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    Thin shelled eggs

    Hello All Sorry to be raising another thin shell post but none of the other posts quite fit my situation. I have 4 hens, 3 brown and one white. They are all escapees from the large free range hen breeding unit behind my property (they are massive barns rearing from very young chicks to point of...
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    Hen with poorly foot

    Good morning all My two girls that I have been treating have been fine and seem free from bumble foot. Their dressings came off a couple of weeks ago and I have been checking them with, so far, no signs of recurrence. The not so good news is that I found a very small bumble on another hen...
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    Swollen foot

    I followed advice from MarlaMac and LaFleche and soaked the foot in epsom salts, sprayed with purple spray then put drawing salve on and dressed it with a dressing and blue vetwrap. I did this for at least a week and eventually was able to tease out the "kernel" with some tweezers and gentle...
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    Hen with poorly foot

    Final clean and dress for Hazel I think, or should I dress her for a little longer? Shadow's (I was calling her Fatty because of the terribly non pc song from the 70s "Hey Fatty Boom Boom, a reference to her waterbelly giving her a very large rear. I should really stop as it might give her a...
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    Hen with poorly foot

    As Marla says, it would be better to start a new thread. There are such knowledgeable and helpful people on this forum they will guide you through it. Marla, LaFleche and Eggcessive and others I can't remember at the moment have been so helpful to me with this and other problems. I would...
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    Hen with poorly foot

    Thank you LaFleche and Marla. I am happy that I'll soon not need to dress Fatty's foot. I think she should be fine soon. This is what it looked like yesterday. ------------------------------------------- On taking the dressing off Hazel's leg, her scales came away and were very crumbly. I...
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    Hen with poorly foot

    Will do thank you Marla. I'll take pictures of Hazel's foot tomorrow. I tried to see if I could get anything out from under but again, what I thought was infection turned out to be tissue which bled slightly. There was no swelling in her foot, unlike Fatty's foot which was horribly swollen. I've...
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    Hen with poorly foot

    Hello again Yes, I have checked roost bars and the ramp and all very smooth, no splinters. They are free ranging so no way of knowing what they might be encountering. Lots of hawthorn hedges etc. I think I'll carry on with straw. It is the disinfected stuff that comes in large bags specifically...
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    Hen with poorly foot

    Hello Marla and LaFleche latest update, I have stopped soaking Fatty's foot and just clean with veterycin, purple spray and dress with antibiotic cream now. I think she is close to being left alone. Mind you, I'm having to drain her more often now so not sure how much longer she has. She is...
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    Hen with poorly foot

    Thank you.
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    Hen with poorly foot

    Thank you.
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    Hen with poorly foot

    Hello Marla Cleaned and dressed her foot again yesterday and got one very small bit of dark fibrous gunge out. There appeared to be some more white substance in there but on close inspection I think it is tissue forming. I will continue soaking and dressing with antibiotic cream every other day...
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    Hen with poorly foot

    Thank you again for all the advice and encouragement. It has been a big learning experience for me and has prepared me for future infections. I'm not sure that drawing salve I got worked all that well. I bought something advertised as PRID but only has one active ingredient which was echinacea...
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    Hen with poorly foot

    Well thanks to all the help I really feel I have finally got somewhere. This is the third wash and clean out since getting back from holiday and have her the usual soak and then squeezed round the hole and something quite solid came to the top and I was able to pull it out with the tweezers in...
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    Hen with poorly foot

    Thanks Marla Thank you, we had a great time with family. A lot of driving for us but nothing for you I'm sure. Yes, the salve had dried up so I gave her a full 20 minute plus soak in Epsom salts. I will swap to antibiotic cream tomorrow and see how we get on. I'll ask a farmer friend about the...
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