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  1. darlingdarla

    Urgent: post-amputation care, advice needed/I thought I would spend my Saturday doing this...

    I got home from an extended vacation about an hour and a half ago to find one of my birds hobbling over on one foot. Long story short, I bandaged her foot too tight and her toes turned black and hard, they were ice cold when I touched them and probably would have snapped off if i probed them...
  2. darlingdarla

    Bad leg wound turning black and scaly leg mites

    A week and a half ago I inspected my chickens legs and saw signs of scaly leg mites. No big deal, I've treated them before, they're just sort of on my property. I rubbed their legs with Vaseline and oiled down the roosts, I also dusted the coop with permitherin dust in case there were any other...
  3. darlingdarla

    Worms? *with pictures*

    I found this dropping about a week ago. I could see some red coloring so I picked it apart, I thought it was shed intestinal lining but it was distinctly worm like and held together as I poked at it. I'm about to get a dog and don't have money for a fecal test, I will in a few weeks but for now...
  4. darlingdarla

    Canker sores in old hen

    I found a canker sore in my six year old EE hen's mouth today. She is exhibiting mild respiratory distress and general unhappiness, although she still active and has a good appetite despite choking on most of her food. I'm fairly certain it's canker, yellow cheesy lesions in her mouth, and the...
  5. darlingdarla

    Cornish hen uninterested in food, hiding, and lethargic

    Yesterday I noticed my cornish hen's beak looked funky, on closer inspection it is bloody and cracked, the tip is bent upwards slightly. She was eating and drinking so I left her alone. Today when I let the flock out she just didn't seem normal, and when I went to feed her she showed a complete...
  6. darlingdarla

    18 week old Silky/pullet or cockerel

    She just turned 18 weeks old (4-ish months, she hatched on July 6th), she is a Buff Silky bantam and not a very nice one at that. She has always been very antisocial, hates being picked up, hates being petted, hates pretty much everything but her Mille Fluer d'Uccle pullet sister. I've never...
  7. darlingdarla

    Very swollen leg, feather cyst?

    I don't know what this is. This d'Uccle hen had a bumblefoot infection which I removed, it all went well and she is nearly healed up, she'll be out of her bandage in a couple days. Now she has a pretty large mass on the side of her leg where her feathers are, I'm thinking it's a feather cyst...
  8. darlingdarla

    Six week old Silky and d'Uccle chicks

    I think the Silky is a pullet based off her personality, but I know they can be tricky. As for the d'Uccle, she's scruffier looking than my adult d'Uccle was at her age. She's very sweet and has always been friendly. I have a hunch she's a cockerel but I still feel like she's too young to know...
  9. darlingdarla

    Alternative bedding for month old chicks

    I raise my birds on paper towels and this usually works pretty well since I put them outside around 4 weeks old. This year I ended up with two chicks, and I'm keeping them inside for a bit longer because my silky developed wry neck two weeks ago (she's greatly improved with vitamin E...
  10. darlingdarla

    Silky chick twisting her neck

    I noticed this behavior yesterday, but decided to give it a night and see if it went away. It didn't and here I am. This years chicks have been a mess, it's been one problem after the other. My Silky chick is twisting her neck to the side, usually after she shakes water or feed off her face...
  11. darlingdarla

    Weak chick and worm-like poop

    These chicks have been one of the most stressful experiences of my life. This is my third time with baby chicks and I thought I would be able to handle anything, I was very wrong. Our shipment got lost in the mail, three chicks were dead on arrival and the two survivors were weak and lethargic...
  12. darlingdarla

    Chicks came, three dead and one with pasting and swaying on her feet

    Our chicks came today, three were dead in the box and only two made it. One seems fine but the other has severe pasting. I think I delt with it and she pooped once. The poor things are huddling under the heat lamp now. The one who dosen't seem right is a buff silky bantam, she has pasty butt...
  13. darlingdarla

    Something weird inside egg

    Found this inside one of my five year old Easter Eggers eggs, it looks like a screwy membrane or something but I've never seen it before.
  14. darlingdarla

    What is the cheapest water soluble antibiotic?

    In mid February my two year old dark cornish hen started gaping when I handled her. She was still eating and drinking and otherwise appeared healthy (other than minor leg mite infestation which I took care of easily). I started trying to ease her symptoms with VetRx, which did nothing. She...
  15. darlingdarla

    Infections on deformed chicken feet

    When Rapunzel arrived in the mail I noticed something off about her immediately, she would stumble around and fall onto her back anytime she tried to move. I thought she was still getting her bearings after hatching and spending two days on a mail truck but on closer inspection I realized that...
  16. darlingdarla

    Two year old hen with lump in abdomen

    There's a small lump in the left side of my hens abdomen. It's easy to feel when I pick her up, it's about the size of one of her eggs. It's a hard lump and it dosen't seem to be hurting her at all when I feel it. She is a d'Uccle bantam and she turns two years old in July. She has never had a...
  17. darlingdarla

    Limp got worse after bumblefoot removal

    About a week ago I noticed one of my four year old hens limping. Upon inspection I found a small bumblefoot scab on the bottom of her right foot, four days ago I removed it, I've done this many times before. I soaked her feet in warm Epsom salt water to soften the scab and I cut around the scab...
  18. darlingdarla

    Crusty foot and mild respiratory problems

    My cornish hens foot has crusty raised scales and appears a bit swollen, the other foot looks healthy it's scales are smooth and shiny yellow. She's not limping and dosen't act like she's in any pain but it's nasty looking, I'm going to get pictures today. My first thought was leg mites but one...
  19. darlingdarla

    Choking hen

    One of my Easter Eggers choked this morning. She's done this once before, as I was watching her eat, suddenly she'll start coughing and wheezing with every breath, gaping and sneezing regularly. Before it just went away after a few hours, but it's lasted all day this time. I'm worried about...
  20. darlingdarla

    Falcon attack aftermath: little interest in food, acting dazed and slow

    A falcon attacked my flock on Saterday, it scratched up two of my five year old easter egger hens, it didn't seem serious, both had superficial cuts on their combs and faces and I couldn't find any injuries on their bodies, but one of the hens is acting very wrong now. I went out today to feed...
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