Good news for owners of chickens with compound fractures of the leg! I was on a ride-along with my horse vet yesterday. We stopped by a house to do horse work.. and met the owners of a rooster who had broken his leg a couple of weeks ago.
They had gently cleaned the skin of the leg, and...
I have a 5 month hen who has had 2 months of respiratory problems and the antibiotics associated with recovery (teramycin, duramycin, Sulmet, Tylan 50). She has been lame for nearly a week. She is weak in the hip area. She takes long strides but cannot control her balance. She will fall...
I just read the post by Hunnybunny and it was quite explicit... her lovely rooster first began losing his toes to blackening. Then his foot fell off... black and dead. Her origional post title sounded not too DRAMATIC... ("roo with foot problems") I though there must be someone who would...
My husband thought he and his brother were nice big hens when he brought them home from the feed store a month ago. The brother was a bit aggressive and more sex oriented, thus, went back to the feed store. This fellow is not at all aggressive. He is chasing my favorite non- laying hen.. I...