Bruce
Herd Master
Ick, just read up on CMT. Sounds like your friend is one of the rare cases where it skipped a generation. Does she have other children?
Kaye's other than rabbits journal
- Thread starter Kaye
- Start date
- Thread starter
- #22
Kaye
Loving the herd life
She does have a little boy. He's 8 right now and it's a kind of thing that usually shows up in late teens or early adulthood. She knows we will have to watch him and make sure that he stays active. This is what we believe caused Hayleigh's muscles to deteriorate so fast. They tested her for every muscular disease and disorder and got nowhere bc this is neurological. They did everything that they should have done for CMD (congenital muscular dystrophy), but if it was indeed CMT this is the exact opposite of what should have been done. The more we investigate, the more it all makes sense. This has been consuming most of my time recently
We're getting so close
Bruce
Herd Master
Wow. At least (for lack of a better word!) she now has this information and can let her son's pediatrician know about it.
mygoldendoe
Loving the herd life
I hate to hear about her daughter but finding clues and answers for her other child is such a blessing. Hopefully she won't have to go through that again.
- Thread starter
- #25
- Thread starter
- #26
Kaye
Loving the herd life
Ohhhhhhhh... and I have a hen with a broken neck. Not a severed spine, but a broken neck
Did I mention that I also have a turkey thread on BYC??
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1137847/kayes-free-range-turkey-thread/150#post_18005335
Did I mention that I also have a turkey thread on BYC??
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1137847/kayes-free-range-turkey-thread/150#post_18005335
mygoldendoe
Loving the herd life
Wow that is crazy bout your hen!
- Thread starter
- #28
Kaye
Loving the herd life
She's almost back to normal. All but the crazy looking curve in her neck. Eating, drinking, and making her usual noises. She is acting like she wants to lay an egg... she was in her 'room' and sounding like she about to lay. But nothing. At least she is alive and well (as could be) and eating like she's never even seen food
- Thread starter
- #29
Kaye
Loving the herd life
Dora (my hen) is back to normal (all but the little curve in her neck) and Eagle (the rooster) was very happy to see her. I haven't put them back into the same pen yet, but will probably tomorrow.
One of my Serama hens is going broody and I have no clue where her nest is. She is so sneaky... I have been trying to find her for a few days now.
Boogsey and I took Elvis for a walk and were followed home by a cute little rooster from next door. lol. Stray chickens and what not. I'm not sure what he is, but he has feathers on his feet. He went back home later on, but I was kinda excited about him coming over
After that I dug enough turnips to fill up a 5gal bucket, cut them into chunks, and fed most of them to the rabbits. What I didn't feed them I bagged up and have waiting on them. I halfed one gallon bag between my neighbor and my sister in law for their buns.
Now Boogsey is telling me she wants a horse. This is cool with me. My horse died a month or two before I got pregnant with my daughter. I would love to have another. I want an older horse. Nothing spirited. My first horse was 30 years old when he died. I didn't have him for 30, but for the last 14-15 years he was just amazing. Boogsey deserves a friend like that.
One of my Serama hens is going broody and I have no clue where her nest is. She is so sneaky... I have been trying to find her for a few days now.
Boogsey and I took Elvis for a walk and were followed home by a cute little rooster from next door. lol. Stray chickens and what not. I'm not sure what he is, but he has feathers on his feet. He went back home later on, but I was kinda excited about him coming over
After that I dug enough turnips to fill up a 5gal bucket, cut them into chunks, and fed most of them to the rabbits. What I didn't feed them I bagged up and have waiting on them. I halfed one gallon bag between my neighbor and my sister in law for their buns.
Now Boogsey is telling me she wants a horse. This is cool with me. My horse died a month or two before I got pregnant with my daughter. I would love to have another. I want an older horse. Nothing spirited. My first horse was 30 years old when he died. I didn't have him for 30, but for the last 14-15 years he was just amazing. Boogsey deserves a friend like that.
Bruce
Herd Master
Good thing you've had a horse before so you already know the expense. Wouldn't be fun if Boogsey was bugging you day in and day out but it wasn't in the budget. 
I had a Cubalaya do that last summer. She had never been broody before (though her 'sister' was broody several times a year) and I figured a fox got her when she didn't turn up one night. Then I saw her having a dust bath. Yipee, must have just been AWOL but she didn't come to the barn at night and I could not find her. Didn't see her again, figured same fox thing. Until 3 AM one morning when there was a terrible screaming sound. Coon up a tree, Cubalaya was near the plants next to the little barn right behind the house. Her nest had been there all the time but since she never came out, at least not when anyone was around, we had no idea. Given we have no rooster, all my broodies are doing nothing useful! Good luck finding your Serama!
I had a Cubalaya do that last summer. She had never been broody before (though her 'sister' was broody several times a year) and I figured a fox got her when she didn't turn up one night. Then I saw her having a dust bath. Yipee, must have just been AWOL but she didn't come to the barn at night and I could not find her. Didn't see her again, figured same fox thing. Until 3 AM one morning when there was a terrible screaming sound. Coon up a tree, Cubalaya was near the plants next to the little barn right behind the house. Her nest had been there all the time but since she never came out, at least not when anyone was around, we had no idea. Given we have no rooster, all my broodies are doing nothing useful! Good luck finding your Serama!
