Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[delisha]

Good advise ladies,
X2..

Everyone thinks I am cruel...I have a 24 hour rule. Improve or be dinner. I can't eat a bird with infection.

Chickens can't communicate well. They usually do not complain when they are injured badly, or sick. They sit around puffed up suffering. As long as she starts to improve soon, she has a chance. Keep infections away. Keep her wounds clean. If you can, kennel her by her flock mates to keep stress down and reintroduction later easier. She might eat and drink if she has company she can see.

She is not eating and drinking possibly because her injury's are more than a few scrapes and a swollen eye. Look for other injury's. She should be eating and drinking with just the injury's you described. or perhaps she is easily over stressed in this stressful situation.
Healthy birds with a few scrapes recover pretty fast. ACV in her water for sure. Hydration is important and will keep shock from setting in.

 

[amy11rn]

I'm honestly not sure she can see out of her eyes. Her head is so swollen up it's hard to tell how much, trama there is to the area. I got her to take about 40 mL of water earlier and another 10 mL of milk and food mix a little while ago. We shall see what tomorrow brings.

 

[Terri O]

Hi all--just catching up before I go out and lock up. The kids were naughty today! I guess the newness has worn off...but I was crabby too. I am ticked that I am not going to the Horsefair...first year I havent gone in better than 20 years! We scheduled our scrapbook thing this weekend back in January...never even thought about it since we were trying to accommodate everyone with work schedules and stuff. Oh well, I guess if I dont go I wont spend so much $$$ hey? I will miss it though! (the long way to answer your question Amy!)

Frenchie I went to Brent's to look at the Buckeyes...and of course I had to have the grand tour...actually we were hoping to come back to the camp all cleaned up! And we all know how THAT turned out!
REMINDER TO ALL: You need to help clean up the camp before you leave! It is very clean when we arrive and we have to leave it the same way. All trash has to be packed out. Please remember to take your food containers and extras home with you. **END OF ANNOUNCEMENT**

Set my neighbor's turkey and pheasant eggs tonight. I have to go and read about hatching them...havent done those species in an incubator before!

Irish...I think you meant "chlorophyll?" I wonder if that would work in my house?

Guess I should go out and lock up...then I will have a few minutes before the kids' Mom comes...HEY--John Tesch is talking about the chicken sitting businesses! LOL!

TerriO

 

[irishrovr]

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And where in the HE double L do you suggest finding any of that soon ????

What!?! It's the middle of April and you're not mowing grass yet?!? Where do you think you are, Alaska?

Irish...I think you meant "chlorophyll?" I wonder if that would work in my house?

HaHa! Yes, I did, TO! It's a foggy-sinus-head day for me!!!

 

[irishrovr]

WOW lost 6 of my adult birds today. Not sure what happened no real signs of struggle. I free range but I ve never lost that many. [[[[ that stinks]]]..Won t be free ranging for a couple of days What a day. lost my big lorp roo. 5 hens... BOOOOOOOO!!!!!!.....................What cha gonna do!!!! zekedowninthedumps.................when I say lost I mean they vanished,,, coyote fox local dog?? don t know.....

So sorry, Zeke!! I once had a hen and her chicks hiding in a brush pile for 2 days after a raccoon got into the coop and wreaked havoc. They emerged carefully but mama had all her chicks tucked away nicely. I hope they're just in hiding!

 

[irishrovr]

Chicks are doing well, 6 pipped so far. The 21st day started tonight at 6:30 so hoping for some more when I'm asleep.

Good show, Colton! YAY!

 

[judge]

Guys 1st chick hatched 30 minutes ago. He is knocking the other eggs a bit, should I get him out. I have another incubator heating up to put him in. What should I do????

Leave him in. I've found that the hatched chicks will "talk" to the chicks in the eggs and are an encouragement to the others to hatch too. Congratulations! What kind are they?

 

[judge]

Zeke- sorry to hear about your birds
Deli- so sorry about your FIL....
The vet was here to do a DA on a cow this morning and I had him look at the duckling. He said he didn't feel any breaks, and I should wait awhile and see if it heals up, so I guess we will see.
I let the 10week olds out for a little while when I was feeding and giving water, and it didn't take them long to get in a scuffle. I put them back in pretty quickly, but not before some blood was drawn. Not much, but I think I will wait quite awhile before I try that again. They are in an area where it is "Look but don't touch", but a little more time is needed apparently. I don't think that it helps that 3 of the 4 are roos, and Colt was fighting with the biggest of the chicks(who happens to look exactly like his daddy) He should be a gorgeous boy when he is full grown, if he lasts that long! The other two roos are mostly white, and not nearly as pretty. The little pullet is a beauty though. Can't wait to see what they look like in a few weeks!

 

[Celtic Chick]

Judge, did you mean you let your 10 weekn olds out with your adults? Uh yeah, there's gonna be blood drawn, all from the chicks. The adults can & will kill them if they want to. It's the pecking order. You'd best wait until the chicks are about the size of the adults so they at least are better able to defend themselves or run away.

 

[delisha]

Zeke- sorry to hear about your birds
Deli- so sorry about your FIL....
The vet was here to do a DA on a cow this morning and I had him look at the duckling. He said he didn't feel any breaks, and I should wait awhile and see if it heals up, so I guess we will see.
I let the 10week olds out for a little while when I was feeding and giving water, and it didn't take them long to get in a scuffle. I put them back in pretty quickly, but not before some blood was drawn. Not much, but I think I will wait quite awhile before I try that again. They are in an area where it is "Look but don't touch", but a little more time is needed apparently. I don't think that it helps that 3 of the 4 are roos, and Colt was fighting with the biggest of the chicks(who happens to look exactly like his daddy) He should be a gorgeous boy when he is full grown, if he lasts that long! The other two roos are mostly white, and not nearly as pretty. The little pullet is a beauty though. Can't wait to see what they look like in a few weeks!

You can try it again, but not at feed time. That is when they have to teach new comers the harshest lessons. Pecking order starts and ends with food.
Letting them out daily together is good. Supervise with alpha attitude. These are yours attitude. Even tell the older birds..*mine*. if they get aggressive. My adult birds still chase the young ones if they get close to the feed. The young ones just know how to duck and cover much better now...and run