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    Calcium for possible egg bound hen

    I ended up giving her about 100 mg of the calcium as close as I could guess from a 1200mg gelcap and soaked her in awa bath. She seemed a little better. Pushed Gatorade every couple hours. She did pass some pooh. Still lethargic. Sitting still. No appetite. I could not feel any egg blockage...
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    Calcium for possible egg bound hen

    have a human calcium plus vitamin d absorbable liquid hell capsule, 1200 mg. Can it be safely given to a possible egg bound girl. Cannot get her to a vet until tomorrow.
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    need recovery advice from dog pack attack on small mixed flock

    Just an update for the thread... My beautiful roo Hercules was recovering from his injuries...but after the day outdoors, calling for his flock for two hours, his recovery turned downhill. Another trip to the vet...he crashed while we were there...blood test....then oxygen mask, heart...
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    need recovery advice from dog pack attack on small mixed flock

    sorry for the late reply, it has been busy her the last two weeks ... I lost my araucana hen Sable...Sunday after the attack. The two worst survivors, a black jersey giant hen and my mixed buff orp roo made a trip to the only avian vet who would see them. Lets not mention cost. I have them...
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    need recovery advice from dog pack attack on small mixed flock

    My leghorn hen seems to have escaped injury, she's stressed but eating and drinking on her own and has laid two days in a row. Henny is small and managed to fly high enough to get out of harms way. We lost her sidekick Penny. After soaking and bathing, my aracauna hen Sable has multiple deep...
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    need recovery advice from dog pack attack on small mixed flock

    Starter pamelajy15 Joined: 3/2013 Posts: 17 online Select All Posts By This User Have two hens and a roo with major injuries from a dog pack attack. I have bathed them all in a providone iodine solution and treating all wounds with triple antibiotic topical. Most wounds are deep...
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    post trauma care from dog pack attack

    Have two hens and a roo with major injuries from a dog pack attack. I have bathed them all in a providone iodine solution and treating all wounds with triple antibiotic topical. Most wounds are deep puncture, all have one or two wounds missing flesh a quarter size(coin). All are have been...
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    need recovery advice from dog pack attack on small mixed flock

    Thank you for the links, and advice. My Jersey Giant is still in sad shape. I have washed her and given her a betadine bath. treated her wounds with triple antibiotic ointment. She has bite wounds on her back, unknown what is hurt internally. No punctures on her underside. Wings and legs not...
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    need recovery advice from dog pack attack on small mixed flock

    I have four survivors of a dog pack attack from a neighboring property. Lost six girls. Dogs chewed through welded wire to enter a 12 x 16 foot coop and run. One Leghorn, dirty, traumatized, but seems okay, one araucana, missing some of her feathers, limping but eating and drinking, black...
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    Hen or Roo?

    Thanks...that is what I am thinking as well. I think the chick will fit in easier as a new little roo rather than try to mix a new hen in.
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    Hen or Roo?

    This chick is being raised alone, indoors, until it is big enough to mix with the flock. Roo was a Buff Orp, hen was a black and white Araucana. Sadly lost both to an owl air attack. The chick has features of both, green eyes, araucana head, yellow legs of BO. Chick is beginning to make loud...
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    raising one chick-any chicks out there? ne florida

    This is the Roo, "Little Joe", I lost him to an owl attack. The other is the lone chick out of an araucana hen who was black and white. The chick is still being raised in the house. Trying to figure out if its a roo or a pullet...starting to make a loud call in the morning...don't know if...
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    raising one chick-any chicks out there? ne florida

    Thanks so much for sharing. The chick is doing well. Still inside, watches tv and calls to be held. going to be very spoiled.
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    raising one chick-any chicks out there? ne florida

    northeast florida...not much bychicken action here...
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    raising one chick-any chicks out there? ne florida

    Thank you for the advice... checking craigslist hoping to find a chick or chicks...around the same age.
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