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So I have a Pekin thats not quit a year old and she's been blind her whole life. However she always kept up with the other birds so I keep her around. Now I'm pretty sure she has terrible bumble foot. I tried to cut it out myself last night to no avail. She ended up bleeding a ton and seemed...

I noticed my khaki hen had a completely crusted over eye the morning. I immediately brought her in the house in a clean tote with straw. I filled a syringe with warm Salk e water and alternated between rinsing the eye and holding a wet clothe to the eye. We were able to get a part of the scab...

Hello all, One of my hens has been sitting on her first best for about two weeks now. Her best is inside a coop she shares with 3 other campbells and 5 pekins. The coop is 8x4 feet so I'm wondering if this is enough space for her to hatch her ducklings. Im thinking about building a box on the...

Well we ended up putting her down ourselves. After talking to the vet the chances of her recovering were not looking good. Sounds like she was healing then her fracture couldn't hold and just broke. I think she had poor genes. It was hard to not think of her as a pet because I had spent so...

I know I've already called a vet. She is one of 14 others that we are raising for meat so my boyfriend wants to harvest her this evening but I've worked so hard to heal her I don't want to stop now. The vet I just talked to said he would have to remove the protruding bone the sew her up. I'm...

Thanks everyone for responding. But I just found something on her leg that I haven't seen before. Just where her leg becomes feather it is very swollen and something is sticking out of her skin. I'm scared it is her bone. If it is which I'm pretty certain it is her pot leg has been broken this...

Mommahen I will give that I try as soon as I am able to find. I live an hour and a half from any kind of town which has made this a little difficult. I give her oregano from my own garden even now and then but mostly I just try to keep her happy, comfortable, and healthy. Amiga, I was for the...

Well my duck is still lame and can barely put any weight on her injured leg. Swelling has gone done considerably. Now it's mainly the "knee" hock joint that is swollen and her foot a little bit too. She doesn't use her wings any more but can hobble with a severe limp. I've been observing her in...

Her pad on the bottom if her foot is scabby and dry. They are meant for eating so I'd like to do anything but an antibiotic.

So my 5 week old pekin hasn't been able to walk for 5 days. Her right leg is very swollen and she can't put weight on it. Is tried epson salt compresses, extra niacin, and water therapy. It is still very swollen. Here are some pictures. I'm going to look into a vet tomorrow. Has anyone seen this...

I've been feeding her a combination of all purpose chick starter and grower pellets. Every now and then I put an electrolyte/vitamin supplement in their water. My local feed store is closed but could I get a niacin supplement at a health food store possibly?

As of yesterday morning one of my 5 week old pekins refuses to walk and is leaning on her left leg. She keeps her right leg out from under her and can't put any weight on it. It doesn't appear to be broken but there is swelling. She eats, drinks, and poops but I'm very concerned. I've heard...

Thank you for the input everyone. I really appreciate it. I switched their bedding to straight straw for now. I also unplugged their heat lamp because it is plenty warm in the house and put a little fan near their totes to get some air flow going. I just noticed a few minutes ago that their...

Well I also have khaki Campbell's and runner ducklings that are just fine. I keep one pekin duckling with the Campbell's and runner because he is so small and I just noticed he is starting I have some sort of reaction as well.

It's around 80F and I use a mix of straw and cedar chips. I change it in the morning and evening but they get it pretty dirty in between. I'm moving them to their coop/run this week and starting to let them hang outside in the run tomorrow because its finally warm enough. I stopped using the DE...

My two week old ducklings are having some skin issues. First it looked like They had wet feathers and I assumed it was from mites because I was getting bites on my hands after handling them. I put diotanaecous earth in their bedding and rubbed sum on their backs and increased their water play...