I have cds hanging all around the coop. They love it. I hang heads of cabbage and mirrors too. My chicks are totally pen confined so i try different things for them to play with.
I only used the peroxide once. Ive since been packing the wound twice daily and cleaning a debreeding with wound cleaner and using neosporin. I wish i could upload pictures but it isn't embedding.
My white hen is acting fine but im noticing green coloring around her wound! Im giving warm baths every other day, cleaning with wound cleaner, boiling out with peroxide, packing with antibiotic cream and wrapping. Im doing this twice a day.
Awe thanks! I set the trap with sardines and nothing yet. My girls did lay 4 eggs today. They seem a bit more relaxed today. If one finds a way in after all i did yesterday i just dont know what to do.
Ok so I'm on my SECOND hen that has a severe neck wound. She's resting comfortably in my diningroom makeshift feather hospital. It's come to my attention it could be a weasel trying to suck their blood!! OMG!!
No organs exposed, like on her shoulder if you will. The muscle is exposed. Looks like its just ripped open. I have tried and tried to upload the picture but it won't upload.
I just dont know. I cant figure it out. And the other feathers strowed around the run from the other chickens are confusing me too! She's resting good, ate her treats and pooped good. I changed her bandage before I turned the lights off. Im thinking i'm going to do another warm bath tomorrow...
I just came home to my Ethel with a HORRIBLE injury! I noticed this morning lots of feathers all around the run. She was not hurt then. I saw a clump of her feathers with flesh holding them together. I grabbed her up, took her inside, gave her a warm bath, plucked the feathers around the injury...
My "Savanna" did the same thing last week. I blamed it on the heat. She also has cut back on egg production. But most of my girls have. Some days i get 4 eggs other days i get 1. I just put them all on a higher protien scratch as they were just wasting the pellets and this perked them back up.
One of my hens have been just laying on the ground the last two days. Ive inspected her for possible egg bound, excess mites, no runny nose or eyes. All checked out fine. No bobos. I dont know how old she is but where I got her they said approximately 1 year. She'll get up and eat and drink. I...