No weird oozing or smell thus far. She’s in my sealed shed in a cage so she’s warm and away from flies. I’m concerned about dehydration though, any idea on minimums of daily water?
She made it through the night and is drinking water and diluted yogurt with cereal. Poor thing even laid an egg but the shell wasn’t fully formed due to the trauma and lack of nutrients (I imagine). It’s worse than I though, when she opens can closes her beak to drink I can see the bones or...
Last night I caught a raccoon in my coop and Elsa (5 month old Americans) had some serious damage to the back of her head and upper neck. Not a lot of blood loss, thankfully, and I’ve since isolated her cleaned the wound with peroxide, and am now applying Vetericyn and neosporin. She’s allowed...
Hello all, I have three girls (Anna, Elsa and Bobby) a brown Issa, Americana and Cuckoo Maran respectively. They are all 5 months all.
Anywho, love having chickens and plan on being in this for the long haul. So many cool posts.