Maggpiefarms
Chirping
- Jul 29, 2019
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Hi everyone. I am new to this blog but have been actively following you for all type of help since I first got my mixed flock back in the beginning of May and have found you all so knowledgeable that I knew this is where I needed to get some extra help!! So here is the long story. Sorry for all the details!
I purchased 4pekin ducks and 4 Orpington chickens from Tractor supply when they were on sale for .25c each. My husband for my birthday surprised me with a chicken coop and all the necessary supplies after I had expressed interest! We were planning on getting 17wkers but I fell in love and here I am with a mixed flock of 8.
We live on two and a half acres but I keep them in a large dog run with individual coops and mixed run area for safety because of all the predators we have in the area.
Anyway long story short this is my favorite male Pekin (Olaf) who as a baby had niacin deficiency and was corrected and he made a full recovery. While we were away for the past week we had a good friend staying at the house taking Care of my flock, dogs and gardens. On Tuesday of last week July 23 she called and said that he wasn’t able to walk. I assumed that it was niacin deficiency as he hasn’t been supplemented individually like I had when he had problems.
The strange thing she said at 1pm he was fine and when she came home from work and went to close the coops he couldn’t walk at all.
Now fast forward after a few days of supplementing he doesn’t seem any better and all the sudden tonight his leg is swollen. Very very swollen. I am a NICU nurse so my medical background is pretty good except I am not super familiar with waterfowl health.
But this is what I know based on my quick assessment.
—> his right leg from his body is swollen down to his toes
—> his right leg is color is not normal
—> they are the same warm temperatures on both sides.
—> he had been eating and drink until tonight when he refused
—> voiding and stooling
—> the flock has been plucking him
** he is separated from everyone for safety.
I tend to get all the sick animals. I had two doxies with back issues one in a wheelchair. I am not faint at heart and I am willing to go the extra mile to help my guy. He seems uncomfortable. We don’t have a agro vet easily accessible but I am sure if it comes down to needing to put him down we have a family friend who is a vet and she would probably help. I am going to upload pictures. Please help us!!! ** the healthy looking picture is him before this happened!!!!
I purchased 4pekin ducks and 4 Orpington chickens from Tractor supply when they were on sale for .25c each. My husband for my birthday surprised me with a chicken coop and all the necessary supplies after I had expressed interest! We were planning on getting 17wkers but I fell in love and here I am with a mixed flock of 8.
We live on two and a half acres but I keep them in a large dog run with individual coops and mixed run area for safety because of all the predators we have in the area.
Anyway long story short this is my favorite male Pekin (Olaf) who as a baby had niacin deficiency and was corrected and he made a full recovery. While we were away for the past week we had a good friend staying at the house taking Care of my flock, dogs and gardens. On Tuesday of last week July 23 she called and said that he wasn’t able to walk. I assumed that it was niacin deficiency as he hasn’t been supplemented individually like I had when he had problems.
The strange thing she said at 1pm he was fine and when she came home from work and went to close the coops he couldn’t walk at all.
Now fast forward after a few days of supplementing he doesn’t seem any better and all the sudden tonight his leg is swollen. Very very swollen. I am a NICU nurse so my medical background is pretty good except I am not super familiar with waterfowl health.
But this is what I know based on my quick assessment.
—> his right leg from his body is swollen down to his toes
—> his right leg is color is not normal
—> they are the same warm temperatures on both sides.
—> he had been eating and drink until tonight when he refused
—> voiding and stooling
—> the flock has been plucking him
** he is separated from everyone for safety.
I tend to get all the sick animals. I had two doxies with back issues one in a wheelchair. I am not faint at heart and I am willing to go the extra mile to help my guy. He seems uncomfortable. We don’t have a agro vet easily accessible but I am sure if it comes down to needing to put him down we have a family friend who is a vet and she would probably help. I am going to upload pictures. Please help us!!! ** the healthy looking picture is him before this happened!!!!
