I just found all of your replies. Thanks for all the help. Though its kinda late now a little follow up: The chicken lived and healed on her own, there wasn't enough skin to pull together but she just grew some new skin under the scab, I just had to keep the wound clean. I am sure yall have all...
I just bought 50 mealworms to raise and they are growing fast in a tupperware container near the chicks. I was brainstorming feed efficiency ideas and came up with an interesting plan. Chicks and mealworms both do best in a warm and dry environment, mealworms eat rolled oats and chicks can too...
They look like like aphids or maybe they are in the same family. I would leave the wasp alone, if it is tiny it could be parasitic to the pests, if it is large it could be a predator of the pests. I don't use insecticides because predators reproduce much slower than pests so after the pesticide...
I have a hen with bumblefoot. I have separated her from the rest of the flock, cleared a large amount of the infection out and put antibiotics on the wound, there is still more infection (cottage cheese material) deep in her foot and I am worried that I might injure the foot if I try to get it...
I don't think that there is enough skin, its a pretty wide hole but I will give it a try. The edges of each side of the skin are pretty ragged and I have no antibiotics for the infection she will probably get but I guess that is my only option.
One of my boyfriends favorite birds has a very bad tear on the top of her right hock, I am usually the go to person at home for pet injuries but this one is too serious. It is so deep that the skin is separated from the muscle. She is popular with the roosters so it might be from them but it...