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well i don't know if people stopped being able to see this post, or just lost interest, but i ended up not giving any oral antibiotics. but i did wash out and disinfect her wound daily for the first 10 days or so, and applied vaseline and some bandages to keep the area clean. she was...

some more healing photos i think she is good at this point right? is this enough healing to integrate her back with the flock?

Here is her progress photo from last week. I will try to take another in the next few days.

Well just providing an update on here. I did not give her antibiotics orally. I did clean the wounds every day for probably the first 8-9 days or so, and then applied a mix of vaseline and vetericyn plus on there, and put a sterile pad on top of that, and some bandage work. Princess was not a...

oh got it. dont know much about trapping didn't realize that type of trap broke legs! anyhow back to the original question - does she need antibiotics?

do you relocate or dispatch them?

he is super skiddish. we were outside during the first attack and ran over and saw him and he booked it hard. whenever he sees or hears us he takes off very quick.

we're outside typically doing yardwork, and let them free range while we're outside with them. this is 3x over 2 years. on this occasion I went inside to wash my hands, and chat with the wife for a bit before wrapping up and putting them away, and literally saw the fox run out while I was...

So yesterday was our third run in with a local fox. He hasn't killed one of our girls yet, but came close twice. Yesterday was another close call. He bit "Princess" - an Ameracauna who is 3 years old twice. While she is not in critical condition, I think her injuries are more than mild. She...

I'll have to watch her closely to see if other chickens could be plucking feathers. I use a powder normally for the chickens (permethrin i think?) currently for mite control, but maybe I can do more there. If anyone has further suggestions let me know, I'll do some more reading here.

Here she is. Princess. Still eating and drinking normally. Seems to behave fairly normally outside of this continual molt, but she's never molted like this.

I've got an odd problem with our 3 year old white Ameraucauna. She hasn't layed in a couple months - which I don't expect during a moult. But she has started moulting much ealier than my Rhode Island Reds of the same age - and the weird thing is that she seems to be continually losing and...

Just to close the loop here.. the girls ended up being fine far as I can tell. The swelling went down in a week, I don't know what caused it. Eyes stayed clear. Nothing strange in their ears. It's a mystery to me.

Thank for the advice! I will have to check out their ears. I'm assuming other than debris/mites I'm looking for anything atypical? We have the normal ventilation that the Omlet EGLU. There are no circulatory fans or anything, just passive ventilation. Shouldn't be excess ammonia - the wife...

I've got a few rhode island reds that are 3 years old, and one araucauna. they all have this symptom of swollen looking eyelids (not really impacting vision) and occasionally shaking heads. i don't see any discharge or eye bubbles. we're on day 3. things don't seem to be getting much worse or...

sure yeah I can do that. I thought it might be better to post in an existing thread for context. But i'll submit a new thread if that's the preferred way here.

Pics of our chickens. The first to get the symptom was Princess (the aracauna) but it seems like she may already be starting to recover without treatment. They are eating/drinking fine.

I've got a few rhode island reds that are 3 years old, and one araucauna. they also have this symptom of swollen looking eyelids (not really impacting vision) and occasionally shaking heads. i don't see any discharge or eye bubbles. we're on day 3. things don't seem to be getting much worse...

I was strongly considering necropsy. I was very curious what those rock hard lumps were. I didn't do it though, I had a really hard time even doing the culling. Maybe next time.

We thought we were out of the woods with Lara, but unfortunately as fall and winter approached her condition deteriorated again, and quicker than last time. The first sign was really her balance seemed off, then she started the penguin walk. Eventually I isolated her and made sure to give her...