Is my pekin bantam male or female?

[Lorax]

Good luck with your girl lorax. Very naughty and ever so slightly illegal for a breeder to dispense or inject your chicken with anti biotics

 

Why?

[Chucky Mama]

Only a vet is legally allowed to supply antibiotics. To dispense antibiotics requires a diagnosis to be made - again something that only a vet can legally do. Antibiotics are supplied 'for the use of animals under the care' of the person they are prescribed to and for the condition that has been diagnosed. The breeder certainly should not be going around injecting people's chickens. There vet wouldn't be very impressed.

[Brooster]

Hi there

 

Just to let you know if you have been following the tale of poorly Pearl - after 2 weeks of illness and misery, the traumas of tube feeding and medicating, and the stomach- churning consequences of having to combine worming with lactulose (a laxative - won't go into too many details but, brown, flood and biblical proportions will give you enough of a picture - my poor utility room!!) - Pearl is now out pecking furiously in the garden, tail up, head up, and looking like a chicken again. And her and Peggy look so happy to be back together. Hurrah!

 

So thank you so much for all your support - I'm so grateful that this,plus my husbands persistence, meant that I didn't go with my instinct to call it a day a bit earlier.

 

All I've got to do now is muster up the courage and energy to give her a bath - her bottom is just not fit to be seen in polite society! Peggy keeps trying to tidy it up for her but that is making me gag ...

 

Thanks again, Brooster

[Chucky Mama]

What fantastic new Brooster, thank you for updating us. Did you see worms coming away??

[Brooster]

There may well have been worms there but there was no way I was going to wade through the brown stench-filled lake to inspect it!!!

 

She had pooed a couple of yellowIsh round worms the day before we started worming but her infestation was with capillaria (hair worms) which I understand are not so visible. She did also produced a couple of very hard looking large brown lumps which I presume were what was causing the impaction and which were probably worm-filled and once that was cleared the flood gates opened (sorry too much info - hope no- one is eating lunch). And boy did she perk up almost instantly afterwards!

 

She still looks rather pale - am presuming is just because she's not red and ovulating - but could she be anaemic? Any advice on the best things to give her to build her up again (she's not v adventurous at eating new things so it would prob have to be something i could hide in wet mash)?

[Chucky Mama]

Better out than in as they say . You could give her some mealworm which are high in protein and Lifeguard is a good supplement. She should go from strength to strength now that she is worm free.

[The Dogmother]

Great news glad to hear that your persistence paid off and that the poorly girl is on the road to recovery.

 

Life-Guard is a good idea, as would be a couple of doses of Nutri-drops.

[Chicken shack]

So glad Pearl is much better and on the mend . Well done.

[MarkBevBen]

Hi there

 

Just to let you know if you have been following the tale of poorly Pearl - after 2 weeks of illness and misery, the traumas of tube feeding and medicating, and the stomach- churning consequences of having to combine worming with lactulose (a laxative - won't go into too many details but, brown, flood and biblical proportions will give you enough of a picture - my poor utility room!!) - Pearl is now out pecking furiously in the garden, tail up, head up, and looking like a chicken again. And her and Peggy look so happy to be back together. Hurrah!

 

So thank you so much for all your support - I'm so grateful that this,plus my husbands persistence, meant that I didn't go with my instinct to call it a day a bit earlier.

 

All I've got to do now is muster up the courage and energy to give her a bath - her bottom is just not fit to be seen in polite society! Peggy keeps trying to tidy it up for her but that is making me gag ...

 

Thanks again, Brooster

 

 

Oh Brooster what a fabulous post and I'm so very happy to hear how Pearl's doing. Onwards and upwards for her now, all the best to you all xxx