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    Prosthetic foot

    Thank you for your kind words.
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    Prosthetic foot

    Thank you.
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    Prosthetic foot

    My rooster survived the big Texas winter storm, but he lost his foot to frostbite. I ordered a prosthetic 3-d-printer foot for him, but he died of a freak accident a week ago, the day the foot was shipped. I have been heartbroken. I have this new, never-worn prosthetic foot that will fit a...
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    Frostbite’s domino effect

    I was giving him pill-sized balls of suet peanut butter mixed with grains to try to move away from tube-feeding and give him something more substantive. Sometimes he would eat on his own, but he quit a few days ago, then I realized he wasn’t processing his food. I didn’t want him to dehydrate...
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    Frostbite’s domino effect

    Dosage prescribed by vet - 1/4 pill of Remadyl and 1/2 pill of antibiotics twice a day for the last month.
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    Frostbite’s domino effect

    Thank you. I was looking up malfunctioning gizzard, not bad crop. This helps. The drugs are: Rimadyl for pain (anti inflammatory), with side effects including kidney damage Cefpodoxime - antibiotic, which I know will kill the gut flora. He has been on these for a month. That can’t be good. I...
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    Molting or bullying or parasite?

    Have you considered that you may have an aggressive hen with a lot of testosterone? I’ve read that it’s not that uncommon . The bare spots are consistent with being mounted by a rooster, but since you don’t have one, you may have a rooster wannabe.
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    Frostbite’s domino effect

    My rooster suffered frostbite during the Great Texas Freezeout in February. He has had some prett serious ups and downs since then - he lost a foot. He has been on pain meds and antibiotics the whole time. He has many good days - eating, crowing, communing with his hens. The last few days...
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    Impacted Gizzard

    This is very helpful.
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