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  1. Khavilah

    Am I doing the right thing by amputating my roo's toe?

    I did it! I did it and I cauterized the thing and he's resting and oh my heavens, this was terrible for everyone. But I think I got all the infection when I clipped the rest of the toe off. I'll post a picture of the toe bit if anyone wants to see it. It's nasty.
  2. Khavilah

    Am I doing the right thing by amputating my roo's toe?

    I also just picked up iodine, anti-bacterial animal wound spray, and Rescue Remedy.
  3. Khavilah

    Am I doing the right thing by amputating my roo's toe?

    As far as amputating supplies go, I have: New scalpels Cornstarch Cutco kitchen shears (supposed to be able to cut a penny in half) Cutco kitchen knives (sharpest I've ever had) Hibiclense Towels A steady hand Only a slight panic at the sight of blood Non-stick gauze pads Medical tape...
  4. Khavilah

    Am I doing the right thing by amputating my roo's toe?

    My polish crested roo, David Bowie, got baling twine wrapped around his feet (I still don't know how they manage to do this) and really managed to get it wrapped tightly around his middle toe. After we removed the twine, he limped a little for a while but seemed ok. Then I noticed his toe was...
  5. Khavilah

    From Broody to Incubator - temperature question

    Pip has been inside and is doing very well. Ate and drank today. All 15 outside chicks have been with the other two broody mamas (the Sister Hens, I'll call them) since this morning and Beyoncégg wasn't in the coop tonight. I'm not sure how to feel about that or what to think.
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    From Broody to Incubator - temperature question

    Well, shoot. The one from last night that I slipped under one of my hens is gone. I feel terrible. I searched the straw in their nesting area but didn't find it. :( And I tried to put the one that hatched this morning under the hens and all three rejected it with vicious pecks. I'm guessing...
  7. Khavilah

    From Broody to Incubator - temperature question

    I think I will try to slip this one under a hen tonight. I really would rather the hens raise them outside instead of me hand-raising them inside. Even if no others hatch, I am happy for saving one.
  8. Khavilah

    From Broody to Incubator - temperature question

  9. Khavilah

    From Broody to Incubator - temperature question

    I hear peeping from the incubator! No eggs pipped yet, though, but yay! I'll keep staring at them until they do!
  10. Khavilah

    From Broody to Incubator - temperature question

    Well, we had a bit of an issue today. Buffy was off the clutch of eggs and was setting in another shallow nest with one or two chicks under her. The eggs were cold like she hadn't been there for a while. I took all of them and candled them and put ten of them into the incubator. I wonder why...
  11. Khavilah

    From Broody to Incubator - temperature question

    Oh my gosh, thank you so much! I'm so nervous that I doubt the stuff I read on my own as in "oh shoot, what if I misread and I have the wrong temp and these all die?" First time new-chick mama here. Nervous as heck. Chickie got off her nest today and left six eggs. I candled all of them and...
  12. Khavilah

    From Broody to Incubator - temperature question

    Started up the incubator last night. It's reached an even 100 degrees as of this morning. I'm not sure if I'll need to use the egg-turner, though, but I'll move them around by myself if necessary. Also, we started yesterday morning with eight chicks, lost one to drowning (I have since removed...
  13. Khavilah

    From Broody to Incubator - temperature question

    ...my first time with an incubator and my first time successfully hatching eggs under a broody (predators last year ruined that run), and I just want to make sure I don't unintentionally kill a whole bunch of chicks in the eggs. I already did that with the one egg mentioned in that accident...
  14. Khavilah

    Well, this sucks. (Alternatively: How Panic + Mareks Research Affects Everybody)

    Well, the turkey in question is about two years old, and he was wobbly (because he was so large) but was able to walk and make it on his own. His legs aren't deformed from what I can see, and I can't see any visible injuries or twists or anything. He just now can't walk and his legs don't seem...
  15. Khavilah

    Well, this sucks. (Alternatively: How Panic + Mareks Research Affects Everybody)

    I will check those out more throughly tomorrow; I have worried myself right into a bout of nausea over my flock and any kind of research I was trying to do wasn't very helpful or productive because I was tied up in knots. And my neighbor has been researching too, supplying me with update texts...
  16. Khavilah

    Well, this sucks. (Alternatively: How Panic + Mareks Research Affects Everybody)

    (It's poor quality because it was dark and I was panicking.) It's as if his leg is seizing and he wasn't able to walk today. He stood for half a second and then fell again. He ate well and pooped normally, and I made sure he had food and water nearby. No visible injuries.
  17. Khavilah

    Well, this sucks. (Alternatively: How Panic + Mareks Research Affects Everybody)

    Earlier this year I had one sick chicken with leg issues. I googled for Mareks and didn't see specifically the kind of leg issues she was having. Well, she died. Shortly after, I found a hen with her legs stretched out and curled toes, dead. And now my turkey is flopping around with one leg out...
  18. Khavilah

    Knock-kneed at 3 months

    Well, she died last night. I don't know why but I guess it's a relief since her legs weren't getting any better. She was active and "running" with the flock at dinner time just yesterday... no signs of predator or injury. She just ... just died. I found her under the straw in the chicken house...
  19. Khavilah

    Weird wild duckling

    Read through all the updates. Hoping for more!
  20. Khavilah

    Knock-kneed at 3 months

    Hey, thanks for the info on those supplements. She's been an indoor-at-night chicken this past week and it seems to be working out ok. I bring her in for the evening feeding and take her out in the morning. Her legs look like they're twisting more now, though. Before I put her in the box...
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