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@Dawg, thanks for the information. I understand, too, from a practical standpoint that since most people have chickens to debug their yard, no one would want to debug their yard on purpose. What I'm not able to understand from your post, though, is if reinfestation could possibly be the...

Quote: Sorry for the confusion .. there was another post they'd started that had two up-close pictures of the wound in question. I replied to both, hoping they'd see them.

Quote: x2 --- You need to clean that wound like crazy, or you're sealing germs and dirt into her skin. The picture you posted, I think that wound is too old to stitch ... I'd use superglue, too, but you need to clean it a ton.

Are you sure you *should* be stitching this? The ends of the wound are already starting to heal. Without debriding, I'm not sure the wound is going to stay closed. When stitching, the most important thing is to make sure that it is clean ... you don't want to seal anything INTO the wound that...

I'm going to jump on the bandwagon here and admit that I've only got experience with tapeworms in dogs and cats, but considering the method of infestation being an infected flea that the dog or cat chews and ingests, is it possible that there are still tapeworms being reintroduced to your...

Quote: PS: Not saying this article is gospel or anything ... I'd just done a quick Google search about pox and if swollen eyes was a symptom, and this is the first thing that came up that happened to have them sort-of side by side as a comparison. Still hoping others will chime in, but yes...

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/common-chicken-illnesses-and-treatments.html

I might be off-base here, but my flock had pox a few years ago and it never affected any of their eyes. You say you have three out of your flock with eyes swollen shut? Something doesn't sound right to me. Pox are the raised bumps on the combs, legs, wattles, but your bird here seems to have...

I'm sure everyone would recommend to go bigger than you think, and make sure you are buying for quality and ease and not novelty or "cutesie," as I did. I've been lucky enough to have decent hatches with my R-Com Digital 3-egg Mini, but I wouldn't recommend it at all. Number one, it's small...

Yay! Good luck to the splayed leggers, too!

Thank you! I'd considered the yogurt as I figured they'd dig it, but I really didn't want to clean the yogurt off of 29 chicks. I figured it would be more mess than anything else. The apple cider vinegar, I'd read people then complain that they couldn't get the chicks to drink the water due...

Great job! And nice on the wallet, too! I hope your chickens love it! When is "move-in" day?

Hi everyone. I'm new to this, so please bear with me. From what I can find on research, pasty butt can be attributed to stress (shipped birds), not enough "good" protein in the diet, or too-high a temperature in the brooder. I've read to treat by cleaning the area gently, then adding either...

I didn't think they were a hatchery, but from what I could gather, they did all the footwork for me by using their local suppliers. I don't mind to pay a bit more: they weren't available anywhere else, and I was chomping at the bit for more d'Uccle chicks after hatching two of my own! I have...

Hi, guys! I'm so embarrassed of my brooder ... all your photos are so clean and pretty. It's been a rough day for these little ones, so I didn't want to disturb them too much for photos. I snapped a few pictures from the top of the brooder, but I tried to get some of everyone. For some...

Thank you, wegotchickens! I'm one of those math people that always thinks everything should be according to some sort of formula ... good to get advice sometimes that just says "relax and enjoy while you can." I'm so happy with these little guys and gals. I did so much breed research...

Do you ever get frustrated when you can't "word" something just right to find the answer on Google??! I can think of no better people to ask. I've learned so much here already, which is what gave me the push I needed to purchase some d'Uccle hatching eggs, and later to order day-olds. This is...

I don't have any hens with this problem, but I was just perusing the forum and wanted to chime in on something that I thought of when I was reading this. Is there any possibility that, whatever is occuring INTERNALLY, happens and causes the swelling, right? So now you've got this swollen sac...

The first two days or so after hatching, they may not seem interested in any food or water, but they'll "snack." It's good for them to get acquainted in this way, rather than being unfed until day three and then there's a panic at the feed and water station. (This has just been my experience...

Excellent! Thank you for sharing your positive experience, too! I was a little leary using them only because I'd never really heard ANYTHING about them, good or bad. Most people seem to use "the big three," (Meyer, Cackle, Ideal, or MyPetChicken which I think is Meyer) but I'm glad I gave...