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happydaze
True Blue Farmgirl
136 Posts
lorraine
atlanta
ni
USA
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 Posted - Jan 03 2009 : 5:49:35 PM
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| Boy I am really scared! I ordered eggs from a Texas breeder 2 months ago, and 8 hatched. So far thats a good thing. Just before New Years Eve, one chick ,now 4 weeks old, began having neurological problems, couldnt focus eyes, walked backward, high fever. Took her to the vet, and he suspects one of 4 reportable diseases. She was put down and her body sent to Lansing, for necropsy. I hope he was just over reacting and doing his job. So Mon or Tues I will know what she has. If it is any of the 4, Newcastle, AE, AI, or Mareks, I will have to put down my entire flock, including hubby's prize show pigeons, and grandson's show seramas. But those diseases dont normally have the high fever, and the other chicks should have gotten sick and died by now.I am thinking it could be a bacterial infection, maybe cat scratch fever? I have 9 cats, and they do swat at my chicks through the cage wire. Say a quick chick prayer ! |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
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Posted - Jan 03 2009 : 6:08:03 PM
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omgoodness. Do let us know what you find out. Will keep the whole situation in prayers!! Hope it is something small for everyones sake.
hugs & prayers!
Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn  hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work You don't give up.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jan 04 2009 : 06:09:21 AM
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That is very scary. I am so sorry you are going through all this and now having to wait, too. I am hoping it's just that 1 chick and all the rest are ok. Vets do tend to overreact alot when it comes to animals. So don't get to crazy with worry. As long as the rest of the chicks look good and are acting fine, I would not worry too much.
I will pray for you and the chicks that it's just the 1 and all others are ok.
Hugs, Kris
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. Maori proverb |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2009 : 7:41:11 PM
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Lorraine, did you hear anything yet? Let us know when you do please.
Kris
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. Maori proverb |
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happydaze
True Blue Farmgirl
136 Posts
lorraine
atlanta
ni
USA
136 Posts |
Posted - Jan 08 2009 : 4:58:20 PM
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| Still no response from the State Lab. Called the vet and he said it should be any day now.Meanwhile my chicks are outgrowing thier cages and I am not going to bring in another cage.The chicks are fine,healthy and eating me out of house and home, and BOY do they need to move outside! Still quarantined in GS's room. Would tolove to at least open a window, but they aresealedshutforthe winter. Ugh |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jan 08 2009 : 6:53:22 PM
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Ooohhh, I hate waiting for anything. Esp. something like this. The others sound like they're fine. How old are they now? I would think if any of the others had what the one that died had, they'd all be gone by now.
Kris
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. Maori proverb |
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Jan 09 2009 : 10:06:25 AM
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lorraine,
have you heard anything yet. Bev
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
beverley baggett Beverley with an extra E...
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happydaze
True Blue Farmgirl
136 Posts
lorraine
atlanta
ni
USA
136 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 4:13:58 PM
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| Yahoo! The State Lab found absolutely nothing.Now how that can be when a chicken walks backwards, holds its head upside down and has a fever of 107,I'll never know...but am very relieved just the same. So as soon as this artic blast is over-out they go!!!! |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 7:48:22 PM
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Lorriane- Perhaps the chicken had an injury at hatching and the symptoms didn't quite show up until later? I had a chicken like that once and while she was the sweetest thing ever- she was crazier than Snow on the Fourth of July! She would do all sorts of crazy things- like fly up to a fence post and then get "stuck" there- extending out one leg and then pulling it back in- as if she couldn't quite figure out where the ground was or how she got where she was.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 7:55:53 PM
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What great news, Lorraine!!!! I am so happy for you and the chickies, too. I don't know why they make such a big deal out of some things. I had a scare with the Dept. of Ag. in Atlanta last year. Over nothing. And made me wait a few weeks, too. I made them send me a paper saying there was nothing wrong with my birds so we wouldn't have to go through that again. But I think any time something strange happens a vet must have to report it. We live and learn. But I sure am glad they're all ok.
Kris
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. Maori proverb |
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MotherLodeBeth
True Blue Farmgirl
110 Posts
Beth
Calaveras County
California
USA
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Posted - Jan 25 2009 : 12:18:43 AM
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Originally posted by happydaze
Yahoo! The State Lab found absolutely nothing.Now how that can be when a chicken walks backwards, holds its head upside down and has a fever of 107,I'll never know...but am very relieved just the same. So as soon as this artic blast is over-out they go!!!!
We have had chicks/hens for decades and every now and then we get a chick that has problems. Its mother nature and its sad. Would love to know what breed it was.
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Jan 25 2009 : 4:19:48 PM
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It was a buff orpington. Lorraine is my friend that is why I know. hehehehehe
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
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