So I’m researching a science fair project about the effects of synthetic Methionine replacements in organic feed and their relation to carcass weight and ammonia in the litter. I’m finding it hard to find the ingredients in broiler chicken feed. Does anyone have pictures or screenshots of some...
Just looked at him and all the maggots are gone since I drowned them in Vetericyn and diluted hydrogen peroxide (only around the vent). I’m going to soak when I get home from work.
Do you think it’s a prolapse that I need to put back in? Or just swelling from the maggots
Silkies are super popular and easy for kids to handle. As long as you find a quality breeder they are great. If they meet most standards but aren’t quality then they tend to be fragile in my experience.
Bumblefoot? I’m new here so idk how to get the links but search it up in the top and I’m sure there will be plenty of posts. Pretty sure it’s a type of staph infection and needs to be soaked in an epsom salt bath if it is bumblefoot. Good luck, hope he she gets better
I have a cockerel with swollen vent that got I guess maggots all over it?( they were super tiny so ig very young) I took them off and washed him.Anyways I was thinking vent gleet but couldn’t find much on that with a boy other than one article (for hens). Then I saw it was super split (where all...
It what she has/had if canker the incubation time is 3-5 days correct? Subsequently, wouldn’t it have spread to the rest of the flock especially when they had shared water bowls? Or could they carry without showing signs even though they never had it before?
(Note: half are the same age as the...
Edit: I just checked the inside of her mouth. I guess she has canker also. I had checked her mouth a couple days ago and nothing was in there but now there is the cheese like stuff. Would that be the cause of the eye bubbles also?
getting really tired of all this respiratory diseases. I’ve had these birds for months. Kept them in quarantine for 60 days and give them monthly respiratory preventative. However, one of my Silkies has come down with what I believe is infectious coryza.
She had a plugged nare for about 2...