Recent content by siouxbee

Hm, thanks for the info!! I don't see much redness, since the wounds where the skin came off are healing nicely and never looked red, but that joint sure was hotter than the other one!! So hopefully the antibiotics will do the trick!! Thanks for the advice!

any ideas for if I should wrap it or just leave it be?

I have a 7 mo old Jersey Giant roo who was limping pretty badly after a racoon got into the coop a week and a half ago. We brought him inside, put antibiotic ointment onto the place where skin was broken (it seemed like his knee had been skinned almost, not so much puncture wound) and have been...

Well. I went out to let the chickens out today and out he came running, and was walking around the run. It's been cool and wet, so I didn't open the door til after noon. I've got 2 suddenly-sick last night kids (what is going on!?!) so I didn't get out to the feed store til 5. When I went out to...

Thanks -- we usually have a small flock, but it was a hard winter for us, and hungry predators have us down to just him and 2 hens. We have 12 babies coming at the end of the month, so I'd especially like to resolve this. I'll see if they have drops for the water, and bring him into a box in the...

I called the local feed store, but they just said to come get a bag of antibiotic feed in case it's bacterial. Should I?

Our3 year old blue laced red wayandotte is off his game. It's been about a week since he crowed (otherwise he crows all day -- the silence is deafening), his wattles are getting paler. He seems slower than he normally is. And he spends more time inside the coop during the day than normal. And...

holy moly -- is there anything superglue can't handle? We went out to the coop and brought Rosie in. I tried laying her down on her side with a towel over her head but that didn't work and she kept popping back up. I needed to get my kids to bed, so we made her a snuggly home in a big...

fantastic -- thanks for the advice! We do have a rooster, but both he and she are from our first batch of chicks a couple of years ago and he has definitely mellowed with age. Plus, we were in the back yard when the attack occured and heard it and ran shouting, which probably is why she is still...

We don't have a dog, so we do bury the few chickens that haven't been carried off by predators in the yard. I'm sure there are regulations about that sort of thing. Maybe try calling the town/city hall to see if there are laws covering this issue in your area before you start digging up public...

On Saturday, one of our hens (2 year old gold laced wyandotte) was attacked by something in the neighborhood -- not sure what. She seemed to be missing some feathers on her back, but other than a slight limp seemed not much worse for the wear. However, just now we have discovered an open wound...

My hen is in one of our nest boxes, and lately I've noticed tiny black bugs running about that area. Are those lice? And what can I do to help her? SHe's still got about two weeks to go before the eggs hatch. Thanks for any help, Siouxbee

thank you so much! I had the feeling this was so, but was feeling lazy. I'll figure out some way to keep everyone out of harm's way. Can I keep the older set of chicks in the same space as the new ones, or do you think they will be old enough to integrate back in to the flock by then (they'll be...

We usually remove our hens from the coop the night before the eggs are due to hatch. But then I have hen and babies in our downstairs tub until they're old enough to integrate into the flock. Since the second hen is sitting on eggs and I'm already ready to be done with the first batch in the...

Thanks for the replies. She's settled in for the night. We'll see what she does tomorrow morning!