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[UrbanEnthusiast]

Hi. For those two that I read that had raccoon trouble. I wanted to say I am very sorry to hear of the raccoon attack (hope your special hen survives - sending good thoughts) and also sorry for the loss of your dear Luna. It strikes close to home for me as I also have recently lost a hen from a raccoon. It was bizarre! Afternoon, sunny day, hens in a fenced yard against our house to do a little foraging for a few hours. I was in the house for only 20-30 minutes and on my way back out to check on things. When through the window I saw a raccoon in the yard with one of my hens trying to pull its dead headless body over the fence. I was so angry I ran through the house yelling at my DH about it. When we got outdoors the raccoon just starred us down. Unafraid! We live in the country but as the population grows and people feed them I think they get bolder. DH ran at it yelling so when he was 10 feet away it finally backed off so he could retrieve the dead chicken, poor Gemini. But then it kept coming back over and over again. I have been nursing my last hen (she was in shock even crowing like a cockerel) Betsy Barr Rock wasn't injured but is now all alone which is not so good. DH put a large mirror in her tractor run which helps her somewhat. She loves her reflection so spends a lot of time in front of it. Anyway, I feel your pain.

~Dee~

Just saw this. That is terrible! I'm so very sorry. Good luck with the new flock in the spring!

 

[RainyDayChicken]

What a day/night. I stayed up holding Salma the sickly Welsummer until past 10pm because she was still holding her beak open every couple of minutes, which I figured out meant she was thirsty. She was still munching on eggs pretty well, too.

I was giving her Pedialyte and she was really getting after it. In fact, I was getting a little worried she was drinking too much. Then I realized Pedialyte has salt in it and maybe that was making her thirsty. So I switched to water and she gobbled that up, too. Now I'm kinda worried she's had too much liquids and/or too much salt. I wanted to stay up with her, but it just wasn't feasible. Even the living room is occupied at my BF's house right now by a young couple with a baby who've fallen on hard times. And my poor BF passed out in his room the moment he got home from band rehearsal. To make matters worse, I myself came down with a nasty respiratory virus last weekend and I'm far from fully recovered, so staying up all night probably isn't the best idea if I ever want to get back to work. And I certainly didn't want to subject Salma to a car ride across town from Roosevelt to Beacon Hill to stay at my place. So, I found a relatively quiet corner, put her in a big dog carrier on a coffee table with some water and scrambled eggs, covered it with a blanket, and came back to my apartment. My BF set his alarm for 8am so he can let the chickens out of their cramped, makeshift (but SECURE) coop and give Salma her antibiotic. Given how well she's eating and drinking, I really think she's going to be fine, but I'm the kind of person who's going to worry myself half to death all night anyway.




I'm still not sure what to do about the goo in her eye. We'll see how it looks tomorrow. Hopefully the oral ("beak-al"? LOL) antibiotics will take care of it.





I'm a newbie myself, so take this with a grain of salt. But from what I've read, you'll need to find a purebred Araucana or Ameraucana to get blue eggs. I know some hatcheries claim to sell purebreds of said breeds, but I've also heard that some of them are flat-out lying and calling hybrids purebreds. I don't know why those particular breeds are so hard to find considering how popular blue eggs are. Sorry I can't point you in the right direction but I'm fairly certain that what info I have provided is correct. Good luck! Let us know how it goes.

Thank you for the info I hope your girl is ok. Your bf sounds like a cool guy, he will get it all done for ya'll.

 

[justbugged]

Just thought I should check in with the group. I managed to have a very bad week. I ran out of pain meds very early in the week, and I thought that I would have a refill waiting for me by the middle of the week. Well when I went to pick up the meds at the pharmacy there were no pain meds. I knew that the doc wanted me to see a specialist to manage the pain, but the appointment isn't until 7.5 months from now. I didn't realize that I was supposed to go without pain meds, or treatment for a progressive condition for that long.

By Thursday I knew I wasn't going to be able to keep the pain under control, so I went back to the clinic here in town. I was seen by one of the other doctors, and he refilled one of the pain meds for this month. I hate letting the pain get out of control, because it's so hard to get it back to a manageable level again.

I am going to try and get an appointment with a different provider, that will hopefully be able to see me sooner than next May.

So while I was stuck in the chair not able to move much, one of the rabbits died.

She was my favorite of course. I don't think she was healthy when I got her, so I have a feeling that my neglect of a day and half was more than she could handle. I have had to realize that without being able to count on pain control, that I just can't manage as much as I wanted to manage. I took all the rest of the rabbits back to the auction this morning.

I also got a call yesterday that the puppy that I thought I had sold 2 weeks ago was at risk of being sold again. So I had to drive nearly to Lake Forrest Park for the third time in 2 weeks and refund the lady the 450.00 that she had already paid me. I now have 6 dogs again. I will say that dear little Tag is awfully happy to be home tonight.

I am now hoping that with DH back home for the next week, that I can get things back together better. It should help that there isn't as much to take care of. DH is going to be home this coming week, and he is planning on laying the new flooring in the kitchen. I just hope that I can keep up with him at least a little bit.

Well that was the highs and lows of my week.

 

[JennS]

Quote:
Never mind, I now have something else to deal with. One of the new buckeyes has a respiratory infection. Thank you for the offer, but I need to deal with this before any more birds come in the house.

Jennifer

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

Never mind, I now have something else to deal with. One of the new buckeyes has a respiratory infection. Thank you for the offer, but I need to deal with this before any more birds come in the house.

Jennifer

Bummer! Best of luck with the little bugger. I'd give advice but I'm a newbie.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

OK let me just throw out a little word to the wise to ALL looking to buy birds. NO matter who you are looking to buy from always check around / ask others privately what they know about the seller and thier birds. SADLY there are people who claim to be so great yet they have no issue selling less than healthy birds to unknowing people. I rarely sell birds but if it doesn't seem healthy I won't sell it AND I will stand behind EVERYTHING that I do sell !!!!

 

[mikeyb]

Quote: Hello Dee, nice to meet you too. Hey, thanks for forwarding the link. I hope that everyone that gets the link forwards it to all their friends/contacts and they inturn do likewise.

 

[Rainwolf]

For those new to Easter eggers....

Imagine having 3 colors to paint with...... White, Blue, Brown
Now mix those colors......

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Unproven EE's can result in almost any color in the chart... mainly because it is so hard to prove the males color genetics.
If your willing to spend a couple years.. you can prove the males egg color genetics with a white egg layer.
Need less to say most EE's are unproven colors due to the males not being "proven"
It is one of the reasons I have White Leghorns is to prove colors of my males by hatching the white egg, growing up pullet and seeing what color eggs they lay.

 

[Rainwolf]

Rainy.... I can put you on my list for a pure Ameraucana Rooster if you like. It might be next year before I have known roosters but it might be earlier

 

[JNB]

Just thought I should check in with the group. I managed to have a very bad week. I ran out of pain meds very early in the week, and I thought that I would have a refill waiting for me by the middle of the week. Well when I went to pick up the meds at the pharmacy there were no pain meds. I knew that the doc wanted me to see a specialist to manage the pain, but the appointment isn't until 7.5 months from now. I didn't realize that I was supposed to go without pain meds, or treatment for a progressive condition for that long.

By Thursday I knew I wasn't going to be able to keep the pain under control, so I went back to the clinic here in town. I was seen by one of the other doctors, and he refilled one of the pain meds for this month. I hate letting the pain get out of control, because it's so hard to get it back to a manageable level again.

I am going to try and get an appointment with a different provider, that will hopefully be able to see me sooner than next May.

So while I was stuck in the chair not able to move much, one of the rabbits died.

She was my favorite of course. I don't think she was healthy when I got her, so I have a feeling that my neglect of a day and half was more than she could handle. I have had to realize that without being able to count on pain control, that I just can't manage as much as I wanted to manage. I took all the rest of the rabbits back to the auction this morning.

I also got a call yesterday that the puppy that I thought I had sold 2 weeks ago was at risk of being sold again. So I had to drive nearly to Lake Forrest Park for the third time in 2 weeks and refund the lady the 450.00 that she had already paid me. I now have 6 dogs again. I will say that dear little Tag is awfully happy to be home tonight.

I am now hoping that with DH back home for the next week, that I can get things back together better. It should help that there isn't as much to take care of. DH is going to be home this coming week, and he is planning on laying the new flooring in the kitchen. I just hope that I can keep up with him at least a little bit.

Well that was the highs and lows of my week.

Im so sorry... your having to deal with all that. Its tough dealing with ongoing pain. Im sorry about your rabbits too.. Ill keep you in my thoughts and hope for the best..