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    Need help re-introducing a hen to the flock

    One of my girls was injured several months ago. She almost died and was about to lose her leg. I was able to splint the leg, heal the wound, and now she is healthy and walking again. She was living for several months in a small dog kennel in my basement while she was healing. Her leg is not...
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    Broken leg - when to amputate?

    I found this amoxicillin dose listed on medi-vet.com: Birds For susceptible infections: 1. For most species: 150-175 mg/kg PO once to twice daily (using 50 mg/ml suspension) 2. 100 mg/kg q8h PO 3. 100 mg/kg q8h, IM, SC, PO 4. Ratites: 15-22 mg/kg PO twice daily; in drinking water: 250...
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    Broken leg - when to amputate?

    That I did not know. I have seen waterfowl without a foot before (1 footed Canada goose) so I assumed she could survive with one leg. That answers that question. How about the amoxicillin? Dose?
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    Broken leg - when to amputate?

    My post is only about 1.5 hours old; not sure why no one has responded, but all is the same as originially posted this morning. Just trying to find out if and when I should consider amputation of the leg to avoid systemic infection and also what the dose for human, liquid amoxicillin would be in...
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    Broken leg - when to amputate?

    Also - I have liquid amoxicillin. Should I give this and what is the usual dose?
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    Broken leg - when to amputate?

    I had an unfortunate accident with one of my chickens. There have been many predators afoot lately and one got into the coop. My boyfriend and I set a leg trap (no teeth/spikes). Sadly, I was in a rush 2 days ago and had gone in the coop, the girls came out of the pen, and one of my girls got...
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    Two chickens and our rooster lost in less than 8 hours to a fox...

    I found the rooster feathers today by the edge of the woods. The only good news is that the fox met his fate thanks to a .22 and some very good shooting by my boyfriend. I kept the girls penned for 3 days and the fox came back the very next day after the attack. I am only allowing them out under...
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    Two chickens and our rooster lost in less than 8 hours to a fox...

    There has been a fox loitering around the area lately and this past Friday he got one of our smaller, young chickens while out free-ranging. That same day, we adopted a full grown, year old rooster to help protect the girls. Or so we thought. Today, we opened the pen at 10 am and by 2 pm, a...
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    Cat food, pine tar, blue kote, pecked chicken

    That's what I had thought as well. So I do the same thing! I open their pen gate before I leave for work around 5:30a and they stay out until after 7:30p. But the same 3 girls get their behinds pecked at. I am mostly worried about the little girl, lovingly known as "Curly" because of her twisted...
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    can i get a disease from chickens?

    The dust from the coops can get into your lungs and because there are also feces in the dust, this could lead to problems for people with asthma or allergies or those whose immune systems are compromised. There is also the concern of E-Coli/Salmonella, etc. that can be transmitted by handling...
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    Cat food, pine tar, blue kote, pecked chicken

    Hi, I have been reading as much as possible on this site about pecking order, pine tar and blue kote for pecked feathers/skin, and treating the pecked chicken with high protein supplements and cat food. I just have a few specific questions.... I have 3 pecked up chickens in a flock of 8...
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    Mash, Crumbles, or Pellets

    Thanks for advice on mixing mash with water - I can try that. I hope no body gets too upset here, but I can't say I feed them daily. I go out and fill their feeding container (it's like a big white bucket with a red catch at the bottom - I got it from the lady I got the chickens from) and then...
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    Mash, Crumbles, or Pellets

    al6517, Thanks, I am a pretty logical thinker and this post helps me much. I tend to think if they are hungry, they'll eat whats available to them, like it or not - so that was well put. I'm definitely going to try the pellets. Worse case scenario, they spread those all over too and I will...
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    Mash, Crumbles, or Pellets

    I just spent a little time reading through older posts about mash versus crumbles, versus pellets and people were saying there is better nutrient value in mash and that it is much cheaper than pellets (by 40% or so). So I guess even with waste, it may still be the same cost using mash as using...
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    Mash, Crumbles, or Pellets

    Is there a reason it is inside the coop? Ours is under the coop to keep it from getting wet. The coop is in a pen so it is not exposed to wild animals, etc. Just curious, maybe putting it in the coop would solve the issue?
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