Recent content by kentuckyblue

i lost 9 in one night,i know people will say its wrong but i trap and kill every coon i catch,i cut limbs off of a hedge apple tree it has thorns on it 3 inches long and put them around the out side of the run.the first time they get stuck by one they find some place else to look for a meal

i thought maybe she is looking better,and yes it looks like quils growing ,thats the black you see.but then i notice the neck looks the same and i didnt see that before,she does'nt look like she feels bad she runs and eats drinks.she is way smaller than the other hens . i got them all at the...

i will try and get a better pic,the fethers are gone the skin is kinda flacky,i dont see anything crawling around just a lot of fether loss.it looks like the quil might be growing back,it is hard to say let me try and get a better pic

i have one rir and i dont know what this is on her back,and neck.i treated for mites and it did not get better.none of the other coop mates have this problem,i think it showed up after ''the coon wars of 012'' i lost 9 that night and this hen lost an eye,and then this showed up.she...

i should have look at your last post before making my last one but the nfz is a good thing to have for cuts,but i would make a round pin with just a pice of fence not big just enough for her to walk around ,and put it in the yard with the other chickens cover the top so they dont fly in or out...

you can get a sav at feed store called nitrofurazone or nfz it is slime green and it is the best thing to keep the infection out i use it on all my stock and myself some time and it is cold when you put it on so it numbs the cut a lil

i think my silkie dislocated her leg a few weeks i have tryed to help her best i can she is still eating and drinking so i dont want to give up and put her down to soon

she is 4 months old

i have a silkie chick that has done something to her right leg ,she wont walk she just holds it stiff out in front of her she is eating drinking all of that,the toes on that foot are curled up not spreed out like the other foot.i dont have the money for a vet so ,i want to do what i can and...