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    Egg eaters!!!!

    Patty, I hope it works!! Also, small world-- I grew up in NH and we live just over the border in VT!
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    Egg eaters!!!!

    I believe the rooster started the egg eating along with a hen or two. Once we confined them, everyone started. I can't remember the exact measurements, but I remember when my husband made it, we had more birds then and we made sure they each had the suggested square foot per bird. We feed...
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    Egg eaters!!!!

    Thanks so much! Also I ordered fake eggs, so I'm hoping they work 😁
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    Egg eaters!!!!

    Thanks for the suggestions. I have to climb up a small slope to get to our coop and I'm pregnant, so it makes it hard to go out there every hour. I'm pretty sure as soon as the eggs are laid, they turn around and eat them. I try to run out there any time I hear the egg song though.
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    Egg eaters!!!!

    We've been getting burned out with our flock. We have 18 total (5 ducks, 1 drake, 1 rooster 11 hens) They are ALL eating the eggs. They get plenty to eat and drink and have enough supplements. The only thing we can contribute egg eating to is them being bored once we built a pen for them instead...
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    Advanced Stage of Bumblefoot

    He was attacking our children while free ranging, so we kept him in the area of our coop that can be locked up with the two drakes we were rehoming. As soon as we got a fence up for them to be in, he was with everyone else.
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    Advanced Stage of Bumblefoot

    The other thing I find to be really weird is the two drakes we had under with him didn't show any signs of having foot problems.
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    Advanced Stage of Bumblefoot

    Okay, I will soak again tomorrow. I soaked his feet 3 times tonight. He did not have access to a roost at the time.
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    Advanced Stage of Bumblefoot

    It does look like it, but it's been in the 40's at night.
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    Advanced Stage of Bumblefoot

    It does look like it, but it's been in the 40's at night.
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    Advanced Stage of Bumblefoot

    It must have been about a week ago that I noticed it. He has been on cephalexin since Saturday.
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    Advanced Stage of Bumblefoot

    I'm not sure how he would have gotten so bruised. It almost seems like his toes are dying or something. Before I started him on cephalexin, his foot was blown right up.
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    Advanced Stage of Bumblefoot

    He was "quarantining" with two drakes for about a week in the bottom part of our coop. Nothing under there that would do it. It was after his time under there that I noticed his foot. We had him under there to keep him from attacking our children. The only thing I can think of is we trimmed his...
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    Advanced Stage of Bumblefoot

    Per the Bumblefoot surgery instructions, I cut into his foot to pull out the infection. I don't know if I didn't go deep enough, but I didn't see anything that looked like an infection, even though the pad of the foot is very swollen and warm. Patched him up. What do I do now? I feel so bad :(
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    Advanced Stage of Bumblefoot

    It's been in the 40's at night where we live and we just got our first good rain.
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    Advanced Stage of Bumblefoot

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    Advanced Stage of Bumblefoot

    Our rooster started limping at the end of last week. I noticed his entire foot was swollen and his toes were darkening. I started him on cephalexin and saw some improvement. However, he is still limping and has not made any further improvement. I started to wonder if it was bumble foot. It...
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    Dangling toe!!

    I was thinking we could add a wooden piece to the floor of the coop to match up with the door to avoid this.
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    Dangling toe!!

    It's a wooden door on a homemade coop. My husband usually puts the chickens in at night- they have an enclosed but not night time secure pen. He said he really tries to watch out for their feet because he's noticed sometimes they just like to stand there when he's trying to close it. There are...
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    Dangling toe!!

    Thank you! I'm worried her toe got closed in the door without anyone realizing it. I will try to get some photos tomorrow.
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