We just went through a cold snap of well below zero (-16C). I initially thought frostbite, as her feet/toes were stiff & and brought her in to warm up her feet and put them in luke warm water. We kept her in for 2 days, and that’s when we noticed the swelling.
I just intensively cleaned the coop, sprayed permethrin and we treated the chickens with it as well. We did ivermectin previously as well (2 treatments a month ago). I didn’t dose the girls though today.
She is on egg layer feed, with occasional meal worms, corn for the winter (last feed of the day), and oats as treats, but about every third day. We hatched and raised our hens at home, but due to city regulations we board them 40 minutes away. We visit them every 2-3 days to care for them, and...
It’s from between the toes, and then the swelling goes down. After a long soak in epsom salts the swelling between the toes almost look like a blister filled with water. There is no real swelling around the black on her toe
Hi friends,
Our favorite chicken (Clover) is favouring her leg. She stretches it out behind her with each step, and she hasn’t gone up to roost in weeks. I did find a black spot underneath on her back toe (the smallest one), but she also has been battling other conditions recently (mites &...