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  1. coach723

    Rooster ripped hen's skin right off (Graphic imagery)

    Seems good to me. I would be much more concerned with long term temperature drops. I play this game all winter with my donkey, how cold and how long it's cold (and if it's wet or dry), to decide whether to blanket him or not (he doesn't mind his blanket and will come to get it!), if it's a...
  2. coach723

    Rooster ripped hen's skin right off (Graphic imagery)

    I agree. If it's only freezing over night then you could put her back out during the warm parts of the day and only bring in when the temps drop. That way she doesn't get completely de acclimated to the outdoors making it harder to move her back out when ready. It really depends on what is...
  3. coach723

    Rooster ripped hen's skin right off (Graphic imagery)

    Honestly, trying to think like a chicken, is REALLY hard! No matter how hard you try, seems like they always find an innovative way to work around whatever you do. I actually had a bird hang herself in a less than one inch gap in my 7' gate where the hinge is. Never in a million years thought...
  4. coach723

    Rooster ripped hen's skin right off (Graphic imagery)

    I've had younger chicks 'escape' into the large run also. It's pretty common that they get beat up, sometimes killed. They are trespassers as far as the other flock is concerned. So once she's healed up, and then integrated properly, there is a good chance all will be fine. It is good that...
  5. coach723

    Looking for a cause of death for my hen

    If you go to post #7 in this thread, there is a link to a good image which shows quite a few pictures of various cancers in laying hens: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/unexpected-%E2%80%9Cnatural%E2%80%9D-death-necropsy-pics.1305670/ This image shows Lymphoid Leukosis on the left and...
  6. coach723

    Rooster ripped hen's skin right off (Graphic imagery)

    It depends on why it happened. Do you know if there was a cause? If there was a small injury, pecking, getting a comb caught on something, etc. then others would be attracted to the blood and continue to peck at it, making it worse. If you have a boy, he could have done it mounting. (If I'm...
  7. coach723

    Rooster ripped hen's skin right off (Graphic imagery)

    I used the antibiotic ointment until the scab was starting to flake off of the healed wound. It came off slowly from the edges in. The ointment helped keep the thick scab from splitting as she moved her head around. I did not use anything else (honestly I don't like blukote, it's messy and...
  8. coach723

    Looking for a cause of death for my hen

    It does look like some kind of cancer to me. Could have been a reproductive cancer that spread, I can't see the ovaries, so just guessing on possible cause. Some ovarian cancers can cause large fluid filled cyst like forms. They are so stoic and so good at hiding symptoms that I have found it...
  9. coach723

    Worried! Lash egg in nesting box but everyone seems fine?

    That looks like lash material to me. Which ever bird passed it may have a bloated and firm feeling abdomen.
  10. coach723

    Head injury

    I personally would try to clean that up by using warm, damp compresses, try to get it as clean as you can, flush it out with sterile saline or diluted betadine. Then apply some plain triple antibiotic ointment in and on the wound. Reapply several times a day as needed to keep it covered in...
  11. coach723

    Worried! Lash egg in nesting box but everyone seems fine?

    Sometimes a malformed egg or egg material is mistaken for lash material, they can look very similar sometimes. Usually a hen with salpingitis will not lay eggs anymore. Pictures of what you found that you thought was lash material would help.
  12. coach723

    Bumblefoot treatment went terribly wrong

    I agree with @Bsmac. If you don't start seeing improvement within a few days, or it's obviously getting worse, the next steps I would take would be to pack the wound with sugardine after cleaning and wrap (sugardine is plain white sugar mixed with a bit of betadine to make a paste), and/or...
  13. coach723

    Wry neck or broken neck?

    I do understand cost. But as said before, mixing yourself is far more complicated than you may realize, and very difficult to meet all their nutritional needs. If vitamin therapy improves your bird, then you will know that a deficiency is going on. That may be a result of insufficient...
  14. coach723

    Wry neck or broken neck?

    Where are you located, generally, in the world? Is a balanced chicken feed available? It's very hard to feed them a balanced diet by mixing your own grains, that provides all the micro nutrients they need.
  15. coach723

    Update to Sudden Death of My Flock

    It was ON my property. In my open chicken pasture. Thankfully it was mammalian, not avian, so very unlikely to affect my birds (though we were very concerned about possible rabies), and fortunately none of my other animals were able to get to it. It was in really bad shape and not able to...
  16. coach723

    Update to Sudden Death of My Flock

    If you go to the bottom of the page there is a "report bird mortalities" (it's in blue type) that you can click on to submit a form. I believe that form is still active. If you have test results that confirm bird flu, I would absolutely submit. If I found a large amount of wild birds dead...
  17. coach723

    X-Ray Egg What the heck

    Oh my, I'm so very sorry. :hugs I know there are no words that really help, but you did what you could, you couldn't have done more. At least she went peacefully and without suffering. I know you will miss her.
  18. coach723

    Wry neck or broken neck?

    Is there any possibility that she may have gotten a head injury? Silkies are more susceptible to head injury due to their vaulted skulls, and that could cause similar symptoms. I would do the vitamin therapy and see if it helps. Silkies are also more prone to wry neck from that as well.
  19. coach723

    Update to Sudden Death of My Flock

    Florida Fish and Wildlife has put out that bird flu has killed off many muscovy ducks in Florida, and says they are highly susceptible to it. https://myfwc.com/research/wildlife/health/avian/influenza/ I would send a report of the findings to the local Fish and Wildlife people. There is a...
  20. coach723

    Wry neck or broken neck?

    If you are using a selenium supplement, then just give a tiny sliver. It only takes a tiny bit, and that one you do need to be careful not to give too much. The b complex is very safe, and they can swallow frogs, so a pill is not usually an issue. If needed you can cut it in half, or you can...
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