After looking into it a bit more and the fact that its the tops of his feet and in his toes, not to bottoms. I think you might actually be right with the frostbite. I feel terrible now! Ive given him a relaxing toe soak with epsom salts and applied an antibiotic ointment. Hopefully he heals up
Ah! Interesting idea. It was only like -14°C so I don't think frost bite? Unless he was standing in the pile of snow all night for some reason, I'm not sure.
No one else has this problem, I use wood shavings as bedding and If I'm being honest the coop is a little damp ! Not dirty by any means, But we had a late spring snow storm yesterday and some snow blew in through the ventilation system. It isn't dirty tho just wet. I intend to clean it out...
Hi everyone. So I have a chick here. He's about 3 weeks old give or take. He's been healthy. Eats sleeps and drinks like everyone else. Today I noticed he was spending a lot of time laying down( like, on his belly/chest) so I inspected him and found he has very swollen feet! They are hot and...
Hey everyone. So I'm happy to announce I just got My first incubator. Its been running for about 4 hours now on "trial" so I can see how it acts. So far ive had a problem with humidity. It kept dropping to around 30% (humidity in our house is basically 0 right now) and the temp was low. I read...
For all who were following! That little "song bird look-a-like" chick I hatched a couple weeks ago is still the cutest bird ever! She's feathering up nice and happy to say I'm 99% sure its a female 🥰 this is the ameraucana cross Australorp
Just wanted to share, during this crazy winter storm hatched out basically the cutest chick ive ever seen! Looks like a little song bird to me, and I'm in love! 🥰
Hi everyone! So, I have a hen who has been brooding for 2? Ish weeks now. Has a clutch of 8 viable eggs. She is an experienced and good mamma so I've mostly left her to her own devices. Well this morning I went out to do My rounds and found another one of my hens DESPERATE to lay in her box. It...
No smell and doesn't appear to be infected immediately under the wound itself. But. I'd say a good 5 inches diameter around the wound is very swollen and hard and red so, I think its a fair assumption there's some infection going on