Recent content by Fishslayer

I know my response is extremely delayed, but i wanted to post my results. my hen is almost completely healed, a tiny scab is all that remains of the half dollar sized piece of missing flesh/skin. there are already feathers starting to grow back to areas where there was no skin a week ago. it...

Yeah, when i first cleaned her up and put neosporin on her, she seemed 100% better the next day. i just can't get this infection under control. I am going to get PenG to inject now. Its my understanding that water soluble antibiotics are not very effective on wound infection. i have tried...

please help... infection is getting worse. its all white now, the edges of the skin are loose. i couldn't get oral antibiotics today, i will have to try a different store tomorrow. i had hoped a good cleaning and isolation would fix her up, but it has gotten worse over the course of the day...

I will go to the local feed store today and see if I can find the stuff. I'm not overly worried about the wound. its the infection that has me worried. but do you guys think isolation inside is a good idea? or will it stress her out too much?

One of my 4 month old BSL hens sustained an injury on Monday. She had a dime sized flap of skin hanging off the back of her neck at the base of her head. I'm still not sure exactly what happened, I've gone over the coop and found a suspect corner of hardware mesh that was sharp (about my only...

my concern would be that the chicken tries to clean it off herself and gets it stuck in her beak or ingests it. 1) "goof off"- thats what i would use, just make sure to rinse it off good cause i doubt its animal friendly, not that a fly strip is. 2) witch hazel(think thats what its called)? i...

screw some thin gauge sheet metal to the coop?, at least to the level where they are pecking at. i would also check your coop for termites or ants. my guess is they are finding something in the wood that they like.

My 9 week old chicks hate the rain... they have been out for a couple weeks now and at first it was really nice out, 70-80 highs, lows in the 60's. we got a bit of a wet cold front this week, highs in the 60's, lows in the 50's and lots of rain. they either go under the coop or in it, don't see...

at week 6 mine went out to the coop (about 2 weeks ago), the weather was warm and i gave them a lamp at night for the first week, plus they were feathering up nicely. they stayed a day in coop and were very uncomfortable with the hardware mesh floor and change from the box at first, but they...

This spring I decided to replace my guinea hens with chicks (finally!!, don't worry I found the guineas a good home). I currently have 5 black Sexlinks and 5 RIR's. They are about a week or two from going out into the coop. I modified my old coop for the guineas and i was hoping to get some...