Hi ti clean with Betadine diluted 2x daily and put on dermaclens which is a healing cream. I am taking him back tomorrow. I cut away some of the black necrotic skin.Thanks for the reply
I have a rooster with a prolapsed necrotic vent. I took him to a vet 2 weeks ago I have been doing as told. It is looking worse is there any hope should I debride the area He is acting normally and eating well.
I have mum and Dad no issues there.His mother is not large but father is a very large boy. Thanks so much for the reply. Are there roosters that are genetically tiny , He is the tiniest heritage Rock I have had...
hi he is 6 months old I fed him chicken starter chicken grower and he is on 16.5% protein pellets now and gets protein in his mash. I have never seen a rooster so small or so undeveloped he has big feet and long legs tiny body. Thanks for the reply
I have a 6 month old Barred Rock no comb just long legs and big feet. He is tiny what is wrong with him..He is with his dad in photo. He was the only survivor in an incubation off eggs and he was given to me. They where from my eggs and father and hens really healthy.
I have a tiny Rock boy not developing what is wrong. He was the only one that survived incubation and was given to me.He is just eccentric too/He has big feet and long legs tiny body and no comb..Photo with father,I did not incubate the eggs.
I had 2 chicken in the same coop a few months ago one had a swollen head and could hardly close her eyes. I tried some ab's did not work sadly culled her. I had another that started sneezing a day later and sadly culled her. The others where fine till one 2 weeks ago started sneezing. I have...
I had 2 chicken in the same coop a few months ago one had a swollen head and could hardly close her eyes. I tried some ab's did not work sadly culled her. I had another that started sneezing a day later and sadly culled her. The others where fine till one 2 weeks ago started sneezing. I have...
Hi Rose I am sorry I threw it away. She is normal today scratching and eating has not laid. I have given her some Ivermectin on the back for worms and lice.
Hi I have a chicken that a few days ago passed an egg with really spongy shell/ She did not look well next day started her on AB's. She has become her normal self but last night passed this strange white long ? looks like intestine what could it be? She has not laid an egg since this has...
Yes it can over take an addiction almost I understand.Last year all the chicks I kept and did not sell with my Aracuana where pullets!!! could not believe it not a cockerel among them.I have found homes for all my boys too which has been great.My flock are all asymptomatic every morning I look...
Oh dear I thought you where in the States. Yes of course you would not have coyotes or raccoons. I have been to the UK such lovely country.Yes we have so many foxes here too. I was amazed when I saw them in London but they are in our cities here too completely urbanized. How many chickens do you...
Thanks for that. Yes my main flock are so free range I do not know where they are at times when I let them out we have access to acres surrounding our house in the country. The Plymouths have a big back yard.All is good at the moment no symptoms in the others. Yes free ranging does have it's...
I am so sorry for your losses. Yes it is heartbreaking losing birds that you have grown so attached too. I have 2 Plymouth Rock pullets from the flock with respiratory illness at the moment they are laying which I think is a good sign and seen the vet and on antibiotics. I am really fortunate to...
I have 3 other roosters they are adults 2 with my mixed flock and one Aracuana boy about 3 with my Aracuana hens some of those are pullets but all healthy never an illness they are not vaccinated it is hard to get vaccine in Australia you can only buy in bulk quantities not many breeders...
So sorry I did not explain it that well. I have 3 separate flocks. I have my Plymouth Rock and Aracuana and my laying girls. There is only a wire fence dividing them and the wind blows down and away from my laying flock.My laying flock all free range into paddocks have never had an illness only...