Well I'm glad I did it. Got it off and a quick squeeze and Bam. More puss! It just looks like a giant hole of a toe. Sigh. There will be no function to it. More of a stub for balance and putting weight down. I sprayed thoroughly with vetericyn and an betadine spray. Packed it with Neosporin...
@kimberley848 there is still a little pi k around the edges and some splotches around her foot. It's hard cause it's the back toe. Like you described it's a very large hard scab. I might like you. Eventually pull it away to make sure it's fully cleaned out again and let it rescab.
We have had some up and downs. At first the swelling did not go down. So i went back in and sure enough another kernal popped out. At that point the her bottom pad started to swell as well. I went to blaines and picked up penicillin g. I did that for three days at 1.5cc the swelling went...
My whole coop is painted with exterior paint on the inside. Tough stuff. I have a poop board underneath the roost bar. I may have to go around looking for splinters and such.
With all this going on it seems I have some time on my hands. First spring clean is on deck.
I have three options to clean with.
Bleach
Disenfectent which says uses eucelyptus and kills bacteria and staph
Vinegar
Let me know your thoughts. Thanks.
PS we had bumblefoot
Well it happened folks. One year in and whinnie got the bumblefoot in her back toe. I ran to cvs did some research and extracted. Tried my best to comfort her and not inflict pain. It was a pretty bad case an likely will lose her nail. Now that we got through that. I was hoping some of you...
So they finally started. Some have been muddy, and or poopy. We are learning to lay in the nesting boxes. (we are slow learner's)
When we go wash eggs for use or they are really dirty. Do we use just warm water or warm water and Dawn. I have been using Dawn so far and washing by hand. Thoughts?
So I thought I'd have another month to see ife this but mother nature and Chicagoland weather had it's mind made up already.
I currently have two 5 gallon buckets with horizontal nipples as my waterer. I am looking for you expierence in Chicago and northern us on what is best to use.
Fish...
My flock was hatched may 20th. No eggs yet. Anything I should be doing. They have a wonderful coop and nesting boxes. I have everything setup. Anyone have some tips?
I have them on all flock pellets. I think it's 18% protein. Nutriwise from Blaine's.Going to keep them on that and do oyster shell when I see first egg.
Was looking at the chooks poop today and noticed this. Does this indicate worms? It's the white plastic shells almost. They look like shards of little plastic or something. New owner we are about 19 weeks old.
So the below picture shows how the girls have been sleeping. My large blrw seems to be at the head of the pecking order. She leads them all in at night and just some other things I've noticed. However she has been sleeping by herself and not on the perch board. Normal?