Hi, my girl is still hanging on but very weak. She had maggots but I believe I got them all as of Thursday. Her wounds are healing...dry, but still black. No open areas or redness. But she is still extremely lethargic. I have kept her isolated since Thursday bc the other girls are picking...
The decomposing skin is about 1 1/2 - 2 inches below her vent. There are no feathers on that area - just that goopiness which could be feathers matted...not sure and I am nervous to cut it if it is actually skin. I will get a betadine or something similar. Would it hurt her if I inject a...
I did not see any open red sores, just the necrosis a couple of inches below her vent. Should I try to remove the black skin and goopy stuff or will that hurt her more...should I just try to let that heal on its own? I will continue to give her epsom soaks unless someone can suggest a better...
Yes, you are correct....it's definitely fly strike. Should I isolate her from the rest of my hens? I don't see a "cavity" or open sores like some other posts that I saw. So maybe I caught it early enough...but it is digusting. Thank you for your advice. My poor girl. I am going to scrub...
My red comet has not been herself for the past week. I thought she may be egg bound so I bathed her in Epsom salt for about 30 minutes and massaged her vent area. I feel something hard but I'm not real sure what I'm feeling for. Anyway, I noticed her bottom is all black, raised and goopy. I...
This is the first year with my ten girls. They are in a 8x8 coop with insulation on the ceiling and some of the walls. The front of the coop (south side) is 1/4 hardware cloth about 1 1/2 ft long by 6 ft wide and a smaller on on the east side about 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 ft also of hardware cloth. The...
So, it's all over the news about the salmonella outbreak with live chicks from Mt Healthy. My chicks are from this breeder. I have 12- mixed RIR's, buffs, silver wyandottes and aracaunas. They all seem very healthy. I did notice my RIR's poop is aliitle yellow/greenish...but they are all...
Thanks for the tips...I never heard of hardware cloth - I will look into that. Is all this protection mostly for at night if the chickens are not locked in their coop? How do free range chickens survive? I plan on always locking up my chickens at night and wanted to put some type of fencing...
I am not sure what type of fencing to put up for my chickens. I am brand new at this and don't even have any chicks yet (waiting until spring), but building everything now. I am terrified of predators getting my chickens since I live in a very rural area and know that we have fishercats...