8bells
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Chickens are Revolting
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Post by 8bells on Aug 16, 2010 20:06:41 GMT -6
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Post by spamela on Aug 17, 2010 8:37:20 GMT -6
Brown leghorn is doing MUCH better this morning. Swelling is almost completely gone. Thanks Herb for the info on the Tylan. Dosed her last night along with continuing with the Sulmet.
8bells- I would say that is definitely what it is except for the "smelly" nasal discharge. Some do have a little watery discharge but I wouldn't call it smelly. But I might be immune to smelly by now. lol.
Overall the girls seem to be doing a little better. I have a couple I noticed were still coughing/sneezing this morning. I might just snatch them up and give them some Tylan too if they aren't better by tomorrow.
Thanks for the help everyone!
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Post by herb on Aug 17, 2010 19:05:57 GMT -6
Update?
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Post by spamela on Aug 17, 2010 20:13:49 GMT -6
Everything seems to be clearing up with the girls. I only saw one sneeze the whole time I was out with them tonight and the rattling breathing is gone. So the sulmet is working on its own I think.
Only thing I noticed that seems to be worse is that we had no eggs today at all. Which I hope is related to the medication/illness and hopefully will get better in the next few days. Obviously I don't mind really since I can't eat them for a couple of weeks anyways. But I just am concerned for the birds.
Herb- on a positive note much to my husbands delight our Campine rooster crowed yesterday for the first time. Lol.
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Post by herb on Aug 17, 2010 20:27:07 GMT -6
finish the tylan treatment on the leghorn to be safe
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Post by gardendaddy on Aug 19, 2010 17:00:33 GMT -6
Herb, Is it safe to eat the eggs "Spamela" will get after:
A.) Her hens being sick and even losing one or so...&
B.) Is is ok to eat the eggs after the medical treatment she has had them on as well and if NOT, for how long?
Trying to "peck" your experienced brain for my future reference...I have been following this event for days now and was wondering...Thanks in advance...
Mike...aka...Garden Daddy
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Post by herb on Aug 19, 2010 19:07:51 GMT -6
Eggs should not be eaten for a couple weeks. After that the medicine will be fully metabolized and out of the system.
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Post by spamela on Aug 20, 2010 7:59:57 GMT -6
That shouldn't be a problem since they have stopped laying on me. lol. I think they were trying to boycott the sulmet for the last few days I was giving it to them. So yesterday was the first day back on good old plain water and they seemed VERY happy for it. I only have one that seems a little under the weather still so I'm going to keep an eye on her.
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Post by rinksgi on Aug 20, 2010 15:11:00 GMT -6
I'm glad they are on the mend! Egg production here has slowed down,too. But at least there is not a re-call on them!
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Post by spamela on Aug 20, 2010 15:17:16 GMT -6
Is this the beginnings of a moulting season? I have no idea.
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Post by herb on Aug 23, 2010 9:33:03 GMT -6
Moulting is common about now.
This summer's heat in combination with the extreme levels of humidity are stressors that will test even the best birds. Monitoring flocks for signs of stress and sickness is something we all should practice and regularly. Often stress and disease are hard to distinguish. What I have learned this summer is that stress IS a disease. (and not just for the birds)
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Post by gardendaddy on Aug 23, 2010 15:39:54 GMT -6
I have been keeping a box fan on my pullets, who the majority of are 20-weeks old today! The heat has kept them mostly digging their holes and cooling off in cool dirt, etc. but they will get right in front of the fan and suck up all the breeze they can get. I have not used it for about 2-days now and they seem fine. Hopfully the worst of this heat stress is over. Hoping for eggs any day now. I had someone who has been following my blog, www.gardendaddy.blogspot.com, make a comment that pullets will start laying when their legs change color from "yellow" and go another darker color or even greenish. Most of my pullets do not even have yellow legs for the most part. A lot have slate or black legs and of course the 4-Ameraucanas have had greenish legs since hatch date anyway. Has anyone ever heard of this leg color change being a sign of start of lay? I know the level of development of combs & wattles are a sign of soon to be laying birds, etc., but have never heard of leg color meaning anything. Just wondering since we are on the subject of "bird health". Thanks in advance, Mike...aka..."Garden Daddy"
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Post by herb on Aug 23, 2010 16:00:39 GMT -6
Mike if you get a slate or black legged chicken to turn to yellow legs- please let me know.
Yellow legged chickens may have leg color fade as the laying season drags on.
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8bells
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Chickens are Revolting
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Post by 8bells on Aug 23, 2010 19:01:19 GMT -6
(At least in white skinned chickens), the yellowing in the legs is a final step in the maturing process. When they have enough 'yellow' to make a yolk, they should start laying. We used to use the opposite as a means to cull.
The hens use this pigment to help make the yolks. Once a hen has been laying for about a week, the yellow fades from the vent, another week or so around the eyes fade. It works its way down to the legs. When they quit laying, the yellow begins to come back, starting in the legs and working back up to the eyes, then vent. Once egg production started to drop, hens were checked for returning yellows. Those that had it either went to market, or the stew pot.
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Post by gardendaddy on Aug 24, 2010 8:50:00 GMT -6
See, I knew this was an "old wives tale" for sure, Herb. I have never heard of leg color having anything to do with egg laying, etc. But now at 20-weeks old, hopefully, any day will be the day I think. I have some golf balls in my nest boxes to help give the idea of where to go to do the "chore". Most combs and wattles are in on the oldest but a few of the ones that are 17 & 18 weeks old are slower to come in yet. Waiting patiently! In the mean time, watching what I buy at the store, etc.
Thanks as always, Mike
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