well my rooster (pumba) halfway broke his spur off at the base of his leg and its hanging on its really bloody but stopped bleeding i'm afraid if i remove it it will bleed more, any advice? i was thinking removes, if it bleeds coat it in flower or wound stop and then put some bluekote on it...
nutri-drench in the waters, 1 table spoon per gallon, dust for mites/lice (i use pro-zap poultry dust), give them a day or 2, the purple comb could be from blood loss same with the stumbling with a bad mite infestation and the sneezing might just be from the dust around, unless you can hear a...
if the chickens have a poopy butt they can get fly strike which is when flys lay eggs in it then they hatch, the maggots will then work their way in the hen and eat them from the inside out or outside in, its very deadly and if you dont catch it with in the first 1-2 hours can kill a bird, i had...
so my RIR cant walk at all, she was fine all though had a limp for about a week, i took her away from the flock to let her heal and relax but since yesterday it seems she cant move her legs well.
shes 4 years old, we use pine shavings as bedding and feed Modesto milling organic feed
atm i...
try a vitamin and worming them, maybe dusting for mites? all can lower egg production
how cold is it there? if it gets below 30 in the day most breeds wont lay well except orpingtons and wyandottes which are very cold hardy
try giving them some warm grain also like wheat and corn
here is my birds from Foley's, not all of them but what i consider the best breeders, 3 (a hen and 2 roos) are up in the air tell they hit 18 months as they dont have proper type yet so i didnt include them in the pics, also need to get a good pic of peaches and Shara which are my other 2 splash...
yea 1 hen can have them more than the others and some only come out at night, dust with prozap garden and poultry dust on her rear, under wings and on her back, give her a good vitamin and see how shes doing, dust again in 7-10 days
also i would worm your whole flock, use valbazen at a half CC...
i dont think so, her tail should be better formed imo, lacing isnt deep enough red nor is the pattern very good but she does have a good body type, i would wait tell shes older, around 18 months to know for sure, i'll post a pic of nala my best splash from foleys to show you a little bit better...
i'm sorry for your loss
best thing to do for wounds is flush 2-3 daily with a iodine solution, best thing for shock is sugar water or even better nutra-drench vitamins, these things have saved many of my birds lives
hope you never have to use any of that in the future but its here if you need it
oxine info: http://www.shagbarkbantams.com/oxine.htm
keeps their water cleaner than normal in the pond and keeps algae growth down, also prevents sticky eye and other problems.
it was a niacin problem i think, i put them on nutri-drench a good strong batch of it in their waterers and in an...
ok so today one of my blue runner girls is acting a little slow and like she can barely stand, when she lays down her head twitches or tries to move to one side and her wings will twitch
she acted 100% fine yesterday, they are fed a 22% chick start with added oats as they are not full grown...