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    Roosters toes falling off!

    Hi. Thank you! Any idea what I can do to help that? Also, I read some stuff about how the roosting bars are set up. Mine are made from 2x4’s with the skinny side up but would turning them so that the 31/2 inch side is up help? I read that chickens having their feet flat on the wide bar could...
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    Roosters toes falling off!

    Ok. I will check them today. I just figured that wouldn’t hurt in case but I’ll have to look into permethrin if you say that’s better! We are new to all this so all your suggestions are appreciated! It’s just so weird that he’s the only one and our 8 hens aren’t showing anything.
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    Roosters toes falling off!

    We plan on getting some diatomaceous earth and sprinkling it in the coop and nesting boxes to try to take care of any mites or lice if that’s the case. I want to also make them a dust bath. Thank you so much for your replies!!
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    Roosters toes falling off!

    I remember a few months ago it started with his one toe (his right inner toe) swelling up which made me think of Bumblefoot but he never had the dot sign and his foot didn’t swell just the one toe. And then they just started turning black and falling off. Now nothing is swollen just black.
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    Roosters toes falling off!

    I’ve read about Vaseline. We might try that next. We can see that there’s is blood on the roost I’m guessing from when his last toe fell off. I’ve read that once it turns black there’s really no helping it but we are still trying to save his toe! Thank you for your reply!
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    Roosters toes falling off!

    hi! There isn’t any metal. Floor is concrete board and roosts are made of wood. We also painted the coop with a kilz white stain blocker to kind of seal the wood weeks before we put the chickens in their coop. We also have windows and great ventilation. It’s just so strange that he is the only...
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    Roosters toes falling off!

    Oh that makes sense. Their outside area is covered so there isn’t any snow. And we put extra pine shavings inside so that theres extra insulation. Hopefully it will warm up soon! Thank you so much!
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    Roosters toes falling off!

    Thank you! The first picture from March 4th shows the one toe black that took a few weeks to fully turn and then we noticed yesterday it fell off. And you can see in that picture the other toe is only black on the tip but in the second picture from this morning the entire top of the toe is...
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    Roosters toes falling off!

    Hi! We have a 8 month old barred rock rooster and his toes keep turning black and falling off! We had another rooster up until 2 weeks ago who wasn’t nice to this one so we ended up giving him away. Because of the other rooster, this barred rock spent most of his time up on the roost so, after...
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    Hen unable to stand then seizure and death

    Thank you so much for your response! We do have some hay in their outside area so maybe that’s what it was. We have already removed it all. We give them grit now and then. Also, we just bought new food the other day so we will switch that ASAP. We were feeding dumor and we are switching to...
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    Hen unable to stand then seizure and death

    My barred rock hen, who was about 7 months old, had started acting weird 4 days ago (seemed to be a little lethargic but eating and drinking, walking around). About 2 days ago she was back to normal, but then yesterday morning was just laying in a corner, very lethargic with a drooped pale comb...
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