I may be completely crazy, but here it is. The foot is dead. Black and shriveled up. The chicken, however, is eating and drinking and even moving around some with her good leg and wing. I had meant to cull her on Saturday, but a few things intervened and I haven't been able to yet. Here is my...
They are 4weeks old. There was no change this morning. The foot is still very blackish purple and limp. When I pick her up to clean it, the foot just flops around. It smells really bad. I'm thinking that one won't make it. The other one is doing fine. We have caught and killed two coons so far.
The only thing I have right now is hydrogen peroxide. I've been pouring some over the wounds several times a day. The swelling has gone down some, but the foot itself is still swollen and a purple/black color. What are the symptoms of shock? Should I maybe have a heat lamp on them?
Both chickens survived the night. They are both eating some and drinking. We also added some painkiller to the water. The worse one's foot has now turned completely purple. Otherwise they both appear no worse and no better than yesterday.
Very early this morning four coons visited my Cornish Rock Cross chickens in their movable pen. One died and I have two injuries. It looks like they were just scratched up real bad. One might make it, but I don't know about the other one. It is exposed down to the bone. What should I do with it...
Discovered an interesting article while researching red mites.
http://www.labspaces.net/110104/Entomologists_propose_pesticide_free_method_to_increase_chicken_egg_production
What does anybody think?