Recent content by Freia

Update for others facing the same problem. Here are the options the vet gave us: She gave me 3 options: -1- Do nothing. the wound is down to his scull, but does not appear to be infected under the scab (but it could be infected and festering under there). There would be about a 50% chance...

He's going to the vet at 3:00. I'll let you know what they decide to do in case that can help someone else with the same problem. I notice the tips of the comb have turned black, so I assume gangrene is setting in, so I assume the comb will be coming off. so far, we've been able to to...

Freezer-camp? Kill him, for a torn comb? A beautiful Blu Langshan who breeds strong, healthy chicks and protects his flock and never attacks my kids? No, he's not getting killed unless it's a last resort. If I get it to heal without infection, seems like he could live without his comb. He's...

I just came home from two weeks vacation, and I just looked at my rooster and I'm just crying out loud. My poor baby-boy! His comb has been all but torn off from the back towards the front and is barely attached. It's just flopping into his face. I had several dear, reliable friends watching...

Thank you chooks4life. Even though it still makes no sense to me, that may be the clearest explanation of homeopathy I've seen. I've also used homeopathic preparations my whole life, and I swear they've worked. It's just never made any sense to me why or how they work. It wasn't clear to me...

I keep reading how when chicks are vaccinated, they then need to be quarantined for 2 weeks, so that they don't get exposed to the virus before the vaccine takes effect. How does one do this in practical terms? My chicks hatch under a broody mom, who raises them. Even if I take broody and her...

I'm very confused about how to use the Hypericum. The original recipe, from what I understand, uses the homeopathic pellets. I have some 30c pellets. I dissolve them in 1 Tbsp distilled water, then give my chicken 10 drops of this. This seems odd to me, because by the time the hypericum is...

That's what I've been doing (scratching my head). Original flock of 13 showed up on our doorstep 3.5 years ago when their owners moved out of state. Totally unknown history. Flock has always been pretty healthy. We've lost 5 production breed hens over that time frame to what appears to be...

I posted about this a few days ago, and didn't get a single response, so I' trying again, but wording it differently and asking a slightly different question, and hope somebody will chime in. Last week, my 14 week old Langshan/Brahma cross stopped using her right leg. It is not getting...

I'm noticing that if I push on her foot, she does not try to push down with her leg at all. However, if I pull her leg (try to extend it), she has good strength in resisting me and pulling it back up. Mean anything? Poos are perfectly normal, btw.

My 14 week old Langshan/Brahma cross stopped using her right leg 4 days ago. This happened very suddenly. I've assumed that she got knocked off a roost by an older hen and injured the leg. I've checked for breaks, and definitely no breaks. I've felt and rotated each joint, and I'm not feeling...

They get 16% layer formula, and they free range and clear the property of bugs, so I assume that adds some protein too. Plenty of roost space in the coop. It seems to be a grooming ritual. I've watched them, and it's not an aggressive or dominance thing. They hang out and sun themselves, then...

It looks like the skin on a turkey's front neck. We call her our honorary Turken, poor thing.

My Black sex-link has been getting her neck-feathers picked for the past year. Oddly, she never seems to mind. Some other hens have some neck-feathers picked as well. I see the hens standing around in a cuddle-huddle, and they just casually reach over to each other and pick necks. The ones...