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    Barred Rock Rooster in Tyler, TX

    He went to live with my sister in law’s flock and is very happy there!
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    Friendly Rooster has begun attacking just ONE hen--help

    Good to know for the future!
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    Crossbeak hen—need advice

    Update: I trimmed Gabby's beak with clean toenail clippers and she tolerated it like a champ and it worked great. It was super fast and painless. And she is eating so much better now! I also soaked her feet in warm epsom salt water for 10 minutes, brushed the scales gently with a soft...
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    Friendly Rooster has begun attacking just ONE hen--help

    A happy update: My sister-in-law has a backyard flock and was willing to give our cockerel a try after seeing how friendly he was to our children and to all the hens (except Minerva). I took him over to her house, along with his favorite hen, his barred rock sister. The introduction to her...
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    Friendly Rooster has begun attacking just ONE hen--help

    Just to update on this situation for anyone interested: I kept our cockerel separate for 2 months in a small coop/run where he could still see the hens. Most of the time I would let him free range in the backyard, separated by a fence from the hens. Occasionally he would get smart and jump the...
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    Crossbeak hen—need advice

    Thank you for the great info. I did go ahead and soak her feet in epsom salt and scrubbed gently with a soft toothbrush, and some of the scales that were loose came off. Hers are in bad shape so I may try to do that daily for a while. I also slathered in coconut oil afterwards. Tomorrow I’ll try...
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    Crossbeak hen—need advice

    Thank you very much for the reply. I did follow up with ivermectin 10 days later. Had it written in my calendar and everything. I don’t know why her feet are not improving, and I’m wondering if I should soak her feet tomorrow in warm epsom salt water and then try to get some of the thick scales...
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    Crossbeak hen—need advice

    Gabby is my 1.5 year old Wyandotte. She has been a crossbeak from the beginning. She adapted well and is able to eat, although she is smaller than her sisters and always looks scruffy because of her inability to groom well. Recently I noticed one of her nostrils is completely occluded. I’ve...
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    Barred Rock Rooster in Tyler, TX

    I have a beautiful Barred Rock Rooster (5 months old) in need of a home. We bought him and 3 others (hens)as day old chicks and gave them to one of our broody hens, and she adopted them and raised them. We never intended to have a rooster and do not have a need of him. One of our best laying...
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    Friendly Rooster has begun attacking just ONE hen--help

    Thank you very much for your response! And to answer one question--the dominant Brahma is molting HARD and is very tired and withdrawn for the time being, which explains why she is not intervening. I will do what you suggested and keep him separate for a couple of months. "Separate" for our...
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    Friendly Rooster has begun attacking just ONE hen--help

    I have 9 laying hens and one Barred Rock Rooster. He was raised in our flock by a broody hen with 3 other baby barred rock hens. He is now about 5 months old and within the last two months has been mounting the girls but not being overly aggressive. He calls them to treats and is aware of...
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    Bumblefoot questions-Help please

    I have another hen, Helga, with (what I suspect to be) bumblefoot. Her back toe is very swollen, not the foot pad. Swelling seems to have spread a bit from the toe into the foot. Today we soaked in epsom salt, then I made an incision in the scab right beneath the toenail. This is the only...
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    Bumblefoot questions-Help please

    Thank you for your kind reply. We’ve lost a handful over the last couple of years but this is our first true predator attack. Devastating. I’m sorry for the loss of your chick—maddening to lose them so quickly! We have 4 baby barred rocks that mama stopped taking care of when they were only 4...
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    Bumblefoot questions-Help please

    Well, Petunia continued to make progress with epsom/iodine soaks. Swelling was way down, and she was doing great. Yesterday a fox attacked our flock in broad daylight after I'd let the dog (black lab) inside to cool down--we are in Texas and it's already blazing hot in the afternoons. My son...
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    Bumblefoot questions-Help please

    Update: We are on day 5 after initial incision and cleanout. We've done daily epsom salt/iodine soaks for 15 minutes, applied neosporin, sprayed foot with vetericyn spray and bandaged with clean gauze and vet wrap. Photos are from today before we soaked her foot. Today we soaked, then applied...
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