Recent content by klmclain1

Do a search for swollen feet on this site. I doubt they're "frozen". There are other things that can cause this.

You can kill the mites...but the scales have to shed and regrow to be flat again. That's not going to happen in two weeks. At this point, I would hope your goal is to kill the mites (dip the legs in oil to smother the buggers) and make the chicken's comfortable.

Have you wormed them recently? I really don't know where to tell you to start except to look for parasites, or related symptoms. That's usually my starting point.

Patiently waiting for results!

Are you SURE it's from the heat? My girls have been tolerating repeated days over 100. I do have some bushes and they hang out in the shade of those, but no overheating issues. I'd be checking for something else.... so sorry.

I have 4 BAs and 3 white leghorns. The BAs are so docile that they will sit there and LET the WLs pick their feathers. 3 of my 4 BAs have bald necks and one a bald chest. We've started segregating them a night (when they're normally in close quarters) because I think the majority of the...

My first thought was that she had ticks too, but they fell off after feeding. At this point, if I were you, I would watch closely for any other symptoms and in the meantime see if the swelling goes down. You might want to find a dust for ticks and dust your chickens and their coop. Just like...

Hmmm..from that last picture, it sure looks like there are still kernels in there. If you gently pinch it between your thumb and forefinger..and feel a bump or two, you'll need to go back in. This time from the top.

I believe (if you do a search here using keyword like chick and crooked neck) this may be a vitamin deficiency. Give it polyvisol drops without iron. But do the search first, I've not had the issue - it just seems to me that I've seen this in the past.

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How long will you be gone? It can probably wait a short while, but not too long. And as for cutting and pushing everything out... that swelling between the toes...it probably should be cut from the top. My girl had a big X across the bottom of her foot, and slits on the top between the toes...

I wonder if she's older than you think??? Mix some of her regular feed with some canned cat food. If you can separate her for awhile, do so and give her nothing but pedialyte to drink for a few days. Get some polyvisol without iron and put that in her pedialyte/water too. She's got a nice...

Could it just be a small abcess? Maybe a splinter got in there or something. I'm pretty agressive, but I would sterilize a needle and poke it if it's soft and squishy. See what you can get out and put a little neosporin or blukote on it.

If I were you.......... I would buy LIQUID Sevin, put it in a sprayer (diluted according to directions). Completely clean out your coop of all bedding - being sure to DISPOSE of the bedding - like in a plastic bag and off it goes with the garbage. Then spray the daylights out of the entire...

First, if you have blukote, I would spray it just for good measure. THEN, dissolve an aspirin in her drinking water. It will help with pain. Keep her in a quiet place for a day or two. She's probably in shock.