Okay, I live in Ma. Its been below zero the past week and a half (aside from today& yesterday) we got 16inches of snow and then a freeze... Wile doing my daily check on the "chickies" i noticed that the one and only dwarf bird that is owned here (RUDY THE ROOSTER) had frostbite on his comb. Just...
I had yhe same issue, can i ask a question? When your hen was filling in with foot feathers for the first time, did the feet swell etc? My bantum is having a hell of a Time with hi first molt, he is in sickbay as i speak due to bumblefoot. I have 2 birds with that. And yes keep their feathers...
Hello I'm the woman that nobody responded to. It doesn't look like what I had going on. What I did was soaked him in pain salt for about 15 min three tim s a day, and in between I would use neosporin. Plain. No pain relief it's toxic. Seemed to work for the infections but his legs are still...
There are photos, please check them and let me know. I would appreciate it.. not all scaley raised bumps, I am soaking him and dipped him in oil for 5 min, then Dawn clean him, then dry it's. Task but he's my buddy.
So please, look again, are you SURE it's mites???
My Rudy is my Dwarf Bantum Red Cochin.. He, as a youngin, was spooked off his perch and lost his beak in the fall. Now, he has since healed up, completely, has been for a good year and a half now, needless to say he can eat but has a difficult time keeping his otherwise beautiful feathers in...
My Rudy has a bad I fection I saw him limping the other day and when I checked closer his feet were swollen. I took him into the house and immediately soaked him, cleaned his feet and legs, and what I thought was mites and has been treated for them, (poultry spray), seems to be an I fection of...
Yes, we thought of that also that she was being chased around the coop and paniked.. I will trim her lower beak. But she IS eating and picking up food and drinking.. I spend hours a day tending to her and she seems to be doing bettet.
Thank u for the advice it will be well advised and taken into...
Ok update.. she is doing great!!
The only thing that's bothering her and the thing I havnt gotten a Strait answer to is, when can I let her free with the other chicks? I let her go for like a half hr a few times just yesterday to see if they picked on her and she was cuddling on her cage mates...