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    Bandaging a leg

    it seems I'm not done yet with this poor guy. The back wound has healed up very well and is just a small circle now compared to what it was. The leg is another story. It has improved a LOT and he is walking on it, limping less. But it's still a bother for him and the abscess is still there...
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    Bandaging a leg

    So back to the vet today and it looks as though the leg is mechanically ok. It seems he had a pretty big abcess just above the joint, likely from a puncture wound (the raccoon's tooth or nail) that took bacteria into the muscle. She withdrew 3 syringe fulls of thick, milky fluid from his leg and...
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    Bandaging a leg

    Fracture or sprain, I guess as you say, it will take some time. I can't afford xrays to be honest, to find out which. I've already spent $250 at the vet as it is and just walking in the door on thurs will cost me $70. He is a bit better today because I diligently kept him from jumping on top of...
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    Bandaging a leg

    Thanks for the pics...yes I did have him in a sling one day when he was having a particularly bad day a few days back. A pillow case suspended over a laundry basket did the trick. He was tired that day and actually dozed off but when I tried putting him in it the next day he was restless and...
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    Bandaging a leg

    also he has been getting aspirin for 5 days but vet suggested that shouldn't go for more than a week. I give him a 1/4 of a regular aspirin twice a day. hence the vet appt to maybe get some meloxicam. I don't think it's broken...nothing sticks out or looks oddly angled and I would think if it...
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    Bandaging a leg

    I was a bit concerned about wrapping for that reason also but was trying to think of a way to ease his discomfort. At night I help him get into a comfy position lying on the good side and towel bunched under the bad leg to rest on. He stays the way I put him. If I don't, he stands all night and...
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    Bandaging a leg

    So my beloved Roo is recovering from a raccoon attack. Everything is going well. Vet helped me pull him through the worst of it. Wound on his back is healing beautifully and he's active, preening, eating and drinking. The problem I'm left with is the leg. Initially it was quite swollen, so much...
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    Help...collapsed chicken

    That sounds great! Selenium helps them to absorb the vitamin E. So if you don't have any selenium capsules just feed a lot of foods high in selenium...egg and tuna are excellent. My rooster also lost weight from not eating...they get so uncomfortable from the flystrike it stops them eating. So...
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    Help...collapsed chicken

    I just finished dealing with a case of flystrike in my rooster. Don't use Polysporin...anything sticky or gooey will attract the flies and encourage the maggots as they like a moist environment. You need to keep the wound dry. Bathe daily and flush out the maggots. Hydrogen peroxide is okay to...
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    First time dealing with a broody hen.

    I had an egg eater as well. There is a concern with them teaching the others about it so you need to act. The first time she got into the egg eating I got her away from it for a few days and she seemed to forget and go back to normal. Then she started up again a few months later. I put her in a...
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    Rooster behaviour

    I'm trying to think back but I think he was okay with her before the egg eating isolation. Until recently he seemed only interested in mounting the little brown bantam that was his favourite. I did once or twice see him mount one of the new RI's but I haven't seen him mount either Joan or Jessie...
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    Rooster behaviour

    Thanks everyone for the replies. I'm new to this so I'm eager to learn. A year ago I got my first hen from friends. I was to get 5 because they were downsizing but I wasn't totally ready but this one was being picked on badly so she came to me a month before they other 4 arrived. They are R.I.s...
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    Rooster behaviour

    Got a young roo some months ago and he is quite easy to handle. He seems to treat his hens nicely and really looks after them. One of the hens is one that I had several months before he came along. She has always been a cuddler and would run up to me and squat looking to be pet. For some reason...
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    Egg Eater frustrations

    I have a Rhode Island Red that started eating her eggs. I tried to check frequently to get the egg without any luck. But at least she only ate her own egg and didn't touch the others. Then she started eating everyone else's egg as well. At this point I brought her into the house and she has been...
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    Canadians check in here....

    I buy grit at my local farm store
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