I gave my flock a small pea size dot of Safeguard paste about 6 days ago after seeing a roundworm in a dropping. My beautiful hen that I adopted last May, not even one year old, healthy, good layer, dead on the coop floor this morning.
It may mean nothing but beside her was a little larger pile...
Unfortunately these are random morning samples from different birds. We have been hit with more problems than I’ve ever seen after all of the hurricane force rains and humidity here in rural North Carolina.
This morning too we have a mite infestation. Ordering some electro PSP from chicken chick...
Noticed he was limping so we picked him up and noticed on the front of his hock joint that the skin is red and lumpy, but in the crease is a black Escher Bumblefoot looking scab type material that is very stuck on. we soaked in Epson salt and betaine covered with Neosporin and softened enough to...
This looks like a sunk- in thick bumble foot on the front of his hock. Been there months. Very “stuck”. We soaked several times in Epsomsalt and betadine, neosporin, was finally able to remove most of it, but it came straight back. The skins surrounding it is red and lumpy…have never seen...