Hello everyone,
Many thanks for your posts and responses. We got an antibacterial powder to put on the wounds and she had a drink but not much to eat.
This morning I took her to the vets and he said that with having bites in her thorax, the chances are she'll get peritonitis, but as she's...
Thanks for that. Blue Kote is not something we can find here, and antibiotic creams are not over the counter here. Would a cortizone one help? Or a mild antifungal?
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Last night the fox got my Silkie while she was free ranging but I managed to rescue her. She has a large puncture wound on the side of her breast where I can see right through to her intestines. She also has two puncture wounds on her back which look like they might heal, and has a few...
Thanks for your replies, I have a hunch they might all be males too. Though from what pics I find on the web, Barnevelders seem to have large combs and wattles, both on males and females. That is one of the reasons I have such trouble working this conundrum out. :-)
Hello fellow Backyarders,
I've reared 3 Blue-laced Barnevelders from Eggs, and I think one of them has just tried to crow. They are about 15 weeks old now, so I've either got to find new homes or a pot large enough for them. Question is, I don't see much difference between the three of them...
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Two days ago I introduced my 5-6 week old chicks (3 Barnevelders, 2 Legbar 1 Araucana) to the older chicks (" Brahma Bantams & 2 Silkies) which are 11 weeks old. I made a pen in the big chicken run last week so they had a chance to get used to each other over a week...
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I've just has success with hatching 4 chicks in our incubator and now want to set some more eggs. I have 5 lavender Silkie and some 4 Brahma Bantam eggs which I'm about to put in the incubator. I have heard that Bantams sometimes hatch earlier, so should I set them all at the...