Silkie saga

[TwoCrows]

They got some Poultry Cell every other day their first week and a half, back on it now daily, along with the B complex and vitamin D. I know the Bs flush through, but in case others aren't I plan just to do a week of everything. Then I may drop out the Poultry cell. But, I'll be consulting with you next week to verify

I overslept by 40 min this morning so it was a mad scramble to get everything done ans out the door so I didn't get to shoot you the good news on Nah! I just got home so haven't checked tonight, but this morning the tendon was still in place! I looked in the brooder tonight and it is laying down with both feet in a proper position so I'm assuming all is still good! To be confirmed shortly along with Hoppy's PT tonight. I hope I have great success and can write an article! That would be cool.

Oh this is fabulous news on Nah and his tendon still being in place over night! That's a good sign it's going to stay put now, laying down, fidgeting around all night, and nights are long, and it stayed in place!! I hope you can get Hoppys to stay in place too. I am so happy for You and the birds!! Let me know later how everybody did today and hopefully tendons are where they should be!!

 

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Oh this is fabulous news on Nah and his tendon still being in place over night! That's a good sign it's going to stay put now, laying down, fidgeting around all night, and nights are long, and it stayed in place!! I hope you can get Hoppys to stay in place too. I am so happy for You and the birds!! Let me know later how everybody did today and hopefully tendons are where they should be!!

Wonderful wonderful news, Nah's tendon is STILL in place! Wow, big relief on that one, especially after reading so much about treatment often being unsuccessful. I tried working with Hoppy, I stopped as the poor thing was obviously in pain. I think the reason it was originally walking on its back toes is because the tendon slipped and pulled the toes from the inside of the foot across the back to the outside. It was crying in pain when I was doing little stretches with it tonight and it looks like the metatarsus is deformed. I will talk to my hubby when he gets home, but even though I don't want to accept it, I think culling little Hoppy is the best for it. It's eating and drinking but is noticeably behind in growth now, plus the pain, it isn't right for me to keep it alive to try and feel better about my ignorance I was hoping some PT would help, but it was not peeps of discomfort, it was peeps of pain

 

[TwoCrows]

Wonderful wonderful news, Nah's tendon is STILL in place! Wow, big relief on that one, especially after reading so much about treatment often being unsuccessful. I tried working with Hoppy, I stopped as the poor thing was obviously in pain. I think the reason it was originally walking on its back toes is because the tendon slipped and pulled the toes from the inside of the foot across the back to the outside. It was crying in pain when I was doing little stretches with it tonight and it looks like the metatarsus is deformed. I will talk to my hubby when he gets home, but even though I don't want to accept it, I think culling little Hoppy is the best for it. It's eating and drinking but is noticeably behind in growth now, plus the pain, it isn't right for me to keep it alive to try and feel better about my ignorance I was hoping some PT would help, but it was not peeps of discomfort, it was peeps of pain

Fabulous news on Nah and his tendon!! I am thrilled its staying in place and I bet he feels so much better too! YAY! However I am so sorry about Hoppy, poor little guy. And I think it may be best as well to put him down if he is in pain, crying and there is deformity. He can't be feeling good and it hurts to watch him suffer. No doubt over time his foot will twist worse and he may eventually become completely lame. So I am in complete agreement, it may to time to put the little guy down.

Keep me posted!

 

[2ndTink]

Fabulous news on Nah and his tendon!! I am thrilled its staying in place and I bet he feels so much better too! YAY! However I am so sorry about Hoppy, poor little guy. And I think it may be best as well to put him down if he is in pain, crying and there is deformity. He can't be feeling good and it hurts to watch him suffer. No doubt over time his foot will twist worse and he may eventually become completely lame. So I am in complete agreement, it may to time to put the little guy down.

Keep me posted!

The tendon is still in place but the chick is walking a bit awkward today, I'm assuming it is quite sore. Today is day #2 for the splint so I will take it off and re-wrap this evening to be sure it's not getting too tight or anything else. Progress...

Here's Einio's dent, it's looking quite funky



And chick pictures! They are getting very suspicious of me. Some of the chipmunk chicks seem to be turning just blue, but some still have some variation to them.

 

[TwoCrows]

The tendon is still in place but the chick is walking a bit awkward today, I'm assuming it is quite sore. Today is day #2 for the splint so I will take it off and re-wrap this evening to be sure it's not getting too tight or anything else. Progress...

Here's Einio's dent, it's looking quite funky
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And chick pictures! They are getting very suspicious of me. Some of the chipmunk chicks seem to be turning just blue, but some still have some variation to them.
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Great that Nah's tendon is still in place! He will need to develop new muscle power in those muscle tissues he has never used so he may walk off balance for a while till he gains strength. But this is a good sign it will stay in place! I wouldn't let him jump around much or do anything that requires a lot of movement though, at least for a few days.

Aww...those babies are adorable! Yes they do appear to be looking at you in a weird way. They are pretty tuned into you and pick up emotions from your aura, cutie pies for sure! LOVE all the floof!! ❤

Have a great day my dear!

 

[2ndTink]

Great that Nah's tendon is still in place! He will need to develop new muscle power in those muscle tissues he has never used so he may walk off balance for a while till he gains strength. But this is a good sign it will stay in place! I wouldn't let him jump around much or do anything that requires a lot of movement though, at least for a few days.

Aww...those babies are adorable! Yes they do appear to be looking at you in a weird way. They are pretty tuned into you and pick up emotions from your aura, cutie pies for sure! LOVE all the floof!! ❤

Have a great day my dear!

And Base, you need Base photos

She's such a poof! She's also very shy.

Nu still has an extra 'er' in his crow, it's so funny. Heavy has a normal crow pattern but still sounds like those rubber chickens

 

[2ndTink]

Oh, and no crow or anything from Cappy Llama, it's still just a cute little unknown floof

 

[TwoCrows]

And Base, you need Base photos

She's such a poof! She's also very shy.

Nu still has an extra 'er' in his crow, it's so funny. Heavy has a normal crow pattern but still sounds like those runner chickens

Oh, Base is SO pretty!! A living Doll! ❤ ❤

Oh and I forgot to comment on Einio's dent, it sure is growing. Must be some weird genetic defect in the comb, maybe a gene from her ancestors which had a different comb? Or did the comb somehow get injured as a baby? Cute though, makes her special!

You need to record Nu's crow.

 

[2ndTink]

Oh, Base is SO pretty!! A living Doll! ❤ ❤

Oh and I forgot to comment on Einio's dent, it sure is growing. Must be some weird genetic defect in the comb, maybe a gene from her ancestors which had a different comb? Or did the comb somehow get injured as a baby? Cute though, makes her special!

You need to record Nu's crow.

It's been a wearing out kind of two days, two different hospitals, one for testing, and one for a specialist... on going health issue that no doc has been able to pin down yet, every time they think they have it, they'll do another test to be sure and it will come back negative for what they think. On to heart specialist # 5...

Einio has had her dent since her little comb could be seen. I'm not sure if it ties into her balance issues or not. Maybe an injury from when she was tiny, I never noticed an injury though. Just her odd movements and lack of balance at about 4 or so weeks old. I was worried she wouldn't be able to function in the coop, but after weeks of vitamins she started roosting instead of sleeping on the ground and she managed to get up and down the ramp. It was a struggle at first but she's able to look pretty handy at it now. If you don't pay close attention to her, it's hard to notice anything now. I'm curious how she'll do over the next several months, if she'll maintain how she is, improve, or the strain of laying eggs may deplete her vitamins? If so, I'm ready with supplements.

I do need to record his crow, I caught Heavy's on video, but not Nu's yet. Cappy Llama is still maintaining its unknown status.

Yesterday I noticed all the pullets in the yard with Fizz Bang. The dog, in trying to catch mice, let the pullets out. Somehow one pullet was in the cockerel's run, one cockerel was in the yard with the others, and there was one pullet left in the proper run. What a mess trying to get them all sorted back into the correct places, all with Fizz Bang trying to attack I had to stop my hubby from freezer camping him, he really loves that dang rooster. I just need to get the cockerels gone so I can lock his mean butt back up. When I went to repair the run, he was all the way across the yard. They started moving toward the coop so I was trying to tie things up as fast as I could. I got about 1/3 the way done when he spotted me. Mind you, this is a raised coop so I had to clamber my way under it and am crouched down with the bottom of the coop maybe 2 1/2 ft high. He saw me and immediately saw his opportunity and bee lined to for me all puffed up and started attacking. Luckily I had gotten a leg out when he spotted me and I was fending him off with my boot. I yelled for the dog, it took several calls (she's a bit independent and not so obedient... maybe like her owner...) she finally came over and was so excited that I was down at her level and just knew the only reason I had called her was so I could pet her. So there she is, in my face trying to lick me (eww), all excited while Fizz is beating my boot up. He finally left and I scooted out of there. Ugh, darn rooster. He's either getting locked back up or I also looked up some great sounding Coq au Vin recipes... either will work.

The splint isn't really working anymore for Nah, it seems worse again and I'm not sure why. Frustrating, it seemed like it was heading in the right direction. I haven't culled Hoppy yet, I'm pretty sure that's the right choice, but I can't maintain the resolve under questioning.

I think those are the major events of the last two days. I'll post a sleepy Base in a moment

 

[2ndTink]

I see I got a zip tie right across her face, otherwise it's a cute photo. I know sleeping on the nesting boxes is not preferable, but she can't get up to the same roosting bar as the others and she doesn't like sleeping on the lower bar by herself. Once I moved the nesting boxes in she immediately took to sleeping on them. Better than IN them, so I'm ok with it. The funny thing is, the roost everyone else uses is only 2 or 3 inches higher than the boxes, so I'm not sure how she can get on this, but not the roost. I've tried to give her a step to get on to get to the roost but she won't use it.

Pretty quality I know, but I think she's adorable.