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...
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...
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...
i have 11 turkeys, there is something thats going though the flock, symptoms are slow, tired, hunched in and ruffled with being a little pale in the face
this is what their droppings look like
the 2 birds that are sick now are the 3rd set, the last 2 pairs that got sick recovered in 4-5...
i noticed one of my hens acting funny today, she had really foul smelling poo that was black and some blood on her rear, i took her in and noticed she had little bugs all over her, they look like little worms but with tiny tiny feet, they were forcing their way into her feather shafts and layed...
i have a sick GLW, shes lost alot of weight, is moving slow, had runs for a while that where green with white in them or just watery, and shes weak, she sits humped up and sleeps, lately shes been off and about a bit these last 2 days but still not super better
thinking cocci or ulcertive...
I have a 2 week old poult that is falling over and cant seem to walk well my bet is vitamin e defincency or a vitamin b problem, anyone have this problem before? I have her on plovyisol + vitamins in the water and now seeing some improvment after 18 or so hours, is there anything else i can do?
Well tonight i noticed rat droppings in the wheat i give my chickens and now i dont know what to do, 3 of my girls appear sick/not feeling so well also, i feed mostly whole grain trying to get away from soy, is there anything else i could use as the base in thier feed brsides wheat? should i...
just got them today from porters turkeys, they were a day late and we lost 1 sadly but 15 still going strong, heres a video my GF made of them
they are funny! they roll around and take little tumbles and climb over each other, its sooo funny
is it ok to feed chickens? my uncle works at a cheese factory and brought me over a ton of it to feed them, its 80% protein
i figured it would be good for them
thought i'd ask to make sure lol
1) What type of bird , age and weight: RIR, 3 years old, un-known
2) What is the behavior, exactly: puffed up, cold, holds head close to body
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms: about 2 weeks now
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? no
5) Is there any bleeding...
my RIR is acting off since yesterday
symptoms are, tired (sleeps where ever she is), slow moving, very very thirsty (she hangs out at water all day), puffed up and ruffled feathers and a pale comb/wattles/face and she is not eating anything i try to give her.
she is 3 years old, normally one...
ok one of my guinea males has a cotton string on his toes on the inside of his foot, we got the rest off but its still on these 2 toes and he wont let us help get it off or pick him up
what should we do? i was thinking a sedative so we could pick him up and cut it lose? its really starting to...
ok so a turkey was spotted on the road by my father coming home from work so my mother and i go down to take a look and turns out its tame, needed water and feed really bad and followed us home (we had some bread....what can i say? )
so i have chickens and guinea fowl and need to know some...
ok so yesterday i found one of my GLW's in the corner of the coop unable to stand so i bring her in and thinking it was botulism from something tried to give her a flush (molasses water) but she wouldnt drink and died a few hours later the strange thing is she was perfect 24 hours before that...
ok so one of my RIR's is sick again, this is the 3rd one and one of my GLW's had it too, i have no idea what could be making them sick at all and need help ASAP, the other 3 recovered ok all tho they had black tar like poo for a while.
anyway here is some pics.
she has no breathing...
2 of my hens (one GLW and one RIR) are acting puffed up and listless
the GLW has been this way for about a week or so now i didnt worry much cuz she was eating fine but now she only eats some treats (she wants lettuce the most it seems for 2 days now....atleast shes eating)
the RIR was only...
thinking about getting a sarp to help protect my chickens and house
i was wondering how i would go about finding one? are there any breeders in southern oregon/northern california?
are they good with chickens? will they do ok on 2.5 acres if its fenced in?
are they hard to train?
1) What type of bird , age and weight.
GLW, 1 year and 4 months, about 5-6lbs
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
not running with the other looks depressed tired and not ver energetic like normal and shes puffed up like shes cold also shes laying down alot more then normal
3) Is there any...