Something Truly Shocking Happened to My Chickens
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Henlo! I am The President of Chickenlandia and I want to welcome you to Chickenlandia, a magical place where my pet chickens (and a few ducks) live an awesome life. Thank you for watching this video about a really strange event that happened to my backyard chickens. Hope you love it! #chickenlandia #welcometochickenlandia #backyardchickens
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Henlo, friends! I just wanted to say that I’m not sure if it was the mushrooms or not. There’s really no way to know for sure. Could even be something viral. The mushrooms were my best guess so I thought I would tell you about them. Thanks so much for all your thoughtful comments! ❤❤❤
Same EXACT thing has happened to me this month, lost 3. Its devasting
Yes! I found some in the yard last week. But my Wyandotte just can’t stand up and I’ve had her in the house for 7 days. I have given her the egg yolks and some chicken electrolytes. Today she is gobbling it down. I am at a loss what to do.
I have a chicken that was hatched I thought with spraddle leg so I treated for that but her leg is still not normal twisted foot and sideways hip is swollen and she can't stand on it like the bone is stuck it won't straighten but she is about 3 months and still hanging there still eats and drinks just not sure if I can put her with the flock as she is 5x smaller than the rest
@@alexjimenez81If you can put her with your flock in a separate,safe area,then,maybe,after a couple weeks they may accept her.. if you just put her in,they will kill her,or,hurt badly…good luck…
I'm so sorry@@annettemastenchickenlove
A year ago, I asked my husband what he thought about getting some chickens for eggs. We agreed that it was out of our budget at that time. I rescued a rooster that renters next door left and didn't want. It had been more than 2 wks when my dog discovered it near our fence. My hubby went to a feed store and came home with a flyer that someone was getting rid of coop and chickens. We just had to go get them. Now we are the proud owners of 5 hens, a rooster, and a very large chicken coop and run. It only cost us our time. Praise God 👏 You are a great help to us beginners ❤
God is a good good father! He likes to give us our hearts desire within his will. 😊 I am so thankful for him and have stories like yours.❤
hoooooney, so sorry for your pain. Kids hurt our hearts.
I’m a first time chicken owner. Got 4 chickens two months ago. All young 3-5 months old now. Just lost two to Mareks. I was so close to them already. It was really hard. 😢
had to have both chickens euthanized. I live near UCD labs in California and they euthanized and tested both chickens for me. And they were positive for Mareks.
My community is wanting to further restrict chicken keeping. So I need to find resources to have handy at the zoning meeting. That's what's going on. Sick to my stomach about it
I also use homeopathic remedies, since living over 30 years in Germany and I had a homeopathic dr. I have a chicken that has been sneezing and looking very weak.I've separated her indoors now and give her Sambucol black elderberry (otc at Walmart) disolved in some water. I use these also throughout the winter. Works very good!
Dahlia I am so sorry for your loss! I’ve lost two of my girls recently to impacted crops 😢 All i can think is that it had to be due to my fermented feed 🥹 I read a comment on another video that it can cause problems, so now I just don’t give them fermented mash unless I can find out what I did wrong. My heart is on the mend.
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I'm sorry you had to go through that . Thank you for sharing your experience.🐓
Great video full of real good information! Thank You for sharing, prayers going up peace now and into the future.
Thank you for sharing this. So many of us criticize ourselves when things go wrong. I’m sorry for your losses though. I’m so touched how honest you are. Thank you Dalia. ❤
I think it's wonderful that you care so much about your chickens. This is not your fault!!! Thank you for sharing it. I am an Animal Control Officer and this is not an issue that many people think about, but I will bring it to the attention of other chicken lovers from now on. I just brought home a lost chicken from the city streets to rehab and would have never thought about her getting into mushrooms. We have several deadly species that grow in our yard. THANK YOU for being compassionate you. ❤ Sending love and best wishes from a hsp animal lover.
It's only her fault if she is watching Joe Rogan podcasts about doing shrooms and psychedelics 😂
Obviously around her innocent chickens that have never experimented 😂
This is crazy! I work at a feed store and a customer came in telling me that she had a chicken walking backwards! This is honestly the first I'd ever heard of this. I didn't know what to tell her really, just gave her some ideas with supplements and food sources. The crazy part is, the very next day this video shows up. I do hope that she comes back soon and that I can mention this video to her. We also sell your book so I'll go ahead and mention that as well. Thank you for the ideas of what to do in this unique (to me) situation. Keep on chickening sweet girl. 🐓♥️
I'm so glad you were able to figure out what was happening to your poor featherbanoes and help them before it's too late. Way to go Madam President!
I really appreciate you talking about things like this when it happens cause owning chickens isn't all sunshine and rainbows, as much as we want them to be. Sometimes I feel like I'm a bad chicken owner when all my birds start getting the sniffles or when one falls greatly ill
Dahlia, your disposition in assessing the issue within your flock with an open mind and not blaming your neighbors is so wonderful. Well done. Makes the heart happy to hear all is better in your flock.❤❤❤
So sorry that happened to your flock, I so appreciate you mentioning it to us, you may have saved many chickens out there. God bless you and prayers for your two munchkins to get well quickly ❤
So sorry you had to go through this. It's so rare for chicken to eat things that are toxic. But obviously, it can happen. Thanks for bringing awareness to this rare danger. Love you friend!
Maybe introduce wine cap mushrooms to your chicken yard. They are an aggressive growing fungus, they actually consume other funguses, and wine caps are safe for your birds and you if you eat mushrooms.
Great idea! I was thinking the same thing. They're so easy to grow. You just need some wood chips and you'll have more delicious mushrooms than you know what to do with in a short time.
Brilliant!
Careful. Mycelium are EXTREMELY important to forested biospheres. Maybe others too, but definitely forests. Think hard before introducing a mushroom that's a noxious invader
I'm so sorry for the babies you lost, and grateful the other two are doing well. Mushrooms are everywhere this year, I've never seen so many in my yard. I haven't found any where the chickens are but I will be paying extra close attention now. Thank you so much for sharing.
I’m so sorry for your loss-this breaks my heart. I feel how hard this was for you. I cannot stress how very much I appreciate your sharing this with us all. Your heart is broken. Ours are for you. By sharing this, you have saved the lives of so many of our babies. I’m so very grateful.
Wow! I never even considered mushrooms to be a threat! Great information in this video. I'm so sorry for the loss of your 2 babies and am thankful that Charlie and your other baby are improving.
I am sorry for your loss but am thankful you discovered the problem in time to save 2 chickies.
We had mushrooms growing at one end of our run and I hoed them down and covered them with rocks that my husband had bought for grit. The rocks were too big so I thought they would keep the chickens away from that spot.
One day I accidentally threw scratch among those rocks and about 2 days later I had a hen who couldn't scratch herself without doing a somersault because of her very, heavy overloaded crop! I was so worried about her! I had not seen a crop that heavy before. I lost a precious hen last year to impacted crop, so I was pretty upset about this girl being so sick.
My husband said we should just pray for her and trust God with her. So we did. She began to get better each day and now is back to normal.
I am so relieved! The one I had lost was so painful for me & I just wasn't wanting that to happen again! I am guessing she overloaded herself on those big rocks!
I get people telling me all the time that you don't need to be careful what you feed chickens because "they won't eat anything that will hurt them" and it's just not something I have ever gotten on board with. I've seen my girls try to eat things that are terrible for them and it just blows my mind that people have that attitude. If they were eating those mushrooms and that was the cause, that would be interesting. Either way, it seems like you've got it under control and that is awesome! As always, awesome video!
Thank you so much for your honesty, and passion for all forms of life, especially in our fowl friends ❤️
Omgosh... I watch a fellow RUclipsr off grid with Doug and Stacy. They always talk about Redmond and the clay for humans. Never for Chickens. It's been on my list to buy but hadn't done it. I have a Leghorn that hasn't been doing good, I can't figure her out. Her comb and waddle are pale, she's loosing tail and neck feathers like crazy. She hasn't laid an egg in a few months. I'm praying I don't loose her.
I should probably start taking it too!
I'm so glad you figured that out. I'm sorry you couldn't save all your chickens. I'm glad the others seem to be recovering well
Oh dear. OK, Destroying Angel is a common term for several Amanita species, but there aren’t many nice ones. Amanitas are associated with certain species of tree roots (they swap the tree’s carbon for Nitrogen- a symbiotic relationship). . The main body of the fungus is the mycelium which is underground. You’ve been dealing with the poisonous fruiting body. So the mushrooms will come back in future years at this time. The best autumn mushrooms are produced after a wet summer and a dry autumn in the UK. Amanitas start as a small egg like structure. Generally fungi don’t exist in areas with artificial fertilisers (?) Best to seek help from a farming or University mycology department to find a way to manage them. I did a fair number of mushroom identification courses out of Sheffield University when I was younger - it’s the big nasty you learn to identify by digging a knife into the ground to find the structure of the fruiting body.
About 3 weeks ago we had a bear come through. I have two separate chicken runs, one for full sized hens and a Roo and the other was 3 Silkies, 2 hens and a rooster. The bear destroy fences around both runs and killed my little black Silky hen, Jill, who looked just like your baby.
The bear also ate 30 lbs of the neighbors dog food, ransacked his barn that has horses and destroyed 2 bee hives.
He came back the next night and pushed down the fences again, but the birds were secured in a different location. Then my SIL put a run of barbed wire along the top of the fence. So far so good.
So sorry for your loss. I know how special each of them are.
HI, I have been watching your videos for almost a year now. I grew up on a farm and I still live here. I now have my own flock of 15 fluffies and I really enjoy them. I am so happy the kids are doing better, it's no fun when one isn't feeling well. I don't have a vet in my area so I am kind of on my own when it comes to helping the girls and Mr. Rosie. LOL Mr Rosie is another story. I don't know if this is something that will help but here goes. My neighbor gave my girl and Mr Rosie a store bought fruit twice, an as a result miss sage had sour crop. I went searching and found advice from you and many others. Some I did not like and won't try. I was lucky enough to catch it early both times. I tried a few to help her sour crop but they were not working. So I went to my own method and it helped her in just a single night. This is what I did for both times she had sour crop. I used a few drops of colloidal silver and had her drink this, then just before she went to roost I mixed up water with a bit of baking soda. I used a dropper and got about an ounce into her the first time and let her sleep. The next morning I was so happy, she was talking to me and not happy cuz she was a very hungry girl after 2 days. I feed her a scrambled egg and left her on the very very lite soda water for the rest of the day. She went back into the coop that night an was doing wonderful. A few weeks later my neighbor brought over a store bought watermelon (seedless) and two days later she had sour crop again. I emptied her crop and gave her the soda water and she was doing fantastic by the next morning. I kept her for one more day just to make sure she was eating and drinking good then back into the coop that night. I know some will say you can't do that. I have done this for myself for many many years. It really does help, and I still give them the colloidal silver in their water just to bump there immune system every 3 to 4 months. The soda helps to kill all the bacteria but also will help to detox them. I hope this helps and I look forward to your thoughts on this. Have a wonderful holiday.
The silver really works good 👍
I understand completely I have only four hens two Wyandottes and two polish and they are so funny and have such beautiful personalities I know their idiosyncrasies and language and I try to repeat their sounds and they follow me like puppies and I would be sad if they got ill so I do spend time with them and I play with them and my Jack Russells just love them
Wow! 6his was very interesting and informative. Thank you for sharing.
I'm very grateful that you had the courage to share. I want to move to a wet climate with my birbs and now I'll know to look out for toxic mushrooms in their run. Thanks and hugs!
Wow a vet that sees chickens? Id have to leave my state to find that you are blessed. And that he said do the homeopathic thing AMAZING .
Yes there are two vets at that clinic that see chickens and they are both great!!!
Thank you for sharing this! I free range my chickens, and we have TONS of the destroying angel mushrooms growing in our septic field, which is mere feet from the chicken run. The chickens regularly spend time there, but fortunately, so far, they have shown very little interest in any of the wild mushrooms we have on our property.
👍 nice 👍❤you are such good person in the world.... Animal Doctor Sahaiba
So glad you saved them!! Best chicken mom ever!!! YOU ROCK ♥️♥️♥️👏👏👏👏🐔🐔🐔🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏
My guess is that the bentonite clay binds to the toxins and helps to move them out of their system. I love Redmond Real Salt. I don’t currently have chickens but I have in the past and loved them. ❤
@WelcometoChickenlandia First off, I'm very sorry for your loss. I'm grateful that you have shared this experience so that we may have some awareness . I also am SO thrilled that you're into homeopathic treatments! So, thank you for the information about those!
I just got my first flock of chicks which are now about 11 days old. I'm so grateful that I had your book, because I had to use the R.E.S.T and slurry to support one of my lil girls. She's now back with the flock and seems to be doing better! Thank you!!! I appreciate all that you share!
Hi I’m So sorry about your loss I feel very grateful that you share what happens because we learn and become aware of the possibilities, the good & the hard sides of chicken keeping. Your babies are feathered teachers, help you teach us about their kind So thanks to all chickenlandia’s flock, family and staff. I’ll make sure to check the mushrooms around the yard ❤😇🐥🐥💐❤️
This spring I lost a few chickens too. They all got sick in the week one after another. I am still baffled with what happened.
I want to purchase a bag of the redmond conditioner. I only use Redmond salt.
I do have weird mushtooms that my Pug always gets into, but never thought about them bothering the chickens.
People always tell me that if it's poisonous or bad an animal won't eat it but I don't really trust that.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING❤
Chickens seem to try eating EVERYTHING! I had one sweet little hen who died from eating aluminum foil, and I've caught several of my birds trying to dine on styrofoam, so I keep all that stuff out of their reach.
@@Susie_Floozie oh yes I've been through the Styrofoam incident! Caught them early enough! Thank goodness. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! SUSIE🦃
@@tamasitarod3176 One of my neighbor's hens pecked up the styrofoam tombstones I had outside the gate for Halloween!
Yes I agree that is disrespectful to film a chicken baby dying. I have to disclose that Buffy died and decided not to do a video solely on that topic, I may just give her a shoutout in another video. Not sure what it was.....possibly the staph came back from the bumblefoot and I didnt know? So sorry you lost Beaker😪
Thank you for the heads up on the mushroom. Those sweet chicks are so grateful and happy to have YOU as there Mother Hen. May they heal FAST and back to flock :) LOVE TO YOU ALL 💓
So Dahlia I posted earlier the strange things happening in my coop and today I went to gather eggs and one of my favorite silkie hens was dead in a nest box! 🤷🏻♀️ She was still warm! She hadn’t been acting sick, she’s been eating. What the heck is going on??
Wood charcoal is good for this too. Came across this video recently from a chicken farmer in Africa who said she used wood charcoal dust in her chicken coop, like in the water and food. She said it helped with avoiding certain ailments that chickens get, she also added that after 2 years her egg production didn’t go down. I’ve used active charcoal on myself and it was amazing. If bentonite clay has the same or similar benefits, it’s probably good to use it. I rubbed the charcoal powder on ti the roost bars to protect their feet, and in their bath boxes. It will definitely pull out any infection they may have just by exposing their skin to it, and if they ingest it also that will help too. Maybe I will mix in clay too, I’m sure it can’t hurt. Your vet sounds great btw. Hope your chickies are doing great!!
I’m so sorry to hear about this, but thank you for letting us know! I don’t have chickens yet, but gathering info. Mushrooms-who knew! Great info for the future.
We had a 2yr. Bantam rooster with a couple episodes where he zoomed around the yard in like a panic. He raced in circles around the Hens w/o any apparent danger. It was like he went into total panic mode. A few weeks went by, he did it again. Shortly after that suddenly just dropped dead. Never found out what it was.
Thank you for sharing this, I had no idea that could happen!
We have 3 dogs 28 chickens plus 2 senior horses that I occasionally bring in the yard to mow/fertilize before the chickens the I clean things up lol. As I'm somewhat paraniod about toxic plants I pull mushrooms etc up when I walk around inspecting the yards.
It's awesome to find out bentonite clay is another natural way to help our critters be as healthy as we can without completely breaking the bank.
I recently lost one of my 5 hens, her comb looked strange and she went fast, 2 days😢 i cleaned out the coop but i have watching and looking at the run. Everyone else looks good, two weeks have gone by. I pray its just one of those things and the others will remain healthy. They’re only about 7 mos old.
It’s probably just one of those things. ❤️ I’m so sorry that happened!
I caught my evil neighbor spraying round up in my backyard, his excuse was the weeds in my yard were growing on his side. Right after that 3 of my chickens die. And since that sad episode of my life I never allowed my chickens free range. They do have an extra large run.
I had a chicken who was losing her feathers to bullying and overbreeding. I let her free range the yard over the course of the last month and switched over their food and consistently treated them for mites even when I didnt see any. She was looking patchy all year with previous attempts. This is the first time she has been fully feathered all year. Now I can finally isolate the bully and put her back with the others. sometimes its a long process. and I have learned so much from your videos and podcast. Changing their diet has been the most improvement I have seen.
Thank you so much for sharing! Have you heard about the mystery dog illness spreading right now??
Just letting you know so you can look out for your other babies!!
Happy Thanksgiving!
That deadly mushroom is Amanita phalloides, which I remember from Shirley Jackson's novel WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE. You're so lucky to detect the cause, and we can look for it! We benefit from what you know, even the bad stuff. I understand wanting to quit. I want to quit existing, but I can't give up on my chickens--so my crafty birds trick me into keeping on. Chickens are indeed LIFE ITSELF. On Oct 20, my vet gave my little Deathlayer Squatch two weeks to live. She's slow and swollen, but still hanging on after a month. I got 5,000 mealworms and she's plowing through 'em like a fiend. I may have to make a hard decision, but Squatch will guide me the right way. I love her so.
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@@cherylgawne711 Thanks, but my little Squatch has a huge inoperable tumor. I saw it on the x-ray, taking up almost 80% of her insides. I don't know how she's still going, but she's bright, engaged, and eating like mad. I vowed to keep her deliriously happy in her final days, but I didn't expect her to thrive as she's fading away. This past month has been a bittersweet mix of mourning and joy, showering her with attention and treats so she'll know how beloved she is. It's going to be a gutpunch for me when the hard reality finally comes.
@@Susie_Floozie put her on cannabis
I’ve healed many animals’ cancers with it. Chickens are able to tolerate it. I use Rick Simpson Oil to treat cancers. Start with the tiniest dot (pinhead) and work up. Most animals are healed super quickly.
That or you can try to completely fast her of food for 7-14 days in order to restart her whole immune system (poultry farms force moult their flocks this way)
Really hoping your chook pulls through❤️
Please do look at his videos.. he may have one on tumours.. I haven’t looked into that
Animal behaviorist- animal communicator and chicken momma. I have to be honest I was impressed when you clarified about the not filming of an animal when ill. Thank you for this. ❤
Thanks so much Dalia for sharing your experience. Definitely looking in to the Redmond product. Sounds like a nice preventative layer for the flock.
Hi, I was looking to buy the redmond conditioner on their website and they don't sell it online. I did their search for a local seller but that turned out to be in the next state over. Bummer!
They literally JUST sold out! 😭 They are repackaging it, though, and it should be available soon. If you look in the description there’s a link and there should be a number you can call if you can’t find it locally. You should call them and see what they say!
Okay Thanks!
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Great video thank you. I just started raising chics and There 3 weeks old now. When do i stop giving them electrolytes and Probiotics in there water?
If they seem to be doing well you can continue with it and just offer fresh water too, or you can switch over to a splash of apple cider vinegar in their water. You can also just give them just plain water. :)
Ohhh! Now I'll be watching out for mushrooms! Thank you for the tip!
And- sending Healing Prayers!
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Oh My Goodness D, the stress of this must have been so awful. Outstanding that you had this product and the homeopathy knowledge to help them. Strangely enough, I just had three gigantic mushrooms that sprouted up overnight in my chicken run last week. I let my girls out in the morning, and didn't notice the mushrooms. I saw them later that day with a bunch of pecking holes in them. OH MY did I get all stressed and scared that my whole flock would get sick. Amazingly enough they are all fine. I do not know what type of mushroom they were, but I am sooo grateful they are ok. Keeping my peepers peeled for any other fungi lurking about. Stay safe out there.
I was so scared when you say Charlie was sick! I so glad she is doing much better!!!!
Also.....
Active Charcoal does the same thing at least of my dogs and myself so I would think it does for Chickens too, but it does make your poop black or green so don't freak out.
I had that thought about activated charcoal as well!
I'm a newbie, and took on 9 new hens recently. I had to rush intergrating the two sets due to weather, but it went well except for one hen who is terrified of the roosters ( she was around roosters previously.) She would sit all day on the perch in the coop if I let her. And hides in the mini coop in the run. I let her have some time to eat and drink before letting others in. I'm worried, not getting enough feed or H2o etc. Any suggestions?
You could try putting several feed and water stations around the yard. It just might take a bit but she will probably get there soon!
I have a hen, Baby, who was the runt of the clutch, I always wondered about her a little, kinda slow. A couple times a year she shows a neurological disorder. She can’t seem to control her urge to scratch and walk backwards. I treat it for a little while as if she has wry neck and she responds positively quickly.
I hope you shared this infirmation with your vet. It us awesome how ADONAI works through so much in our life to give us wisdom, especially HIS wisdom!!
Blessings!!
OMG my son just started keeping chickens and we had our first disease.......fowl pox! I didn't know they had such disease! The funny thing is that his step daughter JUST got over having chicken pox a week before he got the chickens!!! He lost the bird that was sick Nacho. She was beautiful.....golden.
Thank you for sharing. Us living in the PNW we are exposed to a huge variety of mushrooms this time of year. This video made me think of something though and im a bit uncomfortable asking it but I know its something ill need to encounter in the future. What do you do when a chicken has passed? I live a lot like you did when you first started this. Im in a small rental home and I dont think id be allowed to bury on this property. Kinda already pushing it with chicken ownership.
I completely understand. I used to take mine to the humane society to have them cremate them, but it costs money. Many people will double bag them and put them out with the garbage. I know that sounds harsh but sometimes that’s the only choice people feel like they have. ❤️
Hello! Long time watcher, first time commenter. I have had chickens for years and have never had a problem with the chicken eggs tasting weird (at first almost fishy but not, just foulll and now they have an aftertaste of what my husband describes as bleach but I don’t taste that- I can’t even describe it) but I am starting to wonder if they’re eating something poisonous outside, or at least something that would make their eggs taste inedible. You can’t smell anything until you eat it and then it’s inedible. I am wondering if you have ever come across that or have any thoughts on what it may be! )I am also in the PNW, Washington. I usually free range them (5 acres) but have been keeping them in their run for the past week to try and figure out the problem. They’re all completely healthy seeming with beautiful feathers, etc. I’m stumped. I’m wondering if they are eating some weird weed we have around here, or some chemical?? Or maybe a snake?? The taste has dissipated and it’s not in all the eggs, but it’s still there two weeks later. I know this is an old video but it has me on my idea train!
You. Are so close to jumping into terrain theory. Jump .
You will lose the fear of boogeymen viruses. Toxicity overload is an unacknowledged culprit.
I so appreciate you and all that you do! Although you are much younger than me, you remind me of someone in my childhood who protected me and made me feel safe and loved.
Oh my goodness, we are neighbors... I have 20 chickens near Alger and there have been so many mushrooms this year. Haven't had any issues, but I will know what to look for if we do, thank you!!
I really appreciate your videos, they have kept me going. Hope this share helps someone be better prepared than I was. I got 5 chickens 2 years ago, fell in love, got a few more and expanded to two 12*30 coops, 2 flock, totalling 27 chickens. I love my lil dinosaurs so much! However, in that time, I have acquired a feed store worth of care products. They have had respiratory, egg bound, sour crop, unknown neuro issues, one fell dead, two that had Marek's symptoms but it never spread, one unknown passing, Coccidosis, poopy butt, scaley leg mites, round worms and now an infestation of mites in one of the coops. Let's not leave out chicken drama. This has been overwhelming because I have made the effort to do all the recommendations for high quality care. Except putting fresh herbs in their litter because I have put money into everything else. My free range 10 acres all year long. Comparably, my neighbors have had one issue of leg mites and theirs do not free range. I don't know why my journey has been so difficult but I'm thankful to have learned all that I have. I really hope it smooths out at some point.
I currently use Redmond Real Salt and Redmond Bentonite Clay. They are fantastic products. Never knew you could give it to chickens. Thanks for sharing.
Gosh I am so so grateful for you and your Chanel! I’ve recently moved to rural Australia from suburbia with my little flock of 5 girls . I worry so much about “new” things here that I can’t “control“ !!!
Even though your advice is backwards (😅) summer v winter, laying v melting etc I feel safer knowing you have such great information!
Think it might be thanksgiving for you atm 🤔 so perfect timing for me to finally express my gratitude for you 💖💖💖
Thank you so much for talking about the mushrooms. Something I forget about. Love your chickenlandia!
So sorry you went through that, glad they are on the mend. I wondered about mushrooms, thankfully I haven't seen any in my chicken yard. I have lots in my front yard. I'm also in Washington. Thanks so much for sharing and all that you do, I learn so much from you.
A tip for anyone who has any pets (including but not limited to chickens) - keep activated charcoal at home. If you suspect that your pet might have eaten something toxic - give it to them (crush the tablet and mix it with water). Activated charcoal binds toxins and even if it won't cure them - it will at the very least slow down the poison and buy you time to save your pet.
The best part about activated charcoal is that it's very cheap and is easy to get in any pharmacy. Plus, it doesn't really do any harm when given on occasion (it binds a lot of molecules so don't give or take it daily).
I’ve watched this again my dear sweet kind brave friend and again you amaze me . God bless you for BEING YOU❤. We need you. Thank you for sharing.❤
I love your content! Thank you for sharing this story 😄🥰
wow, what a story. thanks for the share, you were right, it was important. all the best 🐓
Thank you!!
When i had suspicious mushrooms i used white vinegar on the areas where i knew they were growing. Now of course, if didnt prevent them all and i was still plucking them BUT it seemed to stop regrowth in the lications where i had removed them.
OMG! Thank you! Excellent video!!
Thanks for sharing this information. I am new to your channel, but have watched 4 in a row and just subscribed! I love your honesty, humor and truly love for
Your chickens. I have learned so much tonight.
I Love Redmon salt! Im just about to reorder. I cant wait when they make the chicken products available! This is fantastic news!!! Yay!!! 😊❤
URGENT INFO:
Wanted to separate this because Bentonite has been part of my household remedies since I was poisoned with lead via a tainted Bentonite I put in my toothpaste, years ago!
I found an NYC doc who accidentally discovered a natural detox. I did it successfully and all the lead poinsoning symptoms went away after two weeks. The course is 6 weeks: 2 Tablespoons of cilantro leaves and stems (chew and swallow), 2x/daily; one 8 ounce glass of water with a teaspoon of Pascalite clay midday; 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off, 2 weeks on. That’s it!! The cilantro moves the heavy metals out of where they’re being stored by the body as a defense mechanism AND the clay absorbs the metals and moves them out via the digestive tract. I never felt detox sickness while doing this!
Did you know that if you have heavy metal overload you will hate the taste of cilantro?!?
NOTE: the doc said most Bentonite has heavy metals, especially lead, BUT there is one Bentonite from WYOMING, called Pascalite that is pure! And, it’s not expensive!
Unlike Diatomaceous Earth, Bentonite does not make stools hard.
I will be adding some to my chicken feed periodically!!
ANOTHER NOTE: I had gone to the MD about feeling sick, angry all the time, and my rock hard lymph nodes in my neck and he wanted to do biopsies! He didn’t know the symptom of lead poisoning!!
I have a Cochin Bantam cockerel that is approx 9 months old. About 2 weeks ago he started waddling and after about 3 days of that he went completely paralyzed. I have brought him in and given him vitamin drops, along with b vitamin sprinkled on food. He eats scrambled
Egg, blueberries, cucumber, scratch and crumbles.
His appetite is fantastic but there is absolutely no improvement in legs and he has started some kind of tremor or seizure with his head at various times. Sometimes just a few per day , sometimes quite a few throughout the day. Any suggestions?? Illness or injury? There is a old rooster who would chase him but I hadn’t seen him actually attack Jack?? I was thinking a injury would of been more instantaneous?? Please
Help… this is no life for him I know. But if a vitamin deficiency I really wanted to try 😢😢
I love rose from wholesome roots! I’m just so thankful for all of you wonderful RUclipsrs for sharing all this information. I would have never thought about mushrooms. Thank you too for the links, anything to help them. It’s just wonderful that even though everyone is far away, we can still help each other. Love chickenlandia! 😊
I’ve had Mareks go through my flock,but,recently,one died very quickly. I believe it was botulism from food scraps 🤷♀️
I know You are a GREAT person and I want to share some good advices, most people feed their birds with GMO corn, soy, canola etc and they have round up gliphosate, try and find organic crops and feed mealworms, and on the other side grow red California worms, they have a very high protein content and OMEGA 3 in the mealworms. I hope I've contributed to improve things, Best regards & wishes
You are so lucky to have a vet to treat your chickens. I'm sorry you lost two of your feathered friends.The vets in my area won't treat chickens so I've had to be the one to figure out how to nurse a sick chicken. I've used the Boiron products on my cats and it's good to know they can be used on chickens too. I'll have to work on a first aid kit to have on hand in emergencies.
Herpes is a ubiquitous disease that affects many species... most of my cats have to deal with it... rarely kills, but rarely disappears. Clay is a wonder "drug" for everyone in this household... same for diatomaceous earth. Best of fortunes for all of Chickenlandia!
I have actually had 3 chickens just mysteriously die on me in the last few months as well as two dogs who had a gastric reaction emergency where one died unfortunately. We strongly suspect mushrooms as we live in a very humid climate in the swamps of Louisiana. I have found various mushrooms in the yard. We dont use pesticides or poisons of any kind and we are extremely particular about fertilizer; which since we now have chickens, we make our own fertilizer! I do remember seeing a few types of white mushroom but i cant recall the appearance. This video was super informative and we use redmond salt in our kitchen but i was unaware of the other products so SHOUT OUT TO CHICKENLANDIA for the Redmond company because she just got you a new order lol!!!
Wow. What an odd thing to have happen. I am so sorry you lost 2 chickens, but who would have thought destroying angel mushrooms would just pop up in a chicken run? We get mushrooms pop up all over our yard and I always remove them. Luckily, I have never found any in my chicken run. I am so glad you figured out the cause before more chickens got into them. This is a cautionary tale to keep an eye on what is growing where your chickens can get into it.
Can someone please help me find out what is going on with my Autralorp hens? She started, I think sneezing and now she is having trouble breathing. At first I was thinking, a respiratory infection. I contacted my vet and he gave me an antibiotic for her. She isn’t drinking or eating so I was able to get her to eat from my hand a little food with water and medicine. She is on day three of her antibiotic with no progress. Further research now has me thinking about the possibility of GAPEWORM. Anyone have any suggestions please let me know.
My chickens are missing their feathers on their backs and butts? I have them in a very large run. They have plenty of space in the coop. It started with one, and now 4 out of seven have the same problem. I use Saturday lime. I spray them with a natural parasite spray. I give the cayenne pepper and garlic periodically for internal parasites. They free range in the run. They have high protein scratch and regular pellets, and black soldier fly larvae every day. I also cleaned out the coop where they sleep and replaced the bedding and added more sturday lime. I do the deep litter method. I am at a loss.
Love you, love your smile, love how much you CARE. Hope you reach 100 k subscribers not just because that may help you, but because it means more people are getting to see that there are good people out there in this world. Keep on doing you! Those are a bunch of very lovely and lucky chickens.
Thank you so much!! That really means a lot to me. ❤️
Would charcoal work with chickens to absorb a poison?
My guess is it would but I have no idea about dosage. ❤️
Very interesting! Thank you! 😊 I take Redman’s vitamins daily so it makes sense they have it for livestock too. I have a routine of taking the ash from the fireplace or fire pit out (cooled) and pouring it in various muddy spots around the property, which I find my chickens enjoying as a dust bath. The ash soaks up the moisture helping to rebuild the soil for a drier patch of land, which is important since my ducks love that we live so close to a naturally flowing brook/pond. They take every opportunity to enjoy puddles, but the chickens aren’t impressed. The vet said the ash is why my chickens are so healthy. 😊
Hi, I’m new to your channel. I watched your video about the mushrooms and I bought that product. Can you please tell me how I’m supposed to use it for my flock I got it at Walmart for $64 for 50 pounds free shipping. I’m like sights but I really enjoy your channel. It’s very good I’ve had chickens on and off for five years but you know what there’s always room for learning so I’m just starting to go through your videos but if you could tell me how to use that product, I’d really appreciate it. Thank you.
I’ve lost 3 Crested Cream Legbar hens in 6 weeks, 2 weeks apart. Suddenly fluffed up, brought them in, Tylan, garlic, oregano and ginger. Nothing worked. I found another one 3 weeks after the last one died and brought her in. Changed from Tylan to Doxycycline plus all of the other natural antibacterials. Nothing changed for 2 days and then 3rd day she ate a little scrambled egg. Fourth day perky and happy but now has fowl pox. Most of my chickens have fowl pox and we’ve been in a drought here in Texas and I haven’t seen any mosquitos but there has been a bumper crop of flies. One of my rooster’s eyes is almost shut so Terramycin ointment on it. I didn’t have any of these issues last year but we didn’t have the fly invasion either. There has to be some connection even though I know fowl pox is carried by mosquitos.
Mysteries! My very first experience with chickens: baby chicks. When they were around 3+ weeks old I let them out in the grass. One day they all became listless. They were paralyzed to varying degrees. 2 of them could not move a muscle. All they could do was peer up at me and breathe as they laid there flat on the floor of their pen. I was devastated. I knew they were going to be dead in the morning. I did give them Eyedroppers of water and supplements intermittently. Some of the babies were standing, but couldn't hold their head up. In the morning, those babies that were as good as dead were standing and walking around!! Absolutely unbelievable! They grew to young birds and did ended up dying one by one from Merricks even though the Farm I purchased them from supposedly sent me vaccinated birds as I requested. I know they had Merricks because I brought one to the vet for Necropsy. Fast forward to one of my young roosters I hatched from our flock that I vaccinated when a day old. He developed the same symptoms as the chicks. The only one in my current flock to get it, he became weak, unable to eat, and could not hold his head up. I think he did walk backwards too. If I brought his head up, it would list down until on the ground, or totally hanging below him when held. This lasted for several days. I gave him water and, supplements and watered down feed from eyedropper. He was as good as dead. Then he started to hold his head up, and over the next few days. Fully recovered. Weirdest thing. With the chicks and the rooster I figured botulism. For the rooster, I had been feeding the flock fermented feed. I will never do that again, because I think it may have been from that. The only permanent symptom from that incident, is when he crows his breath in is noisy, and squeaky, almost like a weird wheeze. He is active, eats, breeds, and looks healthy otherwise. Anybody experienced anything like this? Thank you for sharing this video! ❤
Totally get why you might not have video. It just baffles me when folks witness some kind of suffering and they're first reaction is to whip out their cameras to fake shock. It's extremely off-putting..same with putting video of yourself doing something charitable, it just reads as super fake🤢🤮.