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- May 24, 2010
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First, I want to thank all of you for your help. I'm touched that so many cared. Thank you.
I lost her the following morning
She was hatched by the person I bought her from and she was not vaccinated for Mareks, although I did find some very yellow feces on her vent when removing her The post on colibacallosis caught my eye. I had called my chicken doc. There was no way I could have got her in - his office is simply too far from me to grab our one car after hubby got home & get her there. However, he too told me to get her on protein - crickets, worms, etc. I ran out and got a variety. She gobbled them up - had no problem standing on the hen house "porch" (yeah, we made them a porch) and nailing the little hoppers. There was no need to intubate since she was drinking. She went inside for the night without help. Next morning, she was dead.
I grabbed a sample of her poo, which is still in a freezer bag and is probably useless. I couldn't (and right now can't) set up and do slide analysis. I have doctor appointments as well. It took me forever to clean & move the hen house - I'm somewhat disabled and it takes me 3 times as long to do anything as it did several years ago. So I'm sorry I haven't got back to this thread sooner. I'm still concerned about the rest of my birds - work, work, work. They are doing fine, poos are fine, but I read that Marek's has a 2-week incubating period so I'm trying to track down the person I went in on the order from MyPetChicken.com for my other birds. I'm pretty sure she told them to vaccinate (that's what I wanted), but I want to make sure. This has been quite an educational experience. Will stock up on extra meds for sure.
The gal was obviously too far gone before I could save her. My flock is small, so I'm keeping a close eye on them. I'm scared at how quickly and surreptiously this all happened. My poor Campine had this bird as her companion and now she's back to jumping and throwing herself against the fencing to be with me (her breast feathers are getting all messed up from it, too.) Out of all the ailments discussed, which do you think moves the fastest - particularly on the emaciation end? (The rest of my birds feel of normal weight.)
Again, Thanks to all of you,
Meredith
I lost her the following morning
She was hatched by the person I bought her from and she was not vaccinated for Mareks, although I did find some very yellow feces on her vent when removing her The post on colibacallosis caught my eye. I had called my chicken doc. There was no way I could have got her in - his office is simply too far from me to grab our one car after hubby got home & get her there. However, he too told me to get her on protein - crickets, worms, etc. I ran out and got a variety. She gobbled them up - had no problem standing on the hen house "porch" (yeah, we made them a porch) and nailing the little hoppers. There was no need to intubate since she was drinking. She went inside for the night without help. Next morning, she was dead.I grabbed a sample of her poo, which is still in a freezer bag and is probably useless. I couldn't (and right now can't) set up and do slide analysis. I have doctor appointments as well. It took me forever to clean & move the hen house - I'm somewhat disabled and it takes me 3 times as long to do anything as it did several years ago. So I'm sorry I haven't got back to this thread sooner. I'm still concerned about the rest of my birds - work, work, work. They are doing fine, poos are fine, but I read that Marek's has a 2-week incubating period so I'm trying to track down the person I went in on the order from MyPetChicken.com for my other birds. I'm pretty sure she told them to vaccinate (that's what I wanted), but I want to make sure. This has been quite an educational experience. Will stock up on extra meds for sure.
The gal was obviously too far gone before I could save her. My flock is small, so I'm keeping a close eye on them. I'm scared at how quickly and surreptiously this all happened. My poor Campine had this bird as her companion and now she's back to jumping and throwing herself against the fencing to be with me (her breast feathers are getting all messed up from it, too.) Out of all the ailments discussed, which do you think moves the fastest - particularly on the emaciation end? (The rest of my birds feel of normal weight.)
Again, Thanks to all of you,
Meredith
