Recent content by enliten

I made a quick video of three victims. I missed the first one doing some neck stretching moves:

I do keep a closed flock. We brought in a sick bird a few years ago and it caused a lot of chaos, so we decided never again. She has the scaly leg mites, so I've been soaking in mineral oil and offering a dust bath with lots of fresh DE for everyone. I bought some Ivermectin for a dose for all...

I'm uploading a video right now. I found a bird with eyes frozen shut. I googled that, and I feel lots have symptoms of infectious coryza. Why are there so many illnesses?!?! I am having a ton of trouble finding dugs online. Can't buy things like that at feed stores here, and no chicken vet...

I've got this tiny 1lb Serama I've had for a year. She came with toes falling off from what I now suspect is really severe scaly leg mites, and she's down to one toe on each foot, and gets regular leg treatments to help the mites. She was in isolation in December while clearly in some pain from...

Will half an aspirin be too much because she's so tiny?

Mini is absolutely tiny - her little legs are only about two inches long and gnarled from frostbite in a former home. She's missing some toes. Two weeks ago she was reluctant to put weight on one foot. I tried a chick chair and a warm bath to take weight off the good leg but she didn't like...