Hello All,
I am heartbroken. This morning, my 8 month old Shetland roo came out of the run just fine. He was eating scratch like the others on this frosty cold morning. He has been perfectly healthy, eating, mating, being a sweet boy. He crowed this morning same as usual. But I noticed he had a...
Thank you. Yes, he is naturally still "tail-less" at present. Just curly locks on the rump. I did a little bit more looking and apparently others have had similar roos out of a line through Greenfire Farms. My two are from a farm that likely got their initial flock from them so it makes a little...
I'm raising my first two little Shetlands and they are the sweetest things! The pullet is so calm I can pick her up or pet her with no complaining. "Sharon" follows me around like a little puppy. Love her to bits. The Roo, Roger, is just as sweet and stoic. But here is where I'm stumped. He has...
I finally was able to incubate a small bunch of Olive Eggers a month ago. And I have had the worst luck. I have one second generation and two first generation that are giving me a huge headache concerning gender.
The second gen chick is Cream Legbar/ BCM cross hen with a BCM roo. The first gens...
Yesterday my broody Wellsummer successfully hatched her first clutch of 11 out of 12 Icelandic eggs. (I have no rooster and bought her some eggs) Because of the way my coop is elevated, I thought better to bring her into a dog kennel in my dry basement for the last 5 days of sitting. She barely...
My Bielefelder has been inside for a week now. She sounded like an accordion when I picked her up 7 days ago and brought her inside. The others were also picking on her. I treated her with VetRx twice a day and fed egg and cooked oatmeal which is the only thing she will eat. She wont eat her...
Well, today I took the plunge. Since there was nothing but a lump between the toes, no scab, nor break in the skin I soaked her foot, sterilized it and cut the top of the lump. At first, I didnt think there was anything but after a deeper cut and pressure 3 or 4 pieces of hard infection came...
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I'm back....She's still in the basement and I tried the Tricide Neo. Her foot is completely healed EXCEPT. She has a big old round ball between two of her toes. HARD, and no scab, no redness, no lameness, just a big bulging bumble. Like a marble. There is no swelling now so I can see the...
Here are two photos of her foot today. I have been soaking it and wrapping with neosporin. Some of the swelling has gone down but not by much. You can see the hole in her foot. I just don't want to keep damaging her foot. That hole has been there since August when the kernel came out and the...