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[Yard full o' rocks]

Scarlett

 

[speckledhen]

Silly, I know, but just easier for me to be able to refer to them as a name rather than a description.

Scott, I used to have a dark RIR girl named Scarlett. I think pumpkinpup has her now, so I could use it again. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[Braclin]

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You are very welcome. I was hoping they made it alright!

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Scott Just thought you would like to know... we've gotten at least 4 inches of snow and it is still coming down. We are under a winter weather advisory till 11 am tomorrow. And I have to be out in it at 7 am.

I guess that's what I get for laughing at you.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

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PLEASE keep it up there!! We still have that "nasty white stuff" on the ground here...but, rain is coming!!!

 

[NellaBean]

Yuck, we still have it on the ground here. Especially on my back hill. Rain, rain, where art thou, Rain?

 

[Serrin]

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Yes Gloria Jean, it sure has a tendency to take off when you least expect it!

On your hens and what the NPIP Tech had to say.....Has he/she given any name to this? Or do they consider it just a nondescript respiratory infection of some kind?

And you say that the Duramyacin is having no effect what so ever? How many days have they been on it now? Are your girls making anything like a sneezing or gurgling coughing noise at all?

Gosh! I really hope they'll come out to test and give you a name for whatever this is. Please, if they do, be sure to post it here. I think I might have something similar going on.

We thought it was pneumonia in Chief, as he was the first to show any signs of illness. On Cetawin's advice, [whom I still trust implicitly!

] I put him on 7 days of Tylan 50, 1/2 cc once daily orally. His cleared up nicely at the end of the 7 days. I kept him isolated for almost another whole week before I returned him to his girls. Guess what? They've all got it now, including Chief, again, with a few exceptions!

Maggie, Cosette, Lisette and GeeGee don't seem to be suffering from whatever this is yet.

So, yes, I have a very vested interest in how your girls are doing and what you find out. And there's also just my concern for you and your flock as one chicken lover to another!

I so hope that you'll see an improvement soon. If the floor litter [straw/shavings] was to blame for this, it may take a few days for the symptoms to clear up. I wouldn't discount that as being the culprit just yet. Best of luck Gloria Jean, and please do keep us posted!

 

[NellaBean]

A guy that was going to buy some of my birds recently backed out at the last minute due to some explained illness in his flock. He had lost one or two and thought it may be cocci, so started treating. Well that sure wasn't it and a friend of his' birds started dying as well. They were thinking they had gotten bad straw as they had each got theirs from the same place. I'll have to check and see whatever happened with it as they were going to take it to be tested.

Obviously he did not end up buying anything from me. I sent him a PM to see if they ever found out what it was or got test results back.

 

[crazyhen]

Only one hen had labored breathing all the rest act fine, except ofcourse this runny clear stuff and them flinging it out. They have not come and tested yet. I was told if they find anything bad the whole flock will have to go and I will be quaranteed from chickens for at least 45 days or longer maybe as long as three months.
The tech said that sometimes it is nothing except a reaction to the hard sudden weather we have but it is strange that I have had hens for three or 4 years and never seen it before. The hen who got it first is not doing well. He comb today is very dark and she is not eating. Tomorrow I will have to cull. It will be terrible hard but she does seem to be in alot of distress. She also has diarrhea now too.
The tech is going to call me tomorrow with a vet involved too. I really want them checked even if I lose them. I do not want to keep hens that will continue to be sick. I am a little afraid to eat any eggs even if they were not on meds. You never can tell what is going on and can be transferred to us. I feel very sad. ......... Gloria Jean
When I went to town today I talked to a local farmer he said I am the third person he has talked too about this. One has lost his whole flock. What is this stuff?

 

[speckledhen]

Havent seen that here, Gloria Jean. Hope you figure it out. I think that ammonia builds up very quickly when they're inside for weeks on end and we can't smell it at our level. That alone can make noses run and eyes water. When we did he complete cleanout today, that ammonia was sure rising! There was really no choice but for them to stay inside with our big snowfall and you couldn't get down there to clean it out, either.