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Thank you both very much for the feedback. you basically told me exactly what I needed to hear. I was hoping there was something I could put on the back of her neck to deter and save the rest of the birds but I will keep the Australorp in isolation to heal the back of her head for several weeks...

Goooood Morning all. Another day in the life of a frustrated backyard chicken owner. I've had these buggers for 8 years now and I'll tell you, they must hold a monthly meeting to brainstorm ideas on how they can stress and confound their caretaker. The idea of owning chickens 8 years...

Even though we've owned chickens for about six years we recently had what we thought was our first worming of that with the flock. Since around last November the birds have had very runny droppings and very dirty bottoms. For a while we didn't know what was up. Eventually we figured out that it...

Since it's been over 4 months ....maybe even 6+ at this point I'd think if it were worms and gonna spread, it would have. I've got 5 birds so just a small backyard flock. Unfortunately with the warm season coming again broken eggs in the nesting box are a big issue. The smell is...

Bummer. I suppose I'll get to that in this coming weekend. Always a disappointment to lose what should be a productive bird. This is what every eggs looks like. Hard on the bottom and soft on top. I was lucky to get this one before it broke.

Hmmmm, does burnout go away or that's that? It's ok if it is, just gotta do what ya gotta do. I don't intend to treat for worms though. Cheaper and easier just to get a new chicken as mean as that sounds.

I have a particular hen that has been laying thin eggs for about the last 4 months now. It is starting to become a rough situation. Breaken eggs in the nesting box daily as warm weather approaches.......gross. She's only 2 years old this April so age shouldn't be an issue. There are 6...

Rooster no, dominant Hen that sometimes hitches a ride, yes. Thank you for the link on Mites/Lice, I'll take a look when I get home. But let's say it's from abuse. Should I worry about her winter hardiness (frost bite ect)? Any way to get them to knock it off on that spot? I am with...

This poor girls head has looked like this for about a calendar year. She endured one PA winter and I would like to give her a full 'head of hair' for this coming winter. Any advice on what's going on? Mites?? It hasn't gotten any smaller of larger in the year. Just that patch...

As long as she'll be able to withstand a winter without feathers there it's all ok.

I guess it's time i post a little update. 'Noodle' has improved tremendously. The antibiotic, Dakins Solution, and Castor Oil has done it's job. We are 15 days post attack now and there is no longer any sign of infection that we can notice. The wound is closing up but SLOWLY and we're...

This chicken thing is tricky!!! I've owned them now for 8 months and it's really been one confusing thing after another. Todays possible issue........So we go down to the coop tonight to collect the days eggs and we find 'Nugget' sitting in the one nesting box. At first I'm thinking...

Ya we are considering that and will probably go that route next week if she still isn't eating.

Little update. We're now 4 days post attack and she is still alive. It appears that we have the infection 90% under control except for 2 stubborn areas that are still weeping yellow a bit. We're still treating with Dakins (once a day) and a light touch of castor oil once or twice...

Got it

So how often should I used the dakin solution and castor oil?? Once, twice a day?,,,

Night time feeding and watering is done. The wound looks MUCH better then it did this morning after the Amoxicillin, Dakin Solution, and Castor. Like night and day. There is still a little pussy looking area at the bottom of the wound so we treated everything again. For dinner...

That's good and relieving to hear. I have to be honest, since this happened on sunday afternoon it has evolved at warp speed and I'm finding myself learning by the seat of my pants here as things develop. We've only owned chickens since May but its been nonstop learning and I'm just...

Ok.....that did not go well at all. I had zero luck finding Pen G in a timely manner so we just gave her 125mg of amocicillin which we will repeat tonight. We gave it to her in some yogurt forcibly. We then gave her about 3 ml of aspirin/electrolyte water. After that we washed...

well it appears as though penicillin G is not readily accessible for me. The Farm Bureau was out of stock and tractor supply didn't carry it. I may have to look into orally administering amoxicillin or something along those lines. In the meantime we're going to get the solution prepared and...