Arizona Chickens

[nicollee]

Will we do have each other!

do you have a neighbor who is caring for your feathered friends?

 

[SonoranChick]

We've been so busy the past few days, I had quite a few pages to catch up on! I am really hoping some rain moves in soon, the heat is unbearable.
@igorsMistress I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your blue girls. They were some of the prettiest chickens I have ever seen. @meetthebubus I stopped doing the toe dips sometime last week because I ran out of the Tricide neo. It worked for some, but not all. I read somewhere here on BYC that a lot of people don't do the surgery unless it is a later stage, because sometimes the early stage bumblefoot doesn't progress and the chicken's immune system fights it off naturally. So as for now I am doing the wait and watch approach. It's the white leghorn and Wyandotte that I am most concerned about. I have mixed feelings on Tricide neo- it did work on a few of them but it was very time consuming and expensive. Next step is surgery if that's what's needed! I am also using Veterycin on a few who still have light scabs. Seems to help a bit. It is also expensive though.
My barnevelder is STILL BROODY!!! She is so, so very stubborn. We are going on almost a month of her being a broody girl, and the cool soaks aren't helping her. She comes out in the late afternoon to eat and drink, and I take any eggs out and put her in the run everytime I go out there, but she's always back in the box! Luckily no one else has decided to go broody in this heat.

 

[SonoranChick]

@meetthebubus & @FeatherPugs when you use PRID, do you wrap the foot?

 

[meetthebubus]

here they are
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Pretty babies! Congrats!

We've been so busy the past few days, I had quite a few pages to catch up on! I am really hoping some rain moves in soon, the heat is unbearable.
@igorsMistress I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your blue girls. They were some of the prettiest chickens I have ever seen. @meetthebubus I stopped doing the toe dips sometime last week because I ran out of the Tricide neo. It worked for some, but not all. I read somewhere here on BYC that a lot of people don't do the surgery unless it is a later stage, because sometimes the early stage bumblefoot doesn't progress and the chicken's immune system fights it off naturally. So as for now I am doing the wait and watch approach. It's the white leghorn and Wyandotte that I am most concerned about. I have mixed feelings on Tricide neo- it did work on a few of them but it was very time consuming and expensive. Next step is surgery if that's what's needed! I am also using Veterycin on a few who still have light scabs. Seems to help a bit. It is also expensive though.
My barnevelder is STILL BROODY!!! She is so, so very stubborn. We are going on almost a month of her being a broody girl, and the cool soaks aren't helping her. She comes out in the late afternoon to eat and drink, and I take any eggs out and put her in the run everytime I go out there, but she's always back in the box! Luckily no one else has decided to go broody in this heat.

I almost bought the tricide but when I saw the wrappings working I decided against it

@meetthebubus & @FeatherPugs when you use PRID, do you wrap the foot?

I put the prid, a bit of gauze, and then wrapped it and did that every other day when the scab came off or showed healing I did antibiotic ointment gauze and wrapped it

I recommend doing the worst feet first bc I tried to do all the buffs and it was too much to keep up with so now I'm ding those that show signs of pain or swelling which is Punky and China

China for kicking the fence with chicken wire too much... and Punky's treatment seems to be working with only wrapping, no surgery she walks and eats better too. China looks like surgery is needed I bought a scalpel

 

[Michelle Guynn]

do you have a neighbor who is caring for your feathered friends?

No my daughter is going to check on them and feed them and our other animals.

 

[Michelle Guynn]

My previously broody Emma laid an egg today and didnt sit on it. I hope she doesn’t go broody for a few months at least.

 

[SonoranChick]

@meetthebubus thanks for the tips How does the wrap hold up if they are doing toe dips in the water dish, or mud? I have the stretchy colored vet wrap stuff but I don't know how water proof it is. I think I will also just focus on the worst ones for now. Poor lady the leghorn is now holding up her foot from time to time so I will be working on her in the next few days. Just need to get some antibacterial ointment because my neosporin has the pain killer in it and that's bad for them.

 

[BlueBaby]

Me too. I’m on amazon looking at chicken stuff or googling chicken stuff. I’m going away for a week and really dreading leaving my chickens. Do you think we need a support group?

If you lived by me I could watch them for you. I'll already be watching my neighbors dogs and goats pretty quick. She went to Fla. for 3 weeks, and his job sometimes takes him out of town for a few days at a time. That will mean more feed delivered to my coop for my flock though!

 

[FeatherPugs]

@SonoranChick Yes I also use a bit of gauze and the vet wrap about ever other day. I don't remember it going off when it got wet - even it we went an extra day. I do know by day three it is ready to come off. Remember to cut the vet wrap so you can actually do the x wrap thing. I have found Prid to work very well. I too followed with antibiotic creme. We did have to do surgery once and that kernel was huge! She wore her gauze and wrap and creme for almost 3 weeks, changing every other day, until I felt her foot well enough. It was not pretty.

 

[meetthebubus]

@FeatherPugs sounds horribly painful

@meetthebubus thanks for the tips How does the wrap hold up if they are doing toe dips in the water dish, or mud? I have the stretchy colored vet wrap stuff but I don't know how water proof it is. I think I will also just focus on the worst ones for now. Poor lady the leghorn is now holding up her foot from time to time so I will be working on her in the next few days. Just need to get some antibacterial ointment because my neosporin has the pain killer in it and that's bad for them.

My girls are always in the mud puddles and they last well, they even last against them pecking at it a bit