Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

It’s difficult to get these things here. Most time one needs a vet to prescribe any sort of med. I am just lucky I had the sulphatrim left from another chook.

My horse vet is good with prescriptions that I need for horses or chooks.

And in Canada there is an egg with-hold when treating with Corid. I think it’s a couple days.

Not that the chicks lay eggs haha.

But if there is coccidiosis then I want to treat the flock.

My only other thought is possibly roundworms, since it has been so rainy/wet for you lately. Not sure it would make it that bloody, but evidently it can cause bloody stools. As can hairworms.

 

[Ponypoor]

My only other thought is possibly roundworms, since it has been so rainy/wet for you lately. Not sure it would make it that bloody, but evidently it can cause bloody stools. As can hairworms.

Yes, I was thinking of preparing and popping some of that Panacur wormer water in their pen. I still have lots of that left from when I took petunia to the vet.

Was a bit leery with such young chicks. They will be 2 weeks old Monday though so I guess ok.

 

[Ponypoor]

My only other thought is possibly roundworms, since it has been so rainy/wet for you lately. Not sure it would make it that bloody, but evidently it can cause bloody stools. As can hairworms.

And no one has Corid here as I thought. I would need to have a Vet get this for me. And of course long weekend here. So nothing is happening.

I will continue the sulphatrim and also do the Panacur in the water. I feel the other Americana is also not feeling well, the 2 Gems seem fine. But you can bet I will be watching them like a hawk.

Was able to find some dosing for 'pet birds' regarding suphatrim:

https://www.merckvetmanual.com/multimedia/table/antimicrobials-used-in-pet-birds

I will need to get a weight on that chick I guess. I gave her 0.05ml this morning, she seems more lethargic now

Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole

50–100 mg/kg, PO, 2 times a day

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Caturday Saturday
This is the main reason why he wants to go in the sunroom.

Super climber. First time I've ever seen him go up there.

When he's not sleeping, he'll place his legs on the pillow but he'll mostly lay down.

 

[BY Bob]

Duds

Eve is here so I thought it would educational for her to see a chick in the egg. So we candled 3 eggs that were under Lady Featherington last night. We did 3 because the first 2 showed no signs of development. None of the 3 did. 2 Polish, 1 Orpington. Here is a photo of the orpington egg.

Obviously this is concerning to me. It seems that either I am really unlucky or we may not have many chicks hatching, if any.

 

[BY Bob]

Now that is True Fluff.

She's fluffy when not puffy from being broody.

 

[featherhead007]

And no one has Corid here as I thought. I would need to have a Vet get this for me. And of course long weekend here. So nothing is happening.

I will continue the sulphatrim and also do the Panacur in the water. I feel the other Americana is also not feeling well, the 2 Gems seem fine. But you can bet I will be watching them like a hawk.

Was able to find some dosing for 'pet birds' regarding suphatrim:

https://www.merckvetmanual.com/multimedia/table/antimicrobials-used-in-pet-birds

I will need to get a weight on that chick I guess. I gave her 0.05ml this morning, she seems more lethargic now

Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole

50–100 mg/kg, PO, 2 times a day

Sorry to hear that you are having so much trouble with that little one

 

[featherhead007]

I have decided that my hen Xzit is milking this broody situation for all its worth. She loves sleeping in the house, being fed meals by hand, and enjoying the air conditioning while everyone else is hot outside.

 

[Ponypoor]

Caturday Saturday
This is the main reason why he wants to go in the sunroom.
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Super climber. First time I've ever seen him go up there.
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When he's not sleeping, he'll place his legs on the pillow but he'll mostly lay down.
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He’s a beauty what a lovely moggy

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

I didn’t want to wait to see with this chick so I went ahead and treated her with the Sulpha-trim I had here.

“Drugs such as sulfadimethoxine and trimethoprim-sulfadiazine have been effective in the treatment and prevention of Coccidia“

Hopefully I can nip whatever it is in the bud. These chicks are so small and fragile I didn’t want to wait. I couldn’t find any dosing info on it so I have her 1/4 what was prescribed for Petunia (she had 0.1ml, so I gave the chick 0.025ml).

Hopefully that works. Praying for you.