she had the bumble foot scab on the bottom of the foot (tiny as though), looked like she cut it on a thorn or something. But with the big infection i lanced it open and a bit of fluid not much puss. put a bit of benadine and gave her some of the roosters old bumble foot anti biotic, and wrapped...
I've been away for a while, and today when i went down to let my chickens free range i noticed one of my hens with a swollen foot. Shes walking on it fine and her habits are the same as usual, but she has this weird growth on her foot. One of my light Sussex roosters had bumble foot a while back...
The sling idea is great I'm gonna keep that in mind if somehow one of my hen's have health issues and cant stand up. I really hope she gets better its the worst feeling when one of your animal's is not well. My silkies are on medication for coccidiosis and one got a secondary chest infection...
Hey Fun Bird, Congrats on hatching your polish chicks.
We had a batch of silkies and the last one to be born also had spraddle leg and the bent foot. He ended up being born with weak muscle tone and couldn't grow or ever really walk after the first week. Feeding wise we gave them chick starter...
I have had my pet silkies on Sulpha D - Sulfadimidine (For parrot's but they get 6 drops of the stuff for their body weight.) since i noticed a change in their personality, physical appearance and appetite in the last 2 weeks. Around 2 weeks ago one of my silkies Andrew Ryan, lost a lot of body...