Does any one have any experience with chicken botulism? I have a 2 year old banty rooster who has been diagnosed with botulism by the vet. We seem to have beaten the acute illness but he is still having trouble walking. I am feeding him baby parrot cereal, Insure and Pedialyte(vet instructions)...
Does anyone know of a net?? wire?? that will keep sparrows out of a chicken coop. Our coops are fenced with 2 inch chicken wire, but we still get a lot of sparrows in eating the feed. Thank you in advance.
Well, we lost him. I could not get home yesterday or tonight in time to take him to the vet to get his shot and he passed away about an hour ago. I am really very sad.
My banty rooster with "black comb" has just received his second shot of antibiotics. He is much better this AM. We will go hunting grass hoppers this afternoon. Does anyone know of a site that has information on "black comb" disease. Thank you in advance.
I took my rooster to the vet today(Saturday). He has "black comb disease" which the vet says is an infection in his vascular system. The rooster got a shot of antibiotics this AM, will get a shot tomorrow, and a shot Monday. I really did not expect him to be alive this morning, but he has perked...
I have a beautiful 5 month old banty rooster. Two weeks ago, I noticed that he had what looked like a scab on both sides of his comb. I thought he had been fighting with his brothers. Now, the "black scab" has grown and the comb around it has gone pale. I have just examined him and the other...
Does anyone where to buy Bands for banding chickens? The grandchildren are all trying to identify "their" chickens, plus they are going to a bird watch banding clinic in the their home town. Grandmother who needs help