Yipee! :weeHooray! :weeI am so happy to hear the screw came out.
Your girl is no longer screwed!! :lol: Lets hope that screw won't cause any other chicken any grief. This was the perfect outcome! :ya You have made my day!!!:celebrate
I don't know. They put metal hips and knees and bolts and screws in humans every day of the week and it turns out alright. Why can't she live with a screw in her? I just thought to use the endcutters to snip off the pointed end of the screw, not the entire thing up to her belly. Please keep...
Poor girl she looks hot and not happy to be isolated. I don't know what you had to cut the screw. I would have used "endcutters" and just snipped it off in a second. But, you have to do what you feel is right. If she is feeling well, eating, drinking and pooping normally you may want to...
Sorry, didn't mean to get off track. I think I'd cut the screw off close and watch her closely. If you have antibiotics treat her. That's all, I think she will be fine. Especially if she's acting normal now! :hugs
My son was fly fishing in the wind and got his own hook in his eyelid. He was 8 years old at the time. It didn't hurt him but Dad freaked and he started crying. I told Dad to shut up and back off! The hospital was near, they cut it off and pulled it through. Lucky it didn't puncture his...
You and I may try that, but I'd say most people would be a little too squeamish to do that on a chicken without anesthesia. . . What say you @BellaLunaTick ?
Yes, chickens do eat metal. Someone posted that she lost almost her whole flock from eating screws. . . some construction site is where she put her run and coop. It's here, you can do a search for it. :confused:
I would definitely cut the screw off. If the screw is not galvanized it will rust away. Happens with fish and hooks left in fishes all the time. Not sure about the lump. If you have a small syringe and needle, like for insulin injection, swab the spot with alcohol and gently insert the...