I have several Muscovy mommas hatching clutches right now. 7-8 each! I want to give my friend some of the new hatchlings but not sure how Mom will react. Any advise?
So I ended up bringing her to the vet. He said we needed to amputate the wing because all the flash was necrotic and it was just none. That she was in a lot of pain and it should be cut off to prevent potential infection. She died during the procedure. Thank you everyone that tried to help.😢
I was actually reading on the least painful ways of removing the chrotic tissue. I have a chicken that, long story short, has quite a butt of necrotic tissue around her wing. I've looked up different ways to remove that tissue and they all seem painful especially when you can't use topical...
Necrotic tissue rotting on wing, rooster was constantly mating her, I put a saddle on her and apparently did not see what was happening. At some point it came off and I figured she had poop on her wing. It's NOT poop!😬🥺. Is there anything I can do? The vet charges $800 to remove the wing.
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I need to treat my boy fast but I don't know where to get canker treatment. Do I need a prescription? I don't think I can wait days to get him treated. Somebody gave me three different medications to look for and one of them came in a fish form or something like that. Does anybody have a link...
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What baffles me is how fast they took the dead babies while we were working right there! I'm trying to find a couple ducklings. We don't really have neighbors. The one neighbor has 5 dogs and 2 outside cats. But their yard is fenced in. We have random fencing around the yard. Predators could...
Actually, I think what happened was, I was outside at the time saying goodbye to my parents. Whatever the animal was took off leaving them there. Except one. Then, I went straight to the backyard. They were all, except one, dead. I picked them up and I put them side by side while I looked for...