The Legbar Thread!

[redchicken9]

After 1 week of being ill, Norbert is standing up! Started him on Antibiotics a week ago, Monday morning I found him lying on his side and barely able to stay upright. We put him on Steroids Tuesday and the vet said he wasn't holding out much hope but if it was going to work, we would see improvement by today. Well I just found him standing at the door to the cage and looking out. I was sure he was not going to make it but now, it is looking more optimistic.

Hope he's doing he's up and crowing soon!

 

[ChicKat]

Awsome news FC

X2
good to hear Norbert is getting well!

 

[longgrove]

A guarded outlook for Reggie the CLB roo. I feared he had what Betty the EE died of when he had trouble standing up. it has been almost 2 weeks now and, other than some slightly loose, more smelly than usual stool, his only symptom is difficulty standing (mostly his right leg). If he was a person, I'd think he had had a stroke. He is bright of eye and alert, eating and drinking and his wings and neck seem to move normally. He is showing some signs of contracture in his right foot. I try to gently streatch it out a couple of times a day (he dosen't like it but is dosen't fight.) I have him in the rabbit hutch in bad weather and at night. On good days, he goes out in the fenced back yard with food and water next ot him (away from the hens as we still don't know what is wrong with him.) He really dosen't act sick, he just can't stand up. I can not feel anything amiss with his bone and tendon structure in his right leg and foot. if he had what Betty had, he should be gone or near it by now, so can't figure out what ails him. Anyone have any ideas of dx or tx?

 

[Dirt Farmer]

A guarded outlook for Reggie the CLB roo. I feared he had what Betty the EE died of when he had trouble standing up. it has been almost 2 weeks now and, other than some slightly loose, more smelly than usual stool, his only symptom is difficulty standing (mostly his right leg). If he was a person, I'd think he had had a stroke. He is bright of eye and alert, eating and drinking and his wings and neck seem to move normally. He is showing some signs of contracture in his right foot. I try to gently streatch it out a couple of times a day (he dosen't like it but is dosen't fight.) I have him in the rabbit hutch in bad weather and at night. On good days, he goes out in the fenced back yard with food and water next ot him (away from the hens as we still don't know what is wrong with him.) He really dosen't act sick, he just can't stand up. I can not feel anything amiss with his bone and tendon structure in his right leg and foot. if he had what Betty had, he should be gone or near it by now, so can't figure out what ails him. Anyone have any ideas of dx or tx?

See if your state vet office or county extension offers any low cost diagnostic services. I think I read somewhere that mycoplasmosis was in the wild bird population in Maine. I'm not sure if they were talking about the chronic respiratory type or the infectious synovitis variety. In any case it is nearly impossible to know what's going on without some professional help. If the bird is extra special to you, exam and treatment at a private avian vet will probably cost about $100-150. That's cheaper than losing a flock. Good luck.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

Remember I hatched 6 eggs, a white pair and a cream trio? I've lost them all but the white cock and a cream hen. They were growing so well, I'm not sure what happened... I was expecting them to start laying any day and all of a sudden one would seem to go a little listless, so I would deworm and hit them with a cocci treatment, then we had a small bout of dry pox(mosquitoes were terrible), but everyone seemed to get over that. They just kind of dropped off one at a time, I think it would be done and then another would go down a few weeks later. Any ideas? The first one passed at about 6 weeks of age(before the pox), I thought maybe it was failure to thrive because she was always a bit smaller and "off" from the others. The next one died probably another 6-8 weeks later, the next a couple months after that, and the cream cock a couple weeks ago. They were all getting layer with supplemental cat food to bump the protein after a small spell of feather picking.

We've moved to a new place and I hesitate to bring the surviving pair over(or any of my existing flock), because I don't know if they are vectors for something that I'm not seeing or what. It's so frustrating, I was so excited and it all seemed to go perfect. I'm stumped and I feel an entire year behind. I was so looking forward to having those blue eggs in the morning. Maybe someone else has an idea, I just feel like I've run into a brick wall.

I have a bantam cochin broody now, I'm thinking about letting her hatch more... but what if she's a vector for something? Could she set the eggs and I pull the chicks at hatch? I'm at such a loss it's unbelievable. I only have a few I was going to bring with me to the new place, my two bantam cochin hens and the legbars and a trio of brahmas. It only seems to be the legbars having issues.

Where is a good place to get eggs? I don't think I can afford(money and risk) of shipping chicks or adults long distance. If someone has "clean" Cream Legbars near the Sandhills of North Carolina I could consider clean live birds and pickup.

Ideas and suggestions are very welcome and appreciated.. I'm out of ideas.

 

[ChicKat]

so very sorry to hear about your loss. Especially since it hit the rare birds. Hope you find eggs at a reasonable distance.

 

[ChicKat]

A guarded outlook for Reggie the CLB roo. I feared he had what Betty the EE died of when he had trouble standing up. it has been almost 2 weeks now and, other than some slightly loose, more smelly than usual stool, his only symptom is difficulty standing (mostly his right leg). If he was a person, I'd think he had had a stroke. He is bright of eye and alert, eating and drinking and his wings and neck seem to move normally. He is showing some signs of contracture in his right foot. I try to gently streatch it out a couple of times a day (he dosen't like it but is dosen't fight.) I have him in the rabbit hutch in bad weather and at night. On good days, he goes out in the fenced back yard with food and water next ot him (away from the hens as we still don't know what is wrong with him.) He really dosen't act sick, he just can't stand up. I can not feel anything amiss with his bone and tendon structure in his right leg and foot. if he had what Betty had, he should be gone or near it by now, so can't figure out what ails him. Anyone have any ideas of dx or tx?

Here's hoping that Reggie is going to get better with each passing day.

 

[Flaming Chicken]

Remember I hatched 6 eggs, a white pair and a cream trio? I've lost them all but the white cock and a cream hen. They were growing so well, I'm not sure what happened... I was expecting them to start laying any day and all of a sudden one would seem to go a little listless, so I would deworm and hit them with a cocci treatment, then we had a small bout of dry pox(mosquitoes were terrible), but everyone seemed to get over that. They just kind of dropped off one at a time, I think it would be done and then another would go down a few weeks later. Any ideas? The first one passed at about 6 weeks of age(before the pox), I thought maybe it was failure to thrive because she was always a bit smaller and "off" from the others. The next one died probably another 6-8 weeks later, the next a couple months after that, and the cream cock a couple weeks ago. They were all getting layer with supplemental cat food to bump the protein after a small spell of feather picking.


We've moved to a new place and I hesitate to bring the surviving pair over(or any of my existing flock), because I don't know if they are vectors for something that I'm not seeing or what. It's so frustrating, I was so excited and it all seemed to go perfect. I'm stumped and I feel an entire year behind. I was so looking forward to having those blue eggs in the morning. Maybe someone else has an idea, I just feel like I've run into a brick wall.

I have a bantam cochin broody now, I'm thinking about letting her hatch more... but what if she's a vector for something? Could she set the eggs and I pull the chicks at hatch? I'm at such a loss it's unbelievable. I only have a few I was going to bring with me to the new place, my two bantam cochin hens and the legbars and a trio of brahmas. It only seems to be the legbars having issues.

Where is a good place to get eggs? I don't think I can afford(money and risk) of shipping chicks or adults long distance. If someone has "clean" Cream Legbars near the Sandhills of North Carolina I could consider clean live birds and pickup.

Ideas and suggestions are very welcome and appreciated.. I'm out of ideas.

What an incredibly frustrating experience for you. I have a rooster that seems to be gaining his health back after 2 weeks of antibiotics and steroids. The avian specialist that I consulted with for about $200 says that there are hundreds of ailments and viruses that can affect poultry . Many of them carried by local populations of birds. The only way to determine the cause is by doing a necropsy. Also some of our birds are more genetically vulnerable to these problems. Our cream Legbars come from a very limited gene pool so I suspect that they will be more delicate as well. I hope that someone can offer you some less expensive eggs soon and help you get going again.

 

[redchicken9]

so very sorry to hear about your loss. Especially since it hit the rare birds. Hope you find eggs at a reasonable distance.

Wolf-Kim, ditto for me.

Here's hoping that Reggie is going to get better with each passing day.

ChicKat, says it best! I hope everyone is getting better. Now I feel extra concern in putting my babies out for their first night, even though they are in a small coop with 3 adults and the weather is warm. Any money I go out there and bring them in to the garage. Sigh!

 

[Dirt Farmer]