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[Chicken Rustler]

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OK so now all we need is a time????

 

[broodytood]

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OKAAAAAAY so do we know when or where ????

Seems Spiffy's will be the place, as usual, OK???
DH is in love with the "REAL" pizzas at the gas station, 2 personal pepperoni pizzas for $3.........he don't get "REAL" pizza here...I bring a salad, so we picnic in the parking lot

Broody, do you want a wheaten or Blue Cockeral Am cockeral ?

Gonna go with the Wheaten, if that's ok. See ya on Thursday. Just let me know what time to head out there. Thanks!

 

[broodytood]

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Is this your bird with the cream color pus coming out the vent?

 

[Chickielady]

How wonderfully descriptive, love the color!!

 

[broodytood]

Off to the kids last piano lesson until next fall...WOOHOO. We all love the summer break!

 

[Chickielady]

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Try this:

http://www.westvet.com/collibacilliosis.htm

and this:

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

and if the birds are on antibiotics, or milk products, they can develope this kind of runny poop.
I no longer feed milk products to my birds due to this kind of sticky, runny poop, they do not seem to digest milk products well.
That's just my way, others may feel differently.
Birds have a gizzard and crop, and milk ferments, and they have no stomach or acid to break down milk products.
Hope this helps.
There is a vet who sees chickens in Naselle, but far from you~~

 

[Chickielady]

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After about 2 weeks of summer break all of them will be bored & driving you crazy to entertain them.....

Especially if this nasty rainy weather keeps up!!!!!!!!!
Rain once or twice a week is great to keep the rain barrels full & water the garden..but daily is too much!!!

I am going to town, later guys!

 

[BarnChick]

I have the opportunity to have t-shirts made for the farmers market/poultry swap that I am doing in June. Anybody have any ideas as to what they would pay for a shirt, or if its even a good idea?

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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You put up some pics once and that was enough!!! What did you say... 10 x14? Yikes! You are a more sane and controlled person than me! They'd have hauled me off to the funny farm long ago! I can't handle small spaces for very long.

It was 8 X 16, and we added an 8x8 kitchen (thank God) so it is 8 X 24 now, not unlike a big RV, and it is TALL inside, so lends alot of 'airiness' that low ceilings lack.
The problem is with every trip to NorCal, DH returns with belongings stored there, and NO place to put anything anymore!

I'm glad you have air-space; the worst thing about living in travel trailors, the two times we were waiting for our mobile homes (aka houseoids) were put up (three months the first time, and four the second, including runs of single digit temps both times) was the lack of stretching space. Well, actually, the worst thing about the first time was the fact that one of our cats had five kittens a month in to the adventure. Both of the housoids have set on the same place; the first one was a two bedroom and we proceeded to have a boy and a girl.

Ian has decided to grace us with a twenty minute solo this morning: I think he's trying to impress the Hamburgs.

 

[hokankai]

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Is this your bird with the cream color pus coming out the vent?

Yes, but it's not pus...I think it's poop. There is no odor and pus/infection usually has a very distinct odor. Her butt smells like...well...a chicken's poopy butt. LOL

I'm wondering if she has coccoidosis as a result of respiratory distress. The creamy colored poo did not start until a few hours after she was coughing/rattling.

The thing that's throwing me off is that neither of the two sick girls have discharge from their eyes or nose. Isn't that a distinct characteristic with IB and a lot of other things?

Also, checked the 4 hens still in the coop and they are fine, and THANKFULLY mama and all 10 chicks in the shop look well too. I did have to move 2 chicks from the brooder inside because they were sneezing and had subtle crackles in their chests...but I'm not sure if antibiotic is the best route to go with them yet.

It's just been a mess all around! We've never dealt with sickness before and then BAM, it seems like everyone's sick! I don't think I'll be adding new chicks to the flock anymore unless I hatch them myself.

and if the birds are on antibiotics, or milk products, they can develope this kind of runny poop.
I no longer feed milk products to my birds due to this kind of sticky, runny poop, they do not seem to digest milk products well.
That's just my way, others may feel differently.
Birds have a gizzard and crop, and milk ferments, and they have no stomach or acid to break down milk products.
Hope this helps.
There is a vet who sees chickens in Naselle, but far from you~~

We started the antibiotic that day, but it had only been in there with them for a few hours and no one had noticed them drinking it. They do not receive dairy products, but I was going to get some plain yogurt for probiotic purposes.​