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Hi everyone, I have hen who isn't being a good flock member anymore. I added a Barnevelder rooster to my flock of five Barnevelder pullets about two months ago, and he has integrated quite nicely. The girls aren't too keen on him mounting them but otherwise have taken quite nicely to him herding...

Any updates? How are you and your hen doing?

You're certainly hitting it with everything you have! I'd like another member to chime in on this... but, blu-kote is going to be something that may seal and stick for a few days. I think your vetericyn-betadine-ointment regime is good. You may even be able to get away with two of the three...

Alright everyone, another update... My bird is doing better. Her eye is now open most of the time. It's still red and watery, but seems clearer. I have decided against antibiotics besides the ointment I rub all over her eyelid twice a day. I put her in the run in a dog crate this afternoon...

Thank you, @MissChick@dee and @Kathy Golla! @sylviethecochin has really helped out by filling in everything I forgot and correcting me on the human analgesic. @johnnyreno66 this is scary. It was scary for me, squatting in my bathtub at 4:30am with a bloody chicken. Do your best! Chickens can be...

This is also fantastic advice. Get it at a pharmacy, it's the same stuff yellow stuff they rub on your arm when you get blood drawn. It doesn't irritate.

Hi there, Your poor chicken is in a little bit of a rough spot! I'm sorry this happened to you and your bird. That certainly doesn't look nice. First things, I'd cut away feathers from around the wound. They're going to have dirt and dust that carry microbes to get into the wound and infect it...

After doing some reading about swollen/cloudy eyes with discharge being a symptom of respiratory infection, I'm wondering if I should be worried about a Mycoplasma infection. Since I'm not going to be raising or selling chicks from my flock, I do not feel culling this hen is necessary. I am...

Hi everyone, I noticed today that one of my Barnevelder hens (of five) has one closed eye that seems a little swollen to the touch. She was in the nest box around 5:30PM taking a snooze, and when I grabbed her to put her outside I noticed the eye condition. Her comb/wattles are slightly warm to...

I have Double Laced Brown Barnevelders, and they are all pullets. My girls's tails took forever to come in, they're around 25 weeks and still have stubs for tails. I would guess roosters, based on the length and volume of tails alone.

Alright everyone, I've been busy with grant writing but I'm happy to give a final update on my pullet's status. After a week inside, she's bounced back! The five day antibiotic injections really seemed to make a difference, and she dined very well on tuna and scrambled egg. Her wounds were...

She's still perky! She is eating and drinking by herself just fine. She'll scratch and move wood shavings around her tote to make a suitable nest. She doesn't have a ton of room to walk around, but she seems to be doing alright considering how ugly her wounds are. She gets very feisty when wound...

I checked her after work, flushed the wounds with saline, and gave her an ampicillin shot. I think her back is looking alright, no huge changes there. I'm not sure if it is scabbed or just dried out. She still has a uropygial gland (something I was worried about) and likes to preen all day...

This morning she gave a few emphatic clucks when I went in the kitchen! I replaced her electrolyte solution and gave her some feed pellets soaked in water- she immediately started eating! Guess she was hungry... she wouldn't touch the egg. Maybe this is premature- how long until she can go...

I recently had a hen get attacked by an opossum due to my negligence. She has a deep wound in her back. Thankfully, the hen has seemed to have come around from being very weak and wan to being a little feisty. You should be able to get antibiotics for your girl from the feed store, or the vet if...

I came home this evening and irrigated her wounds again with saline, rubbed some antibiotic cream on them, and injected 6mg (3mg/kg dose) ampicillin salts dissolved in molecular grade water into her breast. She was very feisty during all of this, but took the injection very well. My partner and...

I couldn't believe the poor state the medication section was... it was pretty empty. Maybe I went before a restock, or it could've just been my local TSC. There is a local farm/feed store that specializes in large livestock care, I may stop there if I get out of work on time today. Otherwise, I...

An update, everyone! Overnight, she seems to be doing a little better. She's standing alert and gave me a few cursory peeps when I entered the kitchen this morning. I cut up and mashed some egg yolk, and added the electrolyte to her water. When I went to TSC, they didn't have the broad-spectrum...

Hello everyone, I am new to chicken keeping and would like to share what happened to me last night/this morning. I have five five-month old Barnevelder pullets living in a coop in my backyard. I live in an urban area and have been having a great time raising these chickens from day old chicks...