Discovered that one of my hens this morning had flystrike on a wound a bit below her vent. We've cleaned and flushed the wound with soapy water, and picked off till we could find no more maggots, then applied Iodine.
She was in the bath, with the wound underwater, for around an hour in total...
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I have a 4 yr old single female named Opal, who I'm fairly sure is broody? Lately, she's been being very... "flirty" with her toys, and I've noticed her frequently hanging out in the corner of the bottom of her cage for the past couple of days. She would come back up and want out though...
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We have an elderly Swedish Blue Drake that needs a new home ASAP. He's about 9 year old. His mate died a few months ago and as a result, he's become enamored with our chicken hens, which is dangerous to them. We'd like to give him to a good home.
Please respond and let me know...
Hello! one of our new five month old hens seems to have broken a soft-shell egg inside her. I pulled out what was sticking out of her vent and I’m not sure if it was a complete egg. It looks like an egg membrane, but it was long and slightly tapered.Maybe it was an incomplete egg?? There has...
One of my younger doves was attacked by a rat last night. He has a large wound on his neck, it looks like the rat was trying to bite through it. I'm not really sure how to go about treating it? He also has a small injury on his right bottom eyelid. It's really tiny so I'm not very concerned...
I have three Free roosters,Two Sebright/Mottled Cochin Crosses and one Mottled Cochin. They are all free, together or separate.
They are bantams so they are small. They are beautiful and lovable.
All are tame and have different levels of friendliness.
If you're interested in adopting one...
Hi, I am almost 100% sure one of my bantam hens has a compacted crop. I have no idea how long she has had it. She acts almost completely normal, except for an occasional weird head bob. I have tried massaging and holding her upside down. She made these strange burp noises but nothing came up. I...