Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[SunnySkies]

Yeah, I did that too. There is blood in her stool now, last time she passed one; it's been a while.

Her crop is full of medicated water and feed slurry, but she won't even open her eyes now. I suspect she will be gone by morning. Or course, it is a girl. And the most beautiful one. Thank you Murphy. Ugh.

ETA: the stools in the brooder (of course, I immediately changed the brooder and cleaned it out) look normal, with everyone looking bright and alert, but I will leave them on Corid this week then go back to giving them their vitamin water after that.
Baby chick looks awful. I hate to give up, before the medication had a whole day to work, but I hate wondering if she is suffering.

ETA2: it just occurred to me that only SFH chicks do this to me. This one originated from GF. But not one I hatched here of any breed has gotten sick like this, Hrm.

 

[SunnySkies]

Welp, she just passed. What. A. Bummer.

 

[Kimbroe1981]

Welp, she just passed. What. A. Bummer.

Oh, so sorry.

 

[SunnySkies]

Now I'm obsessively watching the others. One other -- I think it's a roo -- has his feathers fluffed and was shutting his eyes, but everyone, including him, vigorously ate and drank this morning when I refilled the dishes. The stools still look good, including the little roo's. Hopefully it all blows over in a day or two.

That medicated feed makes their stools smell. Yuck.

 

[Amandine]

SunnySkies, I'm sorry to hear about your girl.

I'm just joining the chicken world and we have two Swedish Flower pullets. They're just adorable and I can't wait to see how they grow and change. I posted pictures in my intro thread, but one is mostly black and the other is orangey-red.

 

[KYTinpusher]

Now I'm obsessively watching the others. One other -- I think it's a roo -- has his feathers fluffed and was shutting his eyes, but everyone, including him, vigorously ate and drank this morning when I refilled the dishes. The stools still look good, including the little roo's. Hopefully it all blows over in a day or two.

That medicated feed makes their stools smell. Yuck.

So sorry about your loss.

You have not had good luck trying to get your flock started. I hope the rest survive and thrive.

 

[jd08]

I would like to know if there is anyone close to north alabama or southern tennessee that has any swedish flower hens for sale??

 

[SunnySkies]

So sorry about your loss.

You have not had good luck trying to get your flock started. I hope the rest survive and thrive.

No kidding. It's really discouraging. As I was watching them this morning, I thought if the lot drops from this (although I suspect the oldest will survive, and of course, a roo), I just might give up. But so far, so good. I go stare at them every so often, and while a couple have ruffled feathers, the stools look normal, everyone is eating well, and they are scratching around in the brooder. I think, in order to diversify the gene pool, each hen and roo will be crossed, I'll hatch eggs from everyone, and then decide who to cull, especially if I only have 3 pullets.

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

We have chicks eastern tn

I would like to know if there is anyone close to north alabama or southern tennessee that has any swedish flower hens for sale??

 

[jd08]

OK how old are they? And how much a piece? how far are you from pulaski?