New Posts  All Forums:

Posts by epeloquin

That egg is most likely either going to be a double (or triple) yolker or it could even be an egg within an egg. Very rarely, as the egg receives its shell, which is the last thing to happen, it will reverse enough that as the...
I have three Barred Rocks and three Rhodies. My rocks have all started to moult but none of the Rhodies are. I was wondering if anyone else has seen moulting to be breed specific like that.
What I thought was odd is apparently not so odd! My RIR Pearlie (we call her garbage gut) used to eat the flaking paint off our garage door. She also eats the little plastic care tags that come with plants. They also got hold...
I had actually referred to that thread you posted. The hen with the worst infection did not have that pasty pus in the wound. I did clean it out, I probed for the pus but there was no pasty build up as I have heard tell of. The other...
I have two hens with bumblefoot on both feet. On of them has what I would say is a moderate infection on one foot and mild on the other. Th other hen has a mild case on both feet. I have thoroughly cleaned their run, put fresh straw...
twocrowsranch, can you please tell me how you made out with this. I have the same exact problem and I have been concerned that I would have to go in between the toes, incise it skin and work out the infection. Please tell me step by...
We have looked inside her mouth. There are no foreign objects in their. However, the inside her beak, the 'roof' of her mought is swollen and we did notice that there is some clear fluid coming out of her nostril on one side and her...
We have a hen that we are treating for bumblefoot. I went to check on her today and I noticed that she can't close her beak. I just changed her dressing last night and she was fine. I checked just after lunch today and her beak is like...
I have a Ply Rock that got a case of bumblefoot. It began with swelling between her toes. I was watching for the tell tale sore because I was not initially sure. We were gone for a few days of vacation and when we came back the sore...
They spend most of their day in their run and we give them a couple/few hours to free range in the yard. The ground in the run has dry straw and the area where they run the most I raked clean and put down a thick layer of fresh wood...
New Posts  All Forums: