Thanks for all the great advice. Today I gave it a good cleansing with salt water and over all the swelling is a lot better since before the surgery. I'll keep you posted as I progress through this experience.
Just need your opinion on bumble foot. I performed the recommended surgery, but didn't get any infection out of the pad area from behind the scab. So I made the incisions between the toes where most of the swelling was and got out a ton of infected material. My question about about the pad area...
My plan was to breed the Brabanters but I decided to get rid of all roo's and just let the ladies enjoy their selves. My 4 brabanters have great personalities and I highly suggest having a few in your flock.
As for the quality, if you just want some funny and corky birds that you don't plan to...
These 2 little boys are a mixed breed between a Cream Brabanter (mom) and a Buff Cochin (dad). They got the muffs, mo hawk and V comb from the brabanter and they received the feathered legs and color from dad. They are just starting to crow. I would love to keep them but I really don't have the...
I used a piece of linoleum and they don't slip at all. Now there is a layer of straw on the floor at all times, so if they want to occupy their time by scratching in the coop they can.
Hello JeniKate,
Right now I'm just trying to get my new flock of cream brabanters together. At the moment I'm hatching out a few more eggs from my friends cream brabanter pair, that his neighbor showed in her local 4h chapter. I do plan on keeping about 6-7 to breed. Hopefully around summer we...