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quailee said:
Apparently, the dogs who were attacked by the Africanized bees lived in a house where there was a huge hive--one was in the attic and the other was in a broken down wall. I am happy to say that the bees on our flowering shrubs have been behaving like perfectly normal bees. I found an excellent article on their behavior at this web site: http://labs.biology.ucsd.edu/nieh/TeachingBee/africanized.htm

I think it is certainly not good to over-react to the whole "killer bee" thing, but it is foolish and potentially dangerous not to be alert and extremely careful.
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With my wild hive under my shed, the first thought was Africanized, I slowly tested them to see how they acted. I was relieved, in more ways then one when they did not get aggressive. At this point I do not believe I will be able to remove them. Right now live and let live, I just wish I could get to their honey.
 
One of my week old New Hampshires dislocated its hip sometime late yesterday. I have no idea what happened, but this am when I checked, one of its legs was facing completely the wrong direction. There was some bruising on the foot and the hock. It's definitely the hip. I was able to put a little traction on and rotate it around. I felt a small pop and the joint felt better, more like the other side. I put a splint on, like for spradle leg and have it inside under the EcoGlow. I was able to give it a bit of water, but it's pretty weak. Just laying down with its eyes closed. DH is not home and I've never culled a chick before, I'm not sure how to do it I'm just trying to make it as comfortable as possible until he gets home. :hit Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing?
 
Arizonachicken said:
One of my week old New Hampshires dislocated its hip sometime late yesterday. I have no idea what happened, but this am when I checked, one of its legs was facing completely the wrong direction. There was some bruising on the foot and the hock. It's definitely the hip. I was able to put a little traction on and rotate it around. I felt a small pop and the joint felt better, more like the other side. I put a splint on, like for spradle leg and have it inside under the EcoGlow. I was able to give it a bit of water, but it's pretty weak. Just laying down with its eyes closed. DH is not home and I've never culled a chick before, I'm not sure how to do it I'm just trying to make it as comfortable as possible until he gets home.
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Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing?
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I have no experience with a dislocated hip or anything, but everyone here knows I'm completely blunt in life, so here goes... Culling an injured chick is the easiest thing to do because they are so weak and can not fight back at all. If you are wanting to cull him, there are several quick and easy ways. The first is to take a large, sharp kitchen knife and simply severe the head with one motion, just like you would be cutting a cucumber or carrot. It's immediate and painless. Another option is to use a hatchet and chop the head off in the classic method. If you have a good, sharp pair of handheld pruning shears, you can use them to completely cut the head off as well. All are very quick and painless methods.

I do want to state that I would not think that this would be an injury necessary to cull for already. I think the care you took for relocating the hip and splinting the leg were excellent. Give it a homemade mixture of Pedialyte to help it recover better. Once it becomes a little more responsive, you can try soft foods like yogurt (with live cultures preferably), raw milk or scrambled eggs. That should help immensely. If you don't already have one, go to your feed store and get a feeding syringe to help force-feed the poor little chick.

Good luck and keep us updated!
 
Demosthine said:
I have no experience with a dislocated hip or anything, but everyone here knows I'm completely blunt in life, so here goes...  Culling an injured chick is the easiest thing to do because they are so weak and can not fight back at all.  If you are wanting to cull him, there are several quick and easy ways.  The first is to take a large, sharp kitchen knife and simply severe the head with one motion, just like you would be cutting a cucumber or carrot.  It's immediate and painless.  Another option is to use a hatchet and chop the head off in the classic method.  If you have a good, sharp pair of handheld pruning shears, you can use them to completely cut the head off as well.  All are very quick and painless methods.

I do want to state that I would not think that this would be an injury necessary to cull for already.  I think the care you took for relocating the hip and splinting the leg were excellent.  Give it a homemade mixture of Pedialyte to help it recover better.  Once it becomes a little more responsive, you can try soft foods like yogurt (with live cultures preferably), raw milk or scrambled eggs.  That should help immensely.  If you don't already have one, go to your feed store and get a feeding syringe to help force-feed the poor little chick.

Good luck and keep us updated!
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Thanks! Blunt? My husband told me to pull its head off with my hands (like he does for doves and pigeons). Yuck! Can't do that! My main worry is that it's hip isn't totally relocated. I have no way of knowing if I got it all the way in or not. The leg was literally dangling. I don't know if there's other damage like internal injuries, broken bones, etc. it SEEMS to be just the leg, but something major must have happened for such a severe dislocation and the bruising on the foot and hock. It is drinking water, drop by drop. I'll try the pedialyte, but I'm not keeping my hopes up. I actually am expecting it to expire before DH gets home. Until then, I'll keep trying.
 

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