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[chrissyr]

Hi Gang,
A foxtail in the eye or near it can spell the loss of the eye if not handled with precision and attention to near sterile operating technique.  The foxtail is a nasty one way device.  Once it insinuates itself out of view only a veterinarian with micro surgical tools and technique should be allowed anywhere near the site, pardon the unintended pun.  No amateurs should be allowed to take a crack at such a dilemma.  The veterinarian will very likely prescribe a sterile antibiotic ointment application to the affected eye for 10 days or so after the removal.  Keep in mind that the vertebrate eye is an extension of the nervous system with a direct pathway to the brain itself.  Malfeasance here can cause the death of the patient.  Go with veterinary care only!  This observer wishes your patient wellness and relief.
Neal, the Zooman (and former vet tech)

thank you so much. We are headed there this morning. So thankful my vet is willing to do it and he's always reasonably priced.
Will update

 

[ronott1]

thank you so much. We are headed there this morning. So thankful my vet is willing to do it and he's always reasonably priced.
Will update

Did you get rid of the foxtails at your place?

Maybe pay a child to cut them back.

 

[PetRock]

I *REALLY* want to take the special behind the scenes tour where you get to see a bunch of the closed off rooms and more of the servants' spaces.

The docent told us that if we volunteered at Christmas time, we would be able to see the 3rd floor servants' quarters. That's where they store all the Christmas decorations!

 

[HighStreetCoop]

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Sweet. I think they offer the special tour one Saturday a month or something. That's what they said when were there last.

 

[chrissyr]

Did you get rid of the foxtails at your place?

Maybe pay a child to cut them back.

you know I thought I did. But this hen was free ranging with another hen and chicks and we're going in a different area. They kept going into The weeds with the babies. But now moms and babies are in the layer pen and pasture. No more running around all over until the weeds are gone

 

[ronott1]

you know I thought I did. But this hand was free ranging with another hand and checks. They kept going into The weeds with the babies. But now moms and babies are in the layer pen and pasture. No more running around all over until the weeds are gone

Chickens get into all kinds of trouble. Stickers can blow in on the wind too.

I hope all goes well with the vet visit.

 

[Flowers of Abba]

I have heard it's ok to keep week old chicks with new turkey poults to teach them how to eat and drink. However how is the food managed? Fermented Flock raiser is how I feed chicks. I have game bird crumbles for the poults. Praying they hatch that is. They are on lock down as I type...


Any words of wisdom?

 

[caychris]

the chicks will probably tollerate the higher protein feed well. Especially early in their life cycle high protein is good for the

 

[Audio51]

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Too nice out to be online?

I was rather surprised to have nothing to read on my break at work...

ETA: Long simulpost with chiquita

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Work work work.
And since no one else was around I didnt have anything to respond to

I did manage to post a bit in the CLB threads

OK...sounds like you all have valid reasons this time. Just don't let it happen again!

I had my first predator loss in 7 years.
Yesterday I left home at 5 am and didn't get home until dark. When I went out to feed this evening I found one of my old ladies under the ramp to the pop door. Something had stripped her neck and most of the breast after trying to drag her under the coop.
Everyone will get locked up at night until the culprit is done in!

So sorry to heat that. What an awful thing to come home to.....

Hi all

I just picked up from the feed store a rescued duckling maybe 5-6(?) weeks old that someone brought in. Wondering if ya'll can tell the sex or breed(s)? Runner maybe? It is always walking upright.
Thanks

Looks like a buff runner to me. Lucky Duck that you took him home!

I have a hatch of Bresse going that had fair fertility but not good hatch results. Two were upside down, one pipped and died. Two were stuck in the shell. One of them has a leg issue and I do not know yet about the last two--they are working on getting out still. I suspect flock health is the issue. The Bresse are in Winters at the egg farmers place. He told me, quite proudly, that he saved money over the winter by only feeding them grain. I suspect that they need to be wormed and treated for lice and mites. They also likely need some better nutrition.

Now to figure out how to get him to do this. I may have to go out there and treat them myself.....

And 10 of 32 of them did not hatch at all.

I hope he listens to you and gets them healthy again! It is reassuring to hear that even you have bad hatches every once in a while...

Quote: The can be carried in by other animals too. Sometimes it is very hard to get rid of all of them. The earlier in the season you can get rid of them the better, though. Once they turn brown they start to break apart.

 

[Audio51]

Question about Mauve Orpingtons.

A few days back I posted a picture of chicks I hatched for a friend. Parents were black rooster over splash hens. Some suggested the rooster may be split to chocolate and the light colored chicks in the hatch may be mauves. I have been trying to find info on them and I am seeing a lot of people mentioning "sex-linked". If these are mauves and the rooster is split to chocolate, would these mauve chicks all be pullets?


Edited to add: I also found a link to this "Chicken Calculator" online and wonder what you knowledgeable genetics people thought of it. I looks a bit complicated to use and is in several languages but might only look complicated because I know nothing about chicken genetics..

http://kippenjungle.nl/Overzicht.htm#kipcalculator