Recent content by Ruby243

I had to cut quite a few feathers off about a week ago as they were so mucky, but after soaking and drying it looks okay, but quite sore and red looking around the vent. The odor was quite strong which wasn't present last week. I also had removed some off the rubbery stuff last week thinking it...

Hi, I have a 13 year old hen who has been getting quite a mucky bum lately as she is quite large and fluffy, however I have noticed today there's a strange rubbery yellow substance. I bathed her but the yellow stuff is stuck to her like a scab but very soft and rubbery and seems tender. Have...

Hi, I recently re homed a couple of 3 year old silkies. When I collected them I was told that one has some troubles walking, and that they took her to the vet who said it was likely due to splayed leg as a chick. However she doesn’t seem as perky as the other silkie… lies down a lot and tends...

Hi, I have a 13 year old hen who seems quite happy, however she has recently developed something I have never seen before. When she walks, she looks as if she has something stuck to her leg or is tripping over a stick. It’s a funny leg movement/ trip in one leg when she walks. She’s quite a...

My hen has a long history of bumblefoot… she had it for a while in her foot pad last year with two failed attempts on antibiotics, however it seemed to settle. Recently she has developed it on the end of her toe… I have been daily Epsom salt soaking it for a little while, along with wrapping it...

Hi, my hen has recently developed bumblefoot right at the front of her middle toe on the pad. There’s a large scab and slight swelling/ redness. I have removed the scab a couple times and not found anything. I have also been soaking the foot for 15 minuets most days. I removed the scab today to...

Hi, I rescued a male duck last summer and got a younger female to keep him company, before rescuing 2 other ex egg laying females. They all got along very well until suddenly the male got very fond of the younger duck. She now will spend the whole day on a rock, as it’s the only place he can’t...

I have a very similar problem right now, just wondering if you have another update on how your duck is doing?

Oh wow, what kind of symptoms stuck with her?

We took her back just before Christmas and they said there was nothing they could do (they’re not very trained in poultry problems), so suggested putting her down or trying some more antibiotics (amoxicillin I believe?) which is 7 day treatment orally. I don’t have a picture of her footpad but...

My x battery hen had a case of bumble foot in September, with a black scab on the bottom of her foot which was drained of puss but deeper infection was stuck inside. Since then the swelling has moved from the base of her foot (which is now healed) to her upper foot/ ankle. She was limping very...

I’m at a point of having to try all options with my hens prolonged case of bumble foot. She has no scab anymore and just a swallen foot with trapped infection, and after a a weeks worth of antibiotics from the vet, they have given us no other options. I read online an ointment with silver in has...

The above picture on the top is her foot currently. We’re in England, and the vet gave us a ready made solution with the exact amount (2ml per day). It was a liquid solution which didn’t give a measurement of water to be mixed with:/

Yes there was a scab at the bottom of her foot which popped off without effort and lots of puss poured out (photo attached below after cleaned). The wound healed nicely but the swelling spread. The antibiotic is amoxinsol? We’re waiting to be sent the new batch and I don’t have the last one...

my ex battery hen caught bumble foot in September, and after a failed surgery the swelling appeared on her upper food/ ankle. She went through a weeks worth of antibiotics last month. We took her back to the vet today (not a poultry vet) who suggested putting her down but I thought I would try...