Ainawgsd's farm chickens

[AinaWGSD]

Uh oh, pretty sure the Rose has bumblefoot. Her right foot is swollen and she's limping ever so slightly. Naturally, she's the most flighty chicken on the farm!

 

[AinaWGSD]

Ah nuts! It's double bumblefoot

The right foot is by far the worst

But she has a scab on the left foot too.

I only brought enough bandage material for one foot, so we cleaned and wrapped the right foot. Tomorrow I think we'll go out during daylight and do a longer soak and a more thorough cleaning. Not looking forward to catching her up though.

 

[AinaWGSD]

Well, the left foot actually was very rewarding. The right foot is gonna be a headache. I think the infection is all thick cheesy stuff, I got some out but its still super swollen.

Also, we lost a buckeye pullet to a freak accident. She was fine this morning, and I'm pretty sure she ran to greet us with the rest of the flock. But by the time we got to the gate she was down, just a little flapping. Best guess is she broke her neck? I went ahead and brought her home to process her. She was so close to laying, maybe next week.
Only bright side is that she was one of the pullets I wanted to cull anyway. And she dressed out beautifully. I forgot to get a weight before processing, but she was 3.8lbs dressed weight.

 

[WingItRanch]

Well, the left foot actually was very rewarding. The right foot is gonna be a headache. I think the infection is all thick cheesy stuff, I got some out but its still super swollen.

Also, we lost a buckeye pullet to a freak accident. She was fine this morning, and I'm pretty sure she ran to greet us with the rest of the flock. But by the time we got to the gate she was down, just a little flapping. Best guess is she broke her neck? I went ahead and brought her home to process her. She was so close to laying, maybe next week.
Only bright side is that she was one of the pullets I wanted to cull anyway. And she dressed out beautifully. I forgot to get a weight before processing, but she was 3.8lbs dressed weight.

Bummer about the foot infection. Bumble foot is such a pain. And the loss of the pullet! but good thing you caught it in death throws so could still process her.

How do you typically cook your younger processed birds?

 

[AinaWGSD]

With the buckeye cockerels we processed a few weeks ago we've baked, air fried, and stir fried. The legs have more texture than cornishX, but they're not chewy.

 

[AinaWGSD]

Rose's left foot is looking pretty good. I didn't soak her tonight, but I did go ahead and pick the scab off, looked like just soft tissue underneath so I think it's well on its way to healing.

The right foot is still a mess. But we got a lot out tonight! When we were done digging it was almost half the size we started with. So it's going.

 

[AinaWGSD]

I'm a bit sad that I forgot to bring my phone(camera) with me when I went out to the farm this morning. I could have gotten the best picture of Rose and her giant boyfriend (one of the malines cockerels) standing side by side at the waterer.

In other news, my husband continues to be an enabler. We have  goals for our chicken breeding. Rose is not part of those plans, she gets to stay because she survived a terrible raccoon attack that killed all but her and 2 of her hatchmates. And because she lays green eggs that are easily distinguished from the other eggs. I mentioned to husband that I kinda sorta wanted to toss a few into the incubator or under the next broody hen and see what her chicks look like. He said we could always save up about 10 or so and just see what hatched. He's supposed to be the reasonable one! Not say "ok" to every crazy chicken idea I have!

 

[AinaWGSD]

Rose soaking her feet. Tonight's bandage change was not as rewarding as the last one. But the swelling is still going down, bit by tiny little bit.

Rose's giant boyfriend watched us with great concern as we worked on her feet tonight. But he was a good boy and didn't try to intervene. As soon as Rose hit the ground, one of the buckeye cockerels jumped her immediately. The malines (both of them) were having none of that and came to her rescue.

Look at him standing guard!

A few minutes later, her bodyguards had gone around the corner of the coop and Rose was by herself at the waterer when the buckeye tried again. This time Rose whipped around and sent him packing before her boyfriend could make it around the corner

 

[WingItRanch]

View attachment 4233943Rose soaking her feet. Tonight's bandage change was not as rewarding as the last one. But the swelling is still going down, bit by tiny little bit.

Rose's giant boyfriend watched us with great concern as we worked on her feet tonight. But he was a good boy and didn't try to intervene. As soon as Rose hit the ground, one of the buckeye cockerels jumped her immediately. The malines (both of them) were having none of that and cave to her rescue. View attachment 4233954
Look at him standing guard!

A few minutes later, her bodyguards had gone around the corner of the coop and Rose was by herself at the waterer when the buckeye tried again. This time Rose whipped around and sent him packing before her boyfriend could make it around the corner

Wow he's massive! I need a bodyguard like that...

 

[AinaWGSD]

We also got a coat of barn paint on the coop today.