Silkie thread!

[minihorse927]

I really like the eye drop gel that starts with a "T".  I'm not much help right now, because I can't find my bottle!  They sell it at my feed store.  Good stuff.   It's been mentioned in this thread, the name of it.

Pam Pittman

terramycin opthamolic(sp?) eye ointment

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Ok. So I think I need to stop reading things on here. I usually read the new posts every morning with my coffee. Well I came across one about roosters flogging. Well I have had a very persistent roo that likes to test me. Well this morning when I let them out of their coops he decided to challenge me real good. So he got me in the back of the leg and so I pinned him down with a garden rake and picked him up and held him for a while. And I had him for so long he just hung his head in shame. So I eventually put him back with his lady and he decided to make another attempt at challenging me again, and this time he bit the front of the rake and chipped his beak. What a stubborn bird. So I pinned him down to the ground with the rake again. And held him there fir a few minutes. Well after that he charged at the fence and I grabbed the rake and he backed off. He is determined to take me out. He is about to take a dirt nap.

Next time, pick him up and carry him around for awhile (the longer the better--at least 5-10 minutes; 30 is better, but usually not doable), holding him firmly more or less on his back and not letting him squirm and move abou. Make sure he is acting peaceful when you turn him loose. You are showing him that he can't affect you any more than he can affect a tree or a thunderstorm. It might take a few times, but it works. When you answer his challenge the way you are, you teach him that you are either a threat to his flock or a competitor for his hens, and that he can chase you away. When you act as a force of nature, challenging you gains him nothing.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Are you sure she is girl, and are you sure she is an orpington and not a buff rock? Orpingtons are almost always very mellow, whereas some lines of rocks can be aggressive.

 

[sweetmsmisty98]

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Next time, pick him up and carry him around for awhile (the longer the better--at least 5-10 minutes; 30 is better, but usually not doable), holding him firmly more or less on his back and not letting him squirm and move abou.  Make sure he is acting peaceful when you turn him loose.  You are showing him that he can't affect you any more than he can affect a tree or a thunderstorm.  It might take a few times, but it works.  When you answer his challenge the way you are, you teach him that you are either a threat to his flock or a competitor for his hens, and that he can chase you away.  When you act as a force of nature, challenging you gains him nothing.

I didn't know that I could put them on their backs. Or I would have tried it. Thank you I will try it

 

[PaintedFeathers]

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I didn't know that I could put them on their backs. Or I would have tried it. Thank you I will try it

I always lay mine on their backs. They are usually good about it once you've done it a few times.

 

[Brie6895]

Or in hte center of her back just before her wing begins.  

Yes, try to pry them open to make sure that they CAN open.

This morning she opened one of her eyes. There is no more crust in them so I am almost certain they just hurt to open. If this makes sense when she does open them it looks as if her eyes is at the end of her eye socket. The eye doesn't fill out but half of the hole if her eye. I've tried to get a picture but I can't catch her open them long enough to get one. The other part of her eye seems to have a coating in it.

I also have another bird a barred rock that has one of her eyes half way filling out the socket. And a gooey foggy type mixture that falls every now and again. She can keep her eye open thought. Way more than my silkie.

Now that you mention it the first day I noticed her eyes were closed I noticed the begginging of one her wings had crusty feathers where something had dried on her.. I thought someone might of pooped on her and tried to wash it off.

I believe it is respiratory related. Should I try to give her tylan in her water or the t word drops in the eyes as someone stated above? I am off all day tomorrow and I am on a mission to help this baby girl. Thanks everyone for all the help!!!

 

[Brie6895]

 

[Fancychooklady]

I can't see much from those pics, so it's both eyes? Can you get someone to hold her and hold pull the eyelid open so you can get a better pic? Is there any kind of yellow looking stuff down in the corner of her eye? If it is upper respitory there should be other symptoms , wheezing, sneezing , nasal discharge etc.

 

[Suzierd]

Are you sure she is  girl, and are you sure she is an orpington and not a buff rock?  Orpingtons are almost always very mellow, whereas some lines of rocks can be aggressive.

I got two BO chicks from Coastal about 4-5 months ago just starting to lay eggs I've got two now. I know its so weird having a hen challenge me. Here they are younger.

Their much bigger and filled out now. I need to get some recent pics.

 

[K Epp]

Try the Terimyacin (sp). It works wonders gor the eyes. I would prob keep the antibiotics in her water too.