Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

[gilcamp4]

well got 18 eggs today not bad since i only have 21 layers left, fox took 8 hens 2 wks ago, plus i have 6 black sexlick 7 red sexlicks that are about 6 wks and 6 rir about 10 wks plus we have 6 little ones just 2 wks in house, worked on fixing coop for older ones right now they are in my screen house, i had a great grand daughter come to visit and get eggs, but had to tell her there not the eggs peeps come from or she would never eat an egg again for fear she was eating a peep. lmdo

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I am back

two weeks and yall won't be able to get rid of me. I have to go back to post 7720 and catch up on everyone's lives. Hope all is well. I just ordered some eggs this week. Still have my eight pack a six pack I documented the hatch from last year. And my four garden elderly girls.

Sally! Welcome back! What's gonna be cooking in your incubator?

 

[Scrambles55]

I have been doing a bit of research but not sure of Rumples' exact symptoms. There is something called Curly Toe Paralysis (or Curled Toe Paralysis) and is the result of a vitamin deficiency (B2/riboflavin). See if it matches. If so, she needs vitamins ASAP. Water soluble is best.
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/6/diseases-of-poultry/217/vitamin-b2-deficiency

http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/pou..._poultry/vitamin_deficiencies_in_poultry.html
Scroll down to Riboflavin Deficiency. This makes it sound like it is found only in chicks. ??? Sciatic nerve is affected. No wonder she hurts!

http://poultrykeeper.com/skeletal-and-muscular-disorders/curled-toes

I didn't read this entire one, but it shows how lack of B2 affects different ages.
http://forum.backyardpoultry.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8024962

Big words, but a little more info. Go to Riboflavin.
http://www.pjbs.org/ijps/fin714.pdf


I didn't read all of them all the way through. Too tired. If this is the problem, I hope she gets better soon!

W4W.......... There was very good information. Thank you very much!! I rushed home from work and gave her some B12, but I think that I will give the B Complex tomorrow. I am away for 12 hours a day, so any help is so gratefully appreciated!! Actually, she is a wee bit better today. And I mean wee bit. She has been moving without me pushing her. Her appetite is good and yesterday she managed to eat out of the big girl feeder. Her poop is normal. Not broody. Her toes are not curled, but she does waddle on her hocks and she is in pain. She pants after walking. There are no mites or lice to e seen and she is very alert. She did the alarm call yesterday when she saw a raven in the tree. Thank you again. BYC members are the BEST!

 

[Scrambles55]

The day by day comments on what happened are lost somewhere in this thread. Basically my hen lost her ability to stand or walk for a period of time. She is a BO. From my memory I found her one day in a odd position on the ground. I picked her up to investigate. I couldn't see anything with my eyes so I began to feel for broken bones and that sort of thing. I wasn't able to feel anything either. It was so bad she couldn't even sit upright in the normal condition. My thought then turned to doing the humane thing and to put her down. However from what I could tell she wasn't in pain so I delayed that thought. Next question was would she eat and drink. I picked out a nest box that was not being used by my laying hens and placed her in there. To keep her in a upright position I added straw on both sides of her to keep her from falling over. Then I went to get treats to see if she would eat and drink. She was hungry and ate and drank well. That gave me the hope that she might make it. Then it became a challenge to see if I could nurse her back to health. I knew that she might get picked on so I fashioned a piece of hardware cloth over the front of the nest box so nothing could get in. This would also keep her from walking or flying and stationary until she could recover enough to get her legs back under her. Didn't want her to hurt herself again trying to walk or fly. It seemed cruel to be confined to such a small place but that was really her only chance. Besides she couldn't even sit up so it was the only choice. For weeks I would take her out each morning and lay her on the floor while I cleaned out the box and add fresh straw. Same thing each day when I got home from work. Not sure how long that went on but I am thinking weeks. Eventually when I sat her on the floor she would try to stand. Finally one day she did stand. Then day by day it progressed to a small step then a couple steps. I kept her separated from the other hens so they wouldn't pick on her. While in the nest box I kept food and water in front of her that she could reach without moving. It was a lot of work but was rewarding to be able to save her. To this day she is not normal but lives a happy life. She cannot get up to the roost to roost with the other birds. She don't try. She has her favorite spot on the floor that is slightly elevated. She can walk fine but it is a little straddle legged walk. She does not "scratch" with her feet. Instead she has learned to stay close to the other birds when they are scratching and steal the goodies when they uncover them. It is funny to watch, She is up in the pecking order and that helps so she doesn't get picked on too bad. She does really well considering. Got to get to work. Any questions I will be glad to help you if I can.

Thank you OK... You rock... I don't care what ROGER says about you.

 

[Scrambles55]

Hi all!! Busy day. I came home from work to see that DH had let the girls out to free range and let Rumples out of the broody pen. I cleaned out the broody pen and gave Rumples her meds. The little Bungees are so darn adorable. They were dust bathing today. What a crack up!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Scrambles, glad to hear she's a little better. Don't know a whole lot about vitamins, but I think B2 is different and may be what she needs, rather than B12? Maybe the B complex will have it all. Hope the problem has not done any lasting damage. This particular deficiency causes nerve damage, in the sciatic going down the leg. Sounds painful!

I am so disappointed. Matilda seems more afraid of the chicks than motherly.

Acts like I tried to put a mouse under her and treats it accordingly. Haven't let her hurt them, but she seems to dislike the lighter colored one. A racist chicken. Great.

 

[BullChick]

Scrambles, glad to hear she's a little better. Don't know a whole lot about vitamins, but I think B2 is different and may be what she needs, rather than B12? Maybe the B complex will have it all. Hope the problem has not done any lasting damage. This particular deficiency causes nerve damage, in the sciatic going down the leg. Sounds painful!

I am so disappointed. Matilda seems more afraid of the chicks than motherly.

Acts like I tried to put a mouse under her and treats it accordingly. Haven't let her hurt them, but she seems to dislike the lighter colored one. A racist chicken. Great.

Last summer I had a hen kill her only yellow chick. She is a JG.

 

[BullChick]

I need you guys to pick 12 to 14 chickens you would keep in your flock. First group is the "2" this year group. The second group is last year's hatches (April to June 18th). Ready?

Roosters
BCM
Black Ameraucana (real to my knowledge)
Hens
Barred Rock (2)
Partridge Rock (2)
Rhode Island Red (2)
Golden Buff (2)
Black Copper Marans (2)
Splash EE (PSYCHO!!) (1)
Black Jersey Giant (2)

Leghorn (4)
Gold Laced Wyandotte (4)
White Marans (1 daughter of the BCMs)
BCM (1 daughter)
Barn yard mix (1) She is a RIR/PR that looks like a BCM without feathered legs.

I want to keep almost all of them!

So, I do need help. I am keeping 12ish hens and a rooster. 12ish is 12 with the possibility of one or two more.

 

[mortie]

Too hard to pick, just keep them all!

 

[cheeka]

Hi Sally! nice to hear from you, can't wait to catch up on all your going's on....!!!

gilcamp, that is such a cute pic and I hear ya! Mylee, now 4, loves to eat chicken, and she's the one who calls the flock Cluck Clucks... she "knows" they are chickens, but I'm not sure that "the" connection has been made. although she does know that chicks come from eggs, she's been here for hatches, but since the roosters lived separately, she knew no babies were in the eggs... didn't stop her from sitting inside the fridge and kissing the eggs tho"

so... end of day 4 for Big Broody and start of day 1 for little broody. I gave Esther 3 standard eggs today. Marked them with a fine tip Sharpie. so all the hatching eggs are brown and were supplied by various Fosters, all sired by Royce. so any pullets will lay green eggs. and I checked under Big Broody - she has 8 eggs, so the other 2 did lay that day and she claimed them. today was also the first day that she arose from the nest. there was a humongous poop by the kennel door and her food dish was spilled. the others really like the dogloo for laying, I got 8 out of 9 today. 21 altogether, minus 3 for Esther. I have an order for 5 dozen for tomorrow, all boxed and ready.

I will have to move Esther and soon. I tired to entice her into the kennel that Peach used, but she was not interested! it's more important to get her attached to those eggs first, then I can move her anywhere, she won't care as long as she has her precious eggs... so in another day or 2, I will take both broody's, kennels, eggs and all and move them together into the broody pen. they won't bother each other and they'll have peace and quiet and a private bath...