Zane Made REAL Progress (New Pics Pg 99)!RIP Lorelei...

[SpottedCrow]

i'll say more prayers tonight for your babies, Cyn.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

 

[Buster]

I saw the cradle for him Cyn? Any progress since then?

 

[dlhunicorn]

Cyn, I might just be missing it, but have you sent any of the deceased birds off for a proper necropsy? If not I would seriously consider doing so...
I am also not sure I have symptoms correct, so you you recap for me?

 

[ozark hen]

Hope things are stable there, Cyn? Prayers and hugs and thanks to all who are researching for you.

 

[gumpsgirl]

How's the crew this morning? Sending lots of hugs to GA!

 

[speckledhen]

Diana, there's only been one death and when that happened, all the girls were looking very healthy and active and all were laying, even the one that died, till just a few days before she passed. We opened her up ourselves and found lots of healthy, robust-looking organs, as far as we could tell, but what was didnt belong was a bunch of loose yolk in her abdomen. Hawkeye's death is not related to the girls' situation, just happened to come in the same timeframe.

All affected birds came from Ideal hatchery as day olds. All are the same age, two and a half years old, all heavy producers since they began, none broody types.

Lacy: SLW, passed suddenly, found dead by the dust hole at the house. No marks. Two days before, we saw her sitting alone in the pen, in the shade on a very chilly day. Since she wasn't in the sun, I thought it odd and picked her up. She had good weight, nice shiny feathers, bright clear eyes, no discharges, just looked the picture of health. I put her down and she walked away slowly, but began acting normally. Two days later, we found her dead.
Lorelei: SLW, sister to the one who died. Loss of egg color, thin shells, stopped laying, then sudden extreme weight loss over less than one month. Hasn't laid in a month, but also, hasnt even tried. Moves slowly, but does keep moving till bedtime, goes to roost way before dusk, color goes purplish to pale to pink to purple over the course of a day. If you pick her up too fast, she cries out like she's in pain in her abdomen.
Ruby & Rosemary: RIR, same exact symptoms. For a period, laid softshelled eggs or eggs with soft spots, pale chalky eggs (Rosie always laid cream colored eggs, never brown anyway), then they'd spend long periods on the nest, stand up, strain for a long time, sometimes as much as 30 min to an hour, and finally get off the nest without producing anything. Finally, they quit that entirelty, but when they did, we checked and could feel no egg "up the pipe" of either hen. Their weights are okay so far. They do not roam like Lorelei, but stand or sit all day near the waterer at the house steps, not like a penguin, but with their heads, backs and tails in a straight line and their legs bent in a crouching position.

Zane still has a good bit of swelling and I think it will take a long time for it to go down. He's getting time in his sling every day, which unbends the legs and lets him get movement and stimulation watching the chicks in the pen next to where we hang him. He's still with us, just pale looking, but he's eating and drinking.

 

[Missouri chick]

Morning Cynthia,
I'm still keeping up with this tread. I've been trying to searech out the vets around here to see if anyone knows much about poultry. No luck so far. My thoughts are with you. I'll keep looking.
Lori

 

[seminolewind]

Morning Cyn, just checking in.
Have you thought of worms? Internal parasites?

 

[speckledhen]

Just wormed, Karen, probably a month and a half ago. So, nope, I'm positive it is not parasites. Thank you, Lori, for trying to help me out on the vet front. I'm still waiting for Dr. Brown's answer, but he may be traveling right now. When he does, it takes him a bit to get back to me. Ruby seems the worst off of the three girls. She refuses food and her poop is just water and green stuff from not eating, I guess. She is looking that purplish color, as well, on her comb from time to time and her face is becoming more pale. Rosemary is not quite as bad. She has enough spunk left to hassle the lesser ranking girls in her favorite dusting hole.