My Sultan Roo was getting picked on by out two Rhode Island Reds. They picked out quite a few of his feet feathers, and once they started bleeding they wouldn't stop messin with him. I have brought him into the house, and noticed that along his leg where the quill part of the feather enters the...
it is the roof of his beak for lack of a better term. it is soft to semi soft tissue? basically when it broke it allowed the roof of his beak to start seperating from his beak. the outter part of his beak does look better now that it has broke off. I just dont want the roof of his beak on the...
The tip of my roosters beak has broke off. I know this is not a big issue as long as he can still pick up food. I'm not worried about the hard part of his beak that broke, as it simply broke into a smaller beak shape with a slight underbite. The problem is that the soft inner part of his beak...
Hello, sorry to hear about your poor little silkie . I would first segregate your lady. If she is actively bleeding or the wound is in an obvious spot as in this case, it may make your GSL pick at her more. From there you can use something like peroxide or iodine to clean a typical cut, not sure...
I use a 50gal drum, inverted with a self filling watering bowl. I tapped the bottom (which is now the top) with a 1 1/2" threaded piece of pipe, and a cap to keep debris, insects, etc from entering, and allows me to fill with a garden hose. works great, and don't have to fill often.
I have a 5gal feeder that I suspended in the outside covered portion of my coop. the problem is small finches or meadow larks come and eat my feed by the pounds. since then I have moved the feed into the coop, however the small birds now fly into coop, any suggestions? my coop is covered with...