Success Stories -Birds That Successfully Fought And Survived Illnesses.

[The Happster]

I didn't see any threads like this, so I decided to create one.

I think BYC needs a thread for those birds that survived attacks and illnesses, as well as the BYC members who assisted.

One of my 3 year old cockerels, Pumpkin, survived an unknown illness about a year ago.
This is what he looked like at that time. He clearly was not good.

Pumpkin is in the back. His sister decided to photobomb.
He would not eat or drink. He would not move, preen, or anything.
For two weeks I had to force him to drink, and I had to open his beak to put food in. I was giving him garlic, yoghurt and oats, and layers pellets.
At one point, I hadn't been able to get enough down him. I let him out the next day and he started falling onto the floor. I caught him as he fell. I took him and spent a few hours getting food and water into him.
At the end of the second week, he started fighting back a bit. It was a lot harder to feed him.
A couple of days after this, I noticed he was walking around the yard, following his sister.
He actually started trying to peck the food I offered him. He missed, most of the time.

After that point, he kept getting better, and now he is one happy rooster again.
Here is a recent picture of my boy, with his son.

Now I want to hear your success stories!

 

[ILoveBabySilkies]

I didn't see any threads like this, so I decided to create one.

I think BYC needs a thread for those birds that survived attacks and illnesses, as well as the BYC members who assisted.

One of my 3 year old cockerels, Pumpkin, survived an unknown illness about a year ago.
This is what he looked like at that time. He clearly was not good.
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Pumpkin is in the back. His sister decided to photobomb.
He would not eat or drink. He would not move, preen, or anything.
For two weeks I had to force him to drink, and I had to open his beak to put food in. I was giving him garlic, yoghurt and oats, and layers pellets.
At one point, I hadn't been able to get enough down him. I let him out the next day and he started falling onto the floor. I caught him as he fell. I took him and spent a few hours getting food and water into him.
At the end of the second week, he started fighting back a bit. It was a lot harder to feed him.
A couple of days after this, I noticed he was walking around the yard, following his sister.
He actually started trying to peck the food I offered him. He missed, most of the time.

After that point, he kept getting better, and now he is one happy rooster again.
Here is a recent picture of my boy, with his son.
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Now I want to hear your success stories!

He is so chunky! He’s adorable and I love his name!

 

[FortCluck]

I just had cocci spread through my brooder in my chick flock and it hit hard before anything could even be done. I have many survivors that are strong. Took lots of tears and sweat to get this flock strong! This is them in their newest home before we sell or keep them.

Blue Footed Booby my bantam gold laced Polish was attacked by a hawk and kicked its butt. She looked scraggly for a month with feather loss. Today she is sitting on a nest of eggs! I can’t find my pic of her so here’s one of her offspring (crossed with silver Deathlayer) I named her Jasmine.

Ol’ Red came to our farm after her flock had been killed not once, but twice by a raccoon. She hadn’t laid an egg in 6 months. Within the first week at our farm she started laying eggs and flying on my back to get treats before anyone else. She’s the RIR in the pic.

Jerky the turkey had 3 siblings that did not make it and 2 were sold. We are unsure what happened to the siblings. She loves photo bombing pics and chasing us around. She thinks she’s a chicken now and she loves picking on everyone especially the roosters.

 

[The Happster]

He is so chunky! He’s adorable and I love his name!

Thank you! He is my best boy. He just loves his cuddles.

I just had cocci spread through my brooder in my chick flock and it hit hard before anything could even be done. I have many survivors that are strong. Took lots of tears and sweat to get this flock strong! This is them in their newest home before we sell or keep them.
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Blue Footed Booby my bantam gold laced Polish was attacked by a hawk and kicked its butt. She looked scraggly for a month with feather loss. Today she is sitting on a nest of eggs! I can’t find my pic of her so here’s one of her offspring (crossed with silver Deathlayer) I named her Jasmine.
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Ol’ Red came to our farm after her flock had been killed not once, but twice by a raccoon. She hadn’t laid an egg in 6 months. Within the first week at our farm she started laying eggs and flying on my back to get treats before anyone else. She’s the RIR in the pic.
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Jerky the turkey had 3 siblings that did not make it and 2 were sold. We are unsure what happened to the siblings. She loves photo bombing pics and chasing us around. She thinks she’s a chicken now and she loves picking on everyone especially the roosters.

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You have a lot of beautiful birds! Jasmine is especially beautiful.
I have two chicks with cocci at the moment too. Just on day three of medication now.

 

[The Happster]

Anyone else?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Beane, a rescued male coturnix quail, got scalped by my other quail right after I got him. Here’s Beane when I found him, on July 18th (2019)-

July 20th-

July 31st-

August 20th-

(sorry for the blurry picture)

Beane now!

I’ve since learned that it’s pretty common for quail to recover from scalping.

 

[The Happster]

Poor boy!

I’ve since learned that it’s pretty common for quail to recover from scalping

Sounds like it happens a lot

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Poor boy!

Sounds like it happens a lot

Unfortunately, it isn’t uncommon. Beane was injured by a female bobwhite quail.

 

[centralcaligirl]

Peep (on the right) just last night, was either born with a hernia or somehow got one in the first six weeks of life. Part of her intestines are essentially hanging out of her abdominal cavity along with her gizzard. We first noticed the lump between her legs when she was six weeks old and the vet said she would probably die when she started laying and recommended euthanasia.

After a lot of soul searching we decided to let her live with the other chicks and then put her down when she started laying. She was such a happy and enthusiastic chick and never seemed to notice she had a hernia. Then she laid her first egg with no problems at all so we monitored her closely for a few weeks and she was laying just fine and seemed to be in no discomfort at all!

Peep is now three and a half years old and just laid a perfect egg this morning! She waddles and we only have one really low roosting bar to prevent her from jumping and further injuring herself, but she has a great personality and is the sweetest girl ever.

 

[The Happster]

She's beautiful.
She's done pretty well!