falls over and Stumbles around
Cure:
I believe he's just acclimating to his new environment. We got him about a month and a half ago and this is our first freeze. He had an eye infection, but i dont think its gone all the way, also. I have him inside in a pen with a heat lamp, food and water. I mix apple cider vinegar, water, " Vitamin Drench ", and electrolytes together and force feed him it. Today he got his first interest in food and has eaten some wet kitten food and chick starter. I will force feed him in about 30 minutes. He's walks around and is clucking a little! So glad to see him get better! He has pooped out a " Tar " looking wet poop twice today. He pecked it earlier and I had to clean him up, but other than that he's improving!
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" Mimosa " the Plymouth Barred Rock hen- female
About a week ago Mimosa got attacked by a weasel. She lost about 300 feathers and I found her sitting down by the coop.
Symptoms:
- Will not eat
- Will not drink
- Doesn't poop a lot due to not eating
- keeps both eyes shut
- Stands up asleep
Cure:
She's currently in my room bunking with " Cluck Norris ." Today she showed her first interest in food after a whole week. She took a tiny lick of wet kitten food and took a bite of chick starter today. I will also force feed her in about 30 minutes. I feed her the same mix as " Cluck ." She's been clucking and lightly grouching today, but I'm happy to see her talk a little! She's been up as walking around some and not leaning over asleep. Her left eye was about the size of half a golf ball the day before yesterday, but after treatment it's gone down a lot. I would open her eye up twice a day and flush out and would pick out any loose scar tissue. Her blinking muscle is swollen and I believe someone told me its called prolapse. I cut all the feathers away around her vent due to her solid poop sticking to it. Then I saw blood and freaked out. I inspected her skin... Not one cut, scrap or even drop of blood on her! Then I inspected her shavings I cut off. There's was a " Pod " or " Egg " looking thing in it that I had cut in half. I though maybe she laid a soft-shell due to stress, but they wouldn't have blood in it till later stages in the incubation period.
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" No name yet "- Mallard Duckling- Unknown gender
He / She has A leg deformity, but it has never been a problem. He/She flips over sometimes, but gets up. Today I opened the brooder and He/She was leaned up " Lounging " on He/She's sibling. I picks He/She up and it just seemed " Lifeless !" I got out my Stethescope and checked the normal siblings heart rate and breathing then compared it to the sick one. No difference at all!
Symptoms:
- Lies down a lot
- keeps eyes shut
- Wont eat or drink own it's own
- will sometimes crawl around
Cure:
He's staying in our brooder with a Small computer fan to keep the air blowing a little. He's still lying there doing nothing. I've been force-Feeding him every now and then, but don't know what else to do.
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If anyone has any help with these birds please let me know! Just post it here! Thanks so much!
Sincerely,
Poultry Couture Farms
" Cluck Norris " the Black Rosecomb Bantam Rooster- Male-
~~~~~
I though he had frostbite as it was cold outside and he wouldn't move and would stumble over. I slowly moved him towards the heatlamp to help his body temperature, but he keeps stumbling around!
Symptoms:
- Will not eat
- Will not drink
- Stands up asleep
- keeps left eye closed
- Falls over and Stumbles around
Cure:
I believe he's just acclimating to his new environment. We got him about a month and a half ago and this is our first freeze. He had an eye infection, but i dont think its gone all the way, also. I have him inside in a pen with a heat lamp, food and water. I mix apple cider vinegar, water, " Vitamin Drench ", and electrolytes together and force feed him it. Today he got his first interest in food and has eaten some wet kitten food and chick starter. I will force feed him in about 30 minutes. He's walks around and is clucking a little! So glad to see him get better! He has pooped out a " Tar " looking wet poop twice today. He pecked it earlier and I had to clean him up, but other than that he's improving!
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" Mimosa " the Plymouth Barred Rock hen- female
About a week ago Mimosa got attacked by a weasel. She lost about 300 feathers and I found her sitting down by the coop.
Symptoms:
- Will not eat
- Will not drink
- Doesn't poop a lot due to not eating
- keeps both eyes shut
- Stands up asleep
Cure:
She's currently in my room bunking with " Cluck Norris ." Today she showed her first interest in food after a whole week. She took a tiny lick of wet kitten food and took a bite of chick starter today. I will also force feed her in about 30 minutes. I feed her the same mix as " Cluck ." She's been clucking and lightly grouching today, but I'm happy to see her talk a little! She's been up as walking around some and not leaning over asleep. Her left eye was about the size of half a golf ball the day before yesterday, but after treatment it's gone down a lot. I would open her eye up twice a day and flush out and would pick out any loose scar tissue. Her blinking muscle is swollen and I believe someone told me its called prolapse. I cut all the feathers away around her vent due to her solid poop sticking to it. Then I saw blood and freaked out. I inspected her skin... Not one cut, scrap or even drop of blood on her! Then I inspected her shavings I cut off. There's was a " Pod " or " Egg " looking thing in it that I had cut in half. I though maybe she laid a soft-shell due to stress, but they wouldn't have blood in it till later stages in the incubation period.
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" No name yet "- Mallard Duckling- Unknown gender
He / She has A leg deformity, but it has never been a problem. He/She flips over sometimes, but gets up. Today I opened the brooder and He/She was leaned up " Lounging " on He/She's sibling. I picks He/She up and it just seemed " Lifeless !" I got out my Stethescope and checked the normal siblings heart rate and breathing then compared it to the sick one. No difference at all!
Symptoms:
- Lies down a lot
- keeps eyes shut
- Wont eat or drink own it's own
- will sometimes crawl around
Cure:
He's staying in our brooder with a Small computer fan to keep the air blowing a little. He's still lying there doing nothing. I've been force-Feeding him every now and then, but don't know what else to do.
~~~~~
If anyone has any help with these birds please let me know! Just post it here! Thanks so much!
Sincerely,
Poultry Couture Farms
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