Poop is poop. Ask the vet to run it.problem is, I don't have an avian vet, so no stool samples
Should I buy eggs or wait it out?
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I was going to say the same. (I'm going on 10 years in the business. I've seen a lot of poop.) If you have a good relationship with your vet, take in a fresh sample and ask them to run it. The techs probably won't know what to look for, but I am sure there is a parasite ID book in the clinic if they find any odd looking things.
I have been researching quite a bit about the possible gapeworm and it seems that this is fairly rare and frequently misdiagnosed. Is she shaking her head? Wheezing? Hiccups? Have you looked in her mouth and throat? You might need some help and a flashlight. The gapeworms will be in her trachea and are red. If this is indeed what she has, we can narrow down the appropriate wormer and dosage. I believe a fecal sample will show eggs and not the worms, so a float test may not be conclusive.
Chickens are really susceptible to respiratory problems and many things will cause trouble breathing. Check for something in her mouth or throat that could be causing her problems. A lady I know thought the same thing about one of her chickens until she really took a good look and found a piece of plastic bag somehow stuck under the tongue and the rest hanging down the throat.
Also, check her crop to see if she may have an impacted crop or sour crop. Does she have bad breath? Is her crop full and squishy? If so, the crop problem may be causing the gasping, and you'll have to treat for what she has.
Look carefully for any other symptoms. How is her weight? While you are trying to diagnose this, you should give her vitamins and electrolytes in her water. Ask at the feed store if you don't already have some. No matter what the problem, I think this will help her keep her strength up.
Consider isolating her somewhere away from the others in case she is infectious and keep a careful eye on the rest of your flock.
Let me know what you find, and I'll try to help you figure out what to do.
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OH Great....so chickens have a tongue?.....A certain BR I know has not discovered hers yet. When she does I can look forward to her sticking her tongue out at me for everything
that was one nice thing... no noisy kids in the theatre. no seat kicking... but the young man who sat next to me had definitely eaten an Italian mixed cold cut sandwich drenched in oil.Cheeka, a tummy full of food, sitting in a warm dark place, who wouldn't fall asleep?Plus there were probably no kids in that theater to kick the back of your seat.
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Well, I'm no expert so I hope I'm not getting your hopes up too much. Check out the rooster to see if his legs are blue/slate and if his comb looks like a crumpled up folded sort of thing. If an Am, he would also have a beard and cheeks and no wattles. Unfortunately, there are a lot of roosters with that coloring and it's hard to see everything in the pic. You can also check the chicks for signs of EEdom. Green legs are usually a dead giveaway and they will have little pea combs that look sort of wide with a low narrow ridge down the center. Oh, and beards and fluffy cheeks too, but not always. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.
If you want EEs, Cheeka's going to rolling in EE eggs this summer. She could probably be convinced to part with a few for you to hatch!
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Bummer, just checked out the enlarged pic of the roo and his wattles are there clear as day. Sorry.Needing to get some EEs is a really great excuse to get more chickens, though! Who doesn't want more chickens?!
of course I will share hatching eggs with anyone who wants them, but just bc the roo has wattles doesn't mean he isn't EE. My Royce is EE, gorgeous slate legs, pea comb.... yet beardless and muffless, with fairly small wattles (compared to the "Some Wattles" pic you posted...lol so you never know...
just be thankful that she hasn't figured out how to articulate with that pointy little tongue! she'd be ordering pizza (Pie) every hour on the hour!
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I made a mistake. Last night I decided to wash all the eggs not going to the woman wanting to hatch. I knew I should wait, but I was anxious. DH comes home on Mondays, and I always want him to see a clean house. That includes all eggs washed, and in a carton.
Thismorning I saw the neighbor, and asked about the incubator. After lecturing me on not being able to hatch chicks in the winter, she asked her mother (they are all mentally slow) who actually said no! So she said she would hatch for me. As much as I don't like the idea, I am willing to do it. She swears that she knows what she is doing, and is capable of helping chicks out. Listening to her, I see that she knows a good deal, but not as much as I have learned. In the end, I won't ask, and hope she doesn't tell. I also hope that I get to see them hatching, or soon after. No one is allowed in their house (they are hoarders) so I doubt I will get to. My hope is that I have gained her mother's trust over the past year.
Anyway, here is to a good hatch!!
Thismorning I saw the neighbor, and asked about the incubator. After lecturing me on not being able to hatch chicks in the winter, she asked her mother (they are all mentally slow) who actually said no! So she said she would hatch for me. As much as I don't like the idea, I am willing to do it. She swears that she knows what she is doing, and is capable of helping chicks out. Listening to her, I see that she knows a good deal, but not as much as I have learned. In the end, I won't ask, and hope she doesn't tell. I also hope that I get to see them hatching, or soon after. No one is allowed in their house (they are hoarders) so I doubt I will get to. My hope is that I have gained her mother's trust over the past year.
Anyway, here is to a good hatch!!
MC, aren't you worried that they will hoard your chicks? Or maybe lose them in the abyss?
From what I've read from my local hatch-a-holics, you can incubate in winter, but some wait closer to spring because they think the chicks grow better and faster. Their only other concern was the size of the egg. They don't like to use pullet eggs or smaller ones that come when laying starts up after a break. Not enough yolk to produce large, healthy chicks.
The only time I helped incubate eggs was when my dad tore up a quail nest when he was shifting a manure pile around and found 14 little tiny warm quail eggs. My mom put them in a box and incubated the eggs with a heating pad and moist paper towels, turning the eggs every day. Pretty soon there were 12 impossibly small chicks that looked more like little bumblebees. Cutest things ever! If that lady does hatch out your eggs, I sure hope you get to see it.
The only time I helped incubate eggs was when my dad tore up a quail nest when he was shifting a manure pile around and found 14 little tiny warm quail eggs. My mom put them in a box and incubated the eggs with a heating pad and moist paper towels, turning the eggs every day. Pretty soon there were 12 impossibly small chicks that looked more like little bumblebees. Cutest things ever! If that lady does hatch out your eggs, I sure hope you get to see it.
Well of course they do! How else does Roger give you the big raspberry every time you turn your back?!
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That'd really be flipping you the bird
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