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@kiss thank you for the advice, it is muchly appreciated I will give the information a thorough read over and hopefully give it a try, powdered form was the only product o blue kote they had and they were very explicit on telling me it was a poison. To be honest I'm highly disappointed in my...

@Bruin, I'm in Australia and its about a 45min drive to my closest feed store, but they told me they only sell a powdered form and if I used it I would kill my roo, at first when I asked for blue kote she had no idea what I was talking about but refused to sell it too me and after what she told...

If you try egg again maybe try scrambles egg it reduces the chances of creating an egg eater, and if that occurs you have to be quick and watch your hens like a hawk or they get to them first :(

Just thought I'd inform all that I went to my local produce store to get some blue kote and they informed me its a poison, that putting it on a tree for example would kill it and that an alternative is just simple warm salt water. And not to use if you aren't %100 sure on dosage, weight, age and...

I recently had a dog attack my 12week silki bantam roo, his injuries were fairly servear, a half eaten wing and large tear in breast, I isolated him and had to feed and water him hourly, fresh bedding and a heater, I washed his wounds with warm salty water regularly, and made sure his water had...

I am very new to raising chickens but I do hear this noise from one of my silki bantam hens, I have absolutely no clue what it means, she was fine 2 days ago but it seems irregular although it is not hampering her daily activities. She is only 12 weeks old so I am wondering if maybe it's just a...

@bruin is this blue kote available in Australia and I'm sure we are out of the woods but what can I do if maggots happen to appear?

Also I forgot to mention key is only 12 weeks old

Key being his curious self also taken yesterday

Key on his supervised visits with his girls :) taken yesterday

I wish you luck tdayman with your hen, it was a struggle with key, every hour for the first two days I was feeding key, checking his wounds making sure he was hydrated, warm and that his area was clean, it was tedious work waking at ungodly hours, cleaning his wounds every chance I had and...

Well just for an update, key is making huge improvements, his chest wound has dried out and is no longer smelling of rot or green it is starting to look healthy and pink, his wing is giving him no problems and he is now flapping them away like crazy and dirt bathing, he is slowly gaining some...

If he survives he will be my little miricale but I will put him down if he is suffering and only if it comes to that.

Thanks heaps for the advice, I went on holiday too and asked mum to look after key while I was away I came back to a half starved chook, she had forgot to check on him and feed him so I have spent the last 2 days spoiling him, key has got some of his energy back and we put him with the flock for...

A good tip I came across on google is the "spa treatment" works a treat, hope this helps your poor hen :)

Thank you chickenlove6 for the advice :), I'm not to sure how my rooster (key) is coping his wing is healing well but I found another wound around his chest area similar to the hen (cream puff) although very large, I treated the area and hoped for the best, every 2 hours I hand feed him, clean...

Thank you I will check them out

Well that's very good to know :) as I have 2 speckled Sussex chicks to add to my flock. Your advice is much appreciated

No it's perfect, I'd prefer not to use chemicals, I don't really wish to give them anything I wouldn't take myself unless necessary

I am trying a little sugar water and scrambles eggs, what sort of vitamins and minerals should I be using