Ruffly hen

[casportpony]

Clever!

-Kathy

 

[Garden Peas]

Kathy, what have you DONE to me? I saw two of my males doing their morning duty and went running outside in my bare feet through the wet/frozen mud (it's about 34F) to check their little presents

Good news, they both looked excellent, so either not the source of the runny poo, or the meds the whole flock have gotten fixed it.

The hen is looking less ruffly, but is looking like she might lay today, has that laying posture this morning, but didn't have it yesterday. No eggs last three nights. Good that she got a rest. She's actually looking pretty good.

 

[casportpony]

Kathy, what have you DONE to me? I saw two of my males doing their morning duty and went running outside in my bare feet through the wet/frozen mud (it's about 34F) to check their little presents

Good news, they both looked excellent, so either not the source of the runny poo, or the meds the whole flock have gotten fixed it.

The hen is looking less ruffly, but is looking like she might lay today, has that laying posture this morning, but didn't have it yesterday. No eggs last three nights. Good that she got a rest. She's actually looking pretty good.

Silly, gotta have shoes or at all doors for such things! Glad they're all looking better.

-Kathy

 

[Garden Peas]

Me too! The only one that ever looked off was the hen, and I didn't get the weird poo until the 3rd day of Safeguard.

My current theory is that the hen was looking off from some combination of the onset of laying, plus the stress to her system from the onset of laying allowed her to feel the effects of some level of coccidia and/or worms that were in her system but which had not been affecting her severely enough to show signs of illness. I'm guessing that the onset of laying might cause some level of immune system suppression, or even just some significant stress to the hen, especially when it comes on as hard as it did to her. She laid four eggs in either four or five days... that's a lotta eggs for a peahen in a short period of time.

I suspect the runny poos that showed up on the third day of Safeguard were coming from everybody... they got whopping big doses of Safeguard, and I think they were clearing worms out of their systems. I had wormed them a few months ago, but only one day, not five.

So I think the whole flock benefitted from the treatments. I'm going to do another couple days of the Di-Methox just to make sure all the coccidia are covered (we are halfway through that one), and then I will reassess where we are.

Thanks again, Kathy, you are awesome!

 

[Garden Peas]

Well POOP

When I went out to take the photos of Peanut, I found this:




I think someone needs Metronidazole, but the question is, WHO? i can rule out the two males that I watched drop perfect poo this morning, I think. That leaves the wee peas, the hen, and Peanut. They all look and are acting fine.

I stayed out for a bit, but didn't see anyone drop anymore poo, and that was the only pile I found... but it was fresh.

I'm wondering if I shouldn't try to put it in the water. Otherwise, I just don't know which bird to grab (or TRY to grab) and medicate.

 

[Garden Peas]

Oh yeah, and I took a picture of the hen, who was happily hanging out, sunning herself in one of her favorite spots:



She's looking and behaving normally.

 

[casportpony]

Look what my turkey just did:


-Kathy

 

[Garden Peas]

Look what my turkey just did:


-Kathy

Well at least you know which bird it is

 

[casportpony]

Quote: True... but I suspected she might not be well when she didn't come running for treats.

-Kathy

 

[Garden Peas]

Any way to get enough metronidazole into the water to treat everybody?

Or maybe I will put it onto bread, I think it is a powder in these packets....