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[Chickielady]

Goodbye Lucky Dog!

 

[Imp]

I'm sorry Cheryl, it's sad when we lose one. Lucky looked beautiful.

There are signs up in my neighborhood: "Lost- Old Dog"

Makes me sad whenever I see it.

Russ

 

[jbear]

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I hope you have an evening that is relaxing and refilling Teresa. sorry you had a bad day. I hope the stars make you feel better! (and the wine!)

 

[jbear]

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[cheryl98117]

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He was here the morning of the 19th for breakfast. The old boy was spoilt, he got warm scrambled eggs everyday with his special senior dog food. He ate, went out, and was not seen again. He didn't even show up at Granpa Carls for his lunch time snack... Grandpa Carl is a neighbor of ours, who has known Lucky sense he was a pup, hia property piggy backs my mothers place.

I just need to remember that 22 years old is OLD for a dog. He lived a long healthy and happy life. Would play and run around like he was a hyper puppy! I will always remember him, and his goofy dog grin with his big 'ol slobbery jowels. He was a wonderfull dog, who helped raise many kids, and even more pups! He was such a cool old dog. Would go to the end of the property down to the salmon stream, catch and carry home fish! He loved babies! Any kind of baby, rabbitt, rodent, human, bird, it didn't matter to him. If it was a baby he knew it, and would love on it and care for it. I swear that old boy wanted to be a momma some times.

 

[BoldogKennel]

May I get opinions on this hen? I'm a newbie when it comes to showing chickens, though I've had them forever. I raised some red laced blue wyandottes and the only way I am going to learn is by asking those who know more than I. I would like any and all comments on any part of her. I really am eager to learn and wyandottes are new to me. I thank you very much.

And here is one of my roosters. This one is (to my opinion) not the best one. The other is being kept at a friends, I will get pics of him tomorrow. Thanks again! It means a lot to me. Oh, they were eggs last spring.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Yep, I'm there....Hey how about: "Not now I'm right in the middle of a Rothchild"...."Ho-Ho-Ho...Green Giant"....and my DH's favorite: "it's Shake-n-Bake and I helped".

are ya in a better mood now sweetheart ? Hope so !

I have to think of some more like : "Wouldn't you really rather have a Buick?"

Thank you so much. I am feeling better. You brought a smile to my face.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

I am sorry Cheryl.

Good-bye Lucky. KNow that you were loved and will be missed.

 

[ReiMiraa]

Good news and bad news.

Good news my rooster Jersey does not have a broken or dislocated leg
he did a fecal test and there are no parasites so in theory it my flock is not affected

Bad news: he has no muscle or fat, the breast meat is just bone, i didn't know how it should feel but once the vet pointed it out it became obvious.
so not sure why he is wasting away. not giving him pain killer because despite all posts chickens might metabolize differently and or the toxins of the medication might build up.
the med 'metacam or metcam' is too close of a dosage between killing him or helping him.

So he has lost alot of weight is somehow malnourished and underfed. i am not sure how and it seems this has been weight lost over a longer period of time than just last week when he was showing signs of injury. it could be a deficiency, somehow.

so i am going to try and nurse him back some before i return to WSU. i have him on flock raiser and/or chick starter. no scratch mixed in. the feeds he is on are higher in protein than normal. tomorrow night i will make him a scrambled egg.

the bad news is that somehow the other chickens could be underweight or deficient. i am going to take all scratch out of diet and leave them on layer. their feeders have been filled to the top constantly for a few weeks so that is not the issue. only a few other chickens that i checked seemed underweight. more often its the roosters while most hens had dense breasts.

The leg injury was from a while ago it seems but he now lacks the muscles to support his skeletal system.
The question remains, what caused the weight loss if access to feed wasn't an issue till last week.
Most chickens have a decent lice infestation, could his lice infestation be so bad to cause such severe weight loss? Could it be he was so busy 'servicing' the hens he didn't look after himself?

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Well, I am NOT the chicken expert here and I learn daily from everyone's posts. but I do know that deer and elk (I know totally different animal) will not eat and will only concentrate on "servicing" the ladies and can get real weak and thin. Can it happen in birds? I dunno.....