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  1. mahabharat

    will topical antibiotics affect consumability of eggs??

    hey chicken friends! i can't find info on this specifically. i've tried digging around in the archives, but i might not be asking the question correctly for the search engine. if i put/spray a topical antibiotic on my injured bird, do i need to ditch 30 days worth of eggs (as i would do with...
  2. mahabharat

    fox attack, injured hen

    thanks! with the help of my middle 7 yo dd, i've examined the wound, clipped away the bloody mangled feathers and looked over the rest of the hen's body. she has a large amount of bruising under her skin, some crepitus when palpated, but i don't think there are broken bones... she has little...
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    fox attack, injured hen

    hello, on thursday we had a fox attack our free-ranging group of hens. found one carcass, and two piles of feathers. first pile (brown feathers) was definitely from the dead hen. second pile, white feathers, i couldn't locate that hen at all. we followed the trail of white feathers up the...
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    lost her head

    Quote: yes, i didn't think of that. dh leaves the house for work early in the am - i wonder if he could have scared it off mid-consumption... how do i protect the remaining 5 that roost in the tree at night? i can't catch them and can't reach them once they are up there. the other 6 birds...
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    lost her head

    only thing missing is the head. just like it's been guillotined.
  6. mahabharat

    lost her head

    i'm seeing lots of mentions of birds with their heads off after being pulled through the fence. what about a free-ranging chicken who was chased a bit (feather trail) and then lost her head, body left untouched? what predator wouldn't eat the body of a bird who was free for the taking...
  7. mahabharat

    duct tape on newly healed skin

    Quote: this was similar to my original plan. i have heard of folks making "aprons" for bare-back chickens from duct tape. but there is a huge amount of new, thin skin on the back of this hen's neck and i'm concerned that the roo will pull on the duct tape (when mounted) and continue to...
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    duct tape on newly healed skin

    Quote: this is definitely worth a try. no feather's to pluck - her nickname, since being scalped, is "bare-neck chicken"... i have lovely children. only concern with this solution is can the band-aid hold up to roo-riding? we'll see. thanks!
  9. mahabharat

    duct tape on newly healed skin

    ah! painter's tape! have that - will try that first. thanks. and my signature line is wrong. i have to fix that. i'm down to one roo and 11 hens, but i have a broody hen clamped down on 9 eggs, so i'm sure my roo count is about to go up. ralph
  10. mahabharat

    duct tape on newly healed skin

    howdy. back in june, one of my hens was scalped from ears down to shoulders on the back of her neck. she is significantly healed now (thanks, blukote!!!). however, the roo keeps climbing up on her. when he does, he holds on to the back of her neck and pulls open the newly healed skin. she...
  11. mahabharat

    one eye swollen shut

    most interesting thing is, it has stopped going through the flock now and only Big Boy (our really aggressive roo) has it. it resolved and then returned. he has some "light foamy" stuff in the corner of his eye and some puffiness, but no other symptoms. none. and it is not affecting his...
  12. mahabharat

    one eye swollen shut

    howdy all! the last week or so, there's been an odd sort of "illness" going systematically through my flock (12 hens, 2 roos). a bird will get up in the am with one eye swollen shut and over a few days, it gradually gets better (with no intervention from me) and then another bird has it. only...
  13. mahabharat

    Virginia

    oh! that's almost in my backyard! too bad i have so much going on tomorrow. or maybe it's good that i can't go!
  14. mahabharat

    My chickens are 26 weeks old, but one is just not maturing...

    she's a good size, has a great shiny feathered body, is interested in food (judging from the photo) and seems to be ok, not picked on... not failing to thrive, just moving at her own speed, maybe. good luck! i hope she does well.
  15. mahabharat

    Girls or boys??

    Girls.
  16. mahabharat

    Virginia

    hullo louden co! welcome, from fauquier co!
  17. mahabharat

    Hello from Henrico County, Virginia!

    welcome from NoVa!
  18. mahabharat

    Hi from Virginia

    welcome from NoVa! hope you are on the path to recovery. chickens are good for the soul. (and not just in soup form!)
  19. mahabharat

    Hi from Virginia

    welcome from NoVa! hope you are on the path to recovery. chickens are good for the soul. (and not just in soup form!)
  20. mahabharat

    hi i'm new here

    you post new threads under the topic you want. go to index, choose your topic and post there. the button is up on the far right top of the topic you choose.
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