Appreciate this thread, especially nice to have brand and dose.
Wondering, do y'all manage to hold their heads & squirt into beak, or put it on food or in water? What works best for this? Any tips appreciated.
Oh! Also wondering if Equimax handles other types of common worms besides tapeworms...
Hello - have two geese that are always together, so not sure which one is doing this. Guessing is the male, who was recently in 7-day regimen of antibiotics for respiratory infection. However, it might be the female who is laying eggs and maybe having a repro issue?
Anyway, is a watery dark...
HI there -
So I had 2 geese then last year they managed to get a couple eggs to hatch before I snatched them up and now I have 2 ganders.... *sigh*
The youngster, Junior, is going through his first mating season, and has fought with dad a number of times while I have evolved ways to keep them...
Hi there - this chicken got attacked by a dog a few weeks ago and has visibly made a full recovery. Did have some neuro damage that was like a mild stroke that took a couple weeks to visibly get past.
Now this (see pics).
Am wondering if other birds bullying her or if is normal moulting...
Hi Pyxis and thanks. Fortunately the aspiration appeared minor enough for her to get past.
Have been crushing the antibiotic and anti inflam and mixing with a little water, then painting edge of her beak drop by drop to get it down when she lick-swallows. May try using technique you describe...
Hi all -
Well have a very sick Rhode Island Red. She had a prolapsed egg a couple years ago--which you folks walked me through--and had another two nights ago.
Got the egg removed, but complications. For one, it was my first experience with a lash egg. Finally got into vet who did not...
Right on thanks for info. She did manage to lay an egg that night or in early morning. And things turned around after that. She is earing and drinking now. Could egg have gotten turned around in her so was egg bound? Or some other egg issue? Am left wondering if it had something to do with...
Hello -
So had 1 of 5 RIR die about a week ago. Only 1y.o. in good health as far as I know. Suspected gander had killed her as he is obnoxious during mating season and he sleeps separate from hens at night because of this. Dunno if was him though. Found her at dusk by coop when went out...
Sounds good on gamebird feed. Have not caught anyone picking at her. Is not lice or any sort of parasite? That might cause her to peck at her own tail?
Hi all - Three of hens look like moulting but has been going on for a month or so.
One has this region at base of tail feathers where the feathers have been eaten away in some fashion. All that is left is the quill of the feather and instead of feeling soft, the base feels hard and stiff...
Maybe. That would make sense. Is there a corner in the tract, so an egg drops out of ovary and is near vent, then must proceed *away* from vent, go around corner and come back? That would line up with what I am feeling--thick vaginal wall to egg.
So can an egg sit for a while, a couple...
Update: took her to vet on Tuesday. She gave her antibiotic and anti-inflammatory meds.
Have kept her in twilight dark except turning on light for her to eat. Also put her on low protein scratch feed. Also putting a little Preperation H on vent 1-2x/day.
The good news is she did noy lay...
Hello -- So had a prolapsed egg situation with hen laying her first egg. Got that fixed and put her in low light solitary w/8hrs outside to prevent her laying (theory). Well next day she laid another egg and made injury far worse. And today she is trying to lay another.
Wondering what to...