Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[Fancychooklady]

Wilma is back with the rest of the chickens this morning.. Only 16 hours after her comb removal.. She is doing great! Couldn't wait to get in the garden and roll in the dirt!

I would be very mindful of the risk involved of reintroducing her to the flock. If any one of them pays too much attention to her surgery site , you could be back to square one. Personal decision , but I would be keeping her in as clean a place as possible in quarantine for at least a week.

 

[Megans Chickens]

I would be very mindful of the risk involved of reintroducing her to the flock. If any one of them pays too much attention to her surgery site , you could be back to square one. Personal decision , but I would be keeping her in as clean a place as possible in quarantine for at least a week.

Yeh I understand that! She was hurting herself being locked up this morning rubbing her head along the cage and thought she would stress herself out to much being locked up.. The rest of the chickens came over and greeted her and that was it no pecking or anything.. They are all just laying in the garden together now! The vet said she will be fine to be back with them today.. She has 2 stitches but you can't even see them and the chickens have not been interested in them either.. She is on antibiotics so no infection will start.. ( I don't live on a farm just in a normal house, so it's very hard to isolate one chicken as there is no room to)

 

[Megans Chickens]

I would be very mindful of the risk involved of reintroducing her to the flock. If any one of them pays too much attention to her surgery site , you could be back to square one. Personal decision , but I would be keeping her in as clean a place as possible in quarantine for at least a week.

Also if I do see anyone pick her or she isn't staying clean I'll be the first one to bring her inside!

 

[Megans Chickens]

So as I'm still new to having chickens I need some help! I've heard of several different answers so thought I'd ask on here!

- When making a perch for inside the coop do you use round perched or rectangle? Same for ladders ect?

- my chickens are out of their coop all day and I don't think they will go back in to lay eggs, should I make a egg box for the lower section of the coop? Also do fake eggs in the nest box help?

- I noticed this morning that one of my chickens was doing this funny squat! Like bending at the knees and walking funny. Is this a sign of eggs soon? Do I need to do anything?

Thanks for any help

 

[Fancychooklady]

Yeh I understand that! She was hurting herself being locked up this morning rubbing her head along the cage and thought she would stress herself out to much being locked up.. The rest of the chickens came over and greeted her and that was it no pecking or anything.. They are all just laying in the garden together now! The vet said she will be fine to be back with them today.. She has 2 stitches but you can't even see them and the chickens have not been interested in them either.. She is on antibiotics so no infection will start.. ( I don't live on a farm just in a normal house, so it's very hard to isolate one chicken as there is no room to)

You don't need a farm to isolate a chook. I have a hospital that consists of an old cocky cage, with the bottom removed. I currently have my LS roo in it. He is in the hay shed, but a quiet corner of the garden or the laundry would suffice . Believe me if you are going to keep chooks , it's better to be prepared. Some form of isolation pen is a must. That being said, just keep a close eye on your hen.

 

[Karen Whitfield]

Luke, there are several pics in my " life at inlet Farm " album. Our place is heritage listed, we often come home and find tourists in the driveway taking pics. ATM we are just trying to keep ahead of the grass, green, yes very green! Our place was built in 1847. Unfortunately it was referred to as the "wreck" when we bought it. It has taken 13 years to restore and get the gardens going.

wow that's gorgeous fancy. I love the corros too, I have never heard of them before.

 

[Karen Whitfield]

Baby sussex are here! All 8 eggs hatched.

how gorgeous

 

[Megans Chickens]

You don't need a farm to isolate a chook. I have a hospital that consists of an old cocky cage, with the bottom removed. I currently have my LS roo in it. He is in the hay shed, but a quiet corner of the garden or the laundry would suffice . Believe me if you are going to keep chooks , it's better to be prepared. Some form of isolation pen is a must. That being said, just keep a close eye on your hen.

I will keep an eye on her! Thanks for the info! I will try and look for another type of coop for isolation when needed.. All I had was a dog pen.. And the others were jumping over it.. Even though it was all covered off! Just thought she may have been safer out of it! At the moment she is asleep under the trees in the cool..

 

[Karen Whitfield]

So yesterday was a scary one!!
Let out my chickens (18weeks old) as usual at 5am .. As I was cleaning their coop ect I turned around and saw my black australorp hens going a little crazy and scratching her head ( as if there was a bug stuck on her face).. So I went over to help her get it off only to realize she had blood running down her face I picked her up and grabbed a towl and tried to find out what was happening! Turns out she has pulled off half of her comb :| and it was just dangling bleeding, a lot .. So I called the emergancy vets in my area and took her right in.. After being assessed and looked at, turns out it's going to need to be fully removed and stitched so my poor girl has been irritated and isolated till today, she will go in at 11am for a full comb removal

Has this ever happened to anyone before???

Luckily I took this photo 2 days ago, with her comb for the last time..

the poor thing, I'm glad she's better now

 

[Fancychooklady]

Thanks Karen, we are almost neighbours, next time your down our way I'd be happy to introduce you to King George and his girls. Tassie is the best place to get your hands on some good coro's.