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  1. citychicks99

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    If you have a dog cage or something to keep them together so they can see each other but not attack each other and keep her in there for about a week or two, that can help before reintegrating.
  2. citychicks99

    Is there no coming back from this besides going to the vet? Is my other option to put her down?

    Yes, this the one. Thank you!!
  3. citychicks99

    Is there no coming back from this besides going to the vet? Is my other option to put her down?

    That seems to be very common, when it rains it pours! We had something similar. Rats got in again in June, and I think they brought pests. One of my hens got broody and got lice. I treated everything but found lice eggs on her vent so I gave her a bath and retreated everything. Then I noticed my...
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    Is there no coming back from this besides going to the vet? Is my other option to put her down?

    It actually wasn't my idea originally to have chickens but they taught me so much and showed me the true colors of my family and how they treat those on the lowest totem pole. I'm also glad to have learned about sugardine. I told their new family about it and hope they continue to use it for...
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    Is there no coming back from this besides going to the vet? Is my other option to put her down?

    I changed her bandage on Wednesday before I re-homed them and her foot still looked swollen but it looked like it had less fluid. Her other foot started looking crusty too. The other birds are all healing nicely though. Most of them only need one bandage now. I gave all their supplies to their...
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    Is she better off here as a solo hen or in a new home as the weakest link?

    I ended up rehoming my entire flock. The guy brought his 3 kids and they all seemed very excited about the chickens. He also has a big yard closer to the countryside with other chickens and it sounds like he spends a lot more time with his chickens than I did. Jack was hiding in the nest box...
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    Is she better off here as a solo hen or in a new home as the weakest link?

    Thank you. There was a lot of resentment, especially since it was my brother and niece's idea to get chickens but they abandoned them when they realized how much work it was. I shouldn't have put this resentment on the chickens, it isn't their fault. I'll just vet the person to make sure they...
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    Is she better off here as a solo hen or in a new home as the weakest link?

    I've thought of having her as a house chicken. I do take care of a dog indoors. The only thing is, I thought she'd want to be outside and I don't like spending too much time outside.
  9. citychicks99

    Is she better off here as a solo hen or in a new home as the weakest link?

    I currently have a flock of 6 hens and after 4 years of chicken keeping, I've decided it's not for me. Although I'm emotionally attached to them, the time and energy to take care of them is overwhelming me, especially now that I have a hen with a case of advanced bumblefoot and necrotic toes and...
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    I think Poultry Cell changed their formula... Gave me a headache sniffing it.

    Ah yes, sorry, I thought those were minerals also.
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    I think Poultry Cell changed their formula... Gave me a headache sniffing it.

    Might be kind of hard to see, but the bottle on the left is the older one and the bottle on the right is the newer one. They have definitely made it more potent, which is probably what is causing the headache. Each ounce now has 410mg of iron vs 400mg. They've also upped the mineral content by...
  12. citychicks99

    I think Poultry Cell changed their formula... Gave me a headache sniffing it.

    I had a bottle of Poultry Cell from 2021 that I relied on any time my chickens didn't seem to do so well. It worked great and I thought it had a nice smell. I recently purchased a new bottle and when I used the two side by side, the color looked different (the new bottle was more oily) and the...
  13. citychicks99

    Is there no coming back from this besides going to the vet? Is my other option to put her down?

    Their Mama's name is also "mama" haha. I used the do the counting thing too when we had more chickens. I agree with them naming themselves. I have one that I call Wild Thing because she would rather sleep in the trees alone and do her own thing, but she's so smart and always able to figure out a...
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    Is there no coming back from this besides going to the vet? Is my other option to put her down?

    Thank you for your support, alinas2010. Haha, yes, they have the funniest hair. This was them with their mama and brother (who I was unable to keep) when they were pullets, and I thought they looked like a rock band.
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    Is there no coming back from this besides going to the vet? Is my other option to put her down?

    I'm not great with names. When I talk to her, I just say "hey girl". I adopted her mom when she was 1, who then hatched her and her 2 sisters. They're usually all together and I have a hard time telling them apart so I called them the 3 sisters but individually, her name is Girl 1 (her sisters...
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    Is there no coming back from this besides going to the vet? Is my other option to put her down?

    After sleeping on this last night and based on what I'm learning about antibiotics and bumblefoot, I've decided not to try anymore antibiotics after Baytril. I read that there's infection in necrotic tissue so I'm going to try sugardine on all the areas that's infected, including the necrotic...
  17. citychicks99

    Is there no coming back from this besides going to the vet? Is my other option to put her down?

    Ahh yes, I'll have to figure out the dosing for each antibiotic. Have you had any luck with sending in a sample to a lab to try to figure out what strain of bacteria it is? I didn't realize staph had so many strains. Although, thinking about what you said about antibiotics, it sounds like...
  18. citychicks99

    How to vetwrap a very small chicken's feet with curled toes?

    Ahh ok, if it won't do much then I'd rather not add more stress than needed.
  19. citychicks99

    Is there no coming back from this besides going to the vet? Is my other option to put her down?

    I was asking Chatgpt about it and it said that the high iron content and other minerals can bind to the antibiotics and make it less effective. I'll just give that to her in the evening with the probiotics just to be safe. It looks like hardypaw.com sells all 3! Fix Sulfa 960, Fix Cin and Fish...
  20. citychicks99

    How to vetwrap a very small chicken's feet with curled toes?

    She's currently 4 years old. I got her when she was 1 and her feet were already like that. She does sit but doesn't walk on her hocks. She just stumbles about clumsily and is a bit slow but can still move around. It's already permanent. Would b-complex do anything at this point? I'll still give...
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