A peahen had a sinus infection so I took the drive to the avian vet with the rooster in tow.
The vet said not to cut his foot being so close to the bone. He said his hands are tied due to new government regulation on chicken ns and antibiotics(go figure). So the only medicine that he was able to...
Treatments not working, no change in 3 days. he eats and drinks just fine and is happy enough. I won't be putting him back till the infection is gone or I chop his toe off.
But Seriously are you saying staph only affects the foot pad.......??????
Someone want to give me advice on cutting into...
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I cut away most of the dead tissue, cleaned and wrapped him up. He is quarantined in a cat kennel to restrict movement.
What else can I do? Antibiotics?
That stuff is horrible.
I used it the other day also, somehow I'ts all over the sleeve of my leather jacket and it won't come off.
Gloves are a must! Because scrubbing and paint thinner are useless...
Hi, thanks for all the speedy replies!
To give more detail.
So, they could be hiding some eggs during the day, or they just might not be laying yet. They are all still pretty young and even the ones that are 22 weeks might have a couple more weeks to go. Are they really red in the face...
Hi,
I have production Red hens that range in age from (3)18-(3)22 1/2 weeks and I haven't gotten any eggs yet.
There are 6 pullets and a 1 cockerel.
Our coop is 8x8 and 6 feet high, The hens usually only go in if the cockerel goes in first.
One thing though is that my chickens free range...