[Mother-Hen]

Hi I hope someone can help. My girls decided to attack my "Daphne" plant, which they have never done before. Have now fenced it off but apparently it is poisonous, will they be ok? (I'm sick with worry) Will be discarding their eggs tomorrow just incase. 

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Mother-Hen

[Vember]

Hi MHen
Welcome to the Hen House

I think the best thing to do is keep a close eye on them
Chickens don't tend to go mad on plants that aren't good for them, some people on here have reported their birds eating rhubarb leaves and have no ill effects


Sarah

[Foxy]

Any evidence of lethargy, or ill health you can give and epsom salt lavage

Chicken flushes - from "The chicken Health Handbook" by Gail Damerow

When a chicken suffers from an intestinal disease or form food poisoning you can hasten its recovery by flushing its system with a laxative that absorbs toxins and removes them from the body.

Epsom-salt flush: I teaspoon Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) in 1/2 a cup of water, poured or squirted down the birds throat twice daily for 2 or 3 days, or until the bird recovers

[Rubellite]

Epsom-salt flush: I teaspoon Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) in 1/2 a cup of water, poured or squirted down the birds throat twice daily for 2 or 3 days, or until the bird recovers

That sounds like a good game, Foxy, have you ever tried it?

[nnbreeder]

 I have and it is very easy to do. First you firmly wrap the bird in a towel to control wings and feet and then use a crop tube made from a syringe and a bit of clear plastic tubing. Place the palm of you hand at the back of the bird's head and then open the beak with two finger on the same hand and insert the crop tube into the crop and empty the contents of the syringe into the crop. With a bird you do not have to worry about going into the lungs with the tube as there is a small hole at the back of the throat that goes to the lungs. As long as you are behind that hole it will go into the crop.

[Foxy]

I have and it is very easy to do. First you firmly wrap the bird in a towel to control wings and feet and then use a crop tube made from a syringe and a bit of clear plastic tubing. Place the palm of you hand at the back of the bird's head and then open the beak with two finger on the same hand and insert the crop tube into the crop and empty the contents of the syringe into the crop. With a bird you do not have to worry about going into the lungs with the tube as there is a small hole at the back of the throat that goes to the lungs. As long as you are behind that hole it will go into the crop.

and maybe get someone to help you?! 

[Mother-Hen]

Hi
My Girls seem absolutely fine after their poisonous snack, but thanks for the advise will use this if they ever do anything like this again. ( Hopefully they won't as have now fenced off offensive plant!! Am discarding eggs for a week just in case don't want to poison family   

[nnbreeder]

Foxy the most nerve wracking thing that I have ever done was to hand feed newly hatched Cockatiels so controling big birds and putting a crop tube in them is easy!



This is a newly hatched Cockatiel next to a bantam chicken egg, the syringe full of food is there too.

[Rubellite]

Foxy the most nerve wracking thing that I have ever done was to hand feed newly hatched Cockatiels so controling big birds and putting a crop tube in them is easy!

Oo- er that's a funny looking little thing. What did it look like when it was all grown up? :blink:

[Kate and her Ducks]

OMG, that's amazing!

[nnbreeder]

Here is a pic of them half grown and fully grown. Since I was cleaning cages one day and had them all in one I took a picture of the parents as a group.

[FRUITFULL]

They are adorable  how sweet! they must be so tame with all the handling. 

[Foxy]

Wow! aren't they funny looking love the littluns expressions, do you call them chicks???

[Rubellite]

They're lovely when they look like real birdies