Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[MaryJanet]

Then quarantine the bird until it proves it is healthy and not disease ridden. You do have pigeons don't you? It's not a new invasive bird to your continent, is it?

I prefer quarantine too.

But as you once said Bob, we shouldn't change the laws in response to special cases.

 

[BY Bob]

I hope I'm not going to make you angry.
Cillin is in overall fine condition despite the various dinks and dents. No worms. No mites and no infection in his foot.
Gloria wasn't keen on cutting the core out. If it had been infected then possibly yes. She says that surgry on the foot is a last resort and often cause more problems thhan it solves. There is a core and a scab. It is the pressure that is causing the pain and preventing the core from being expelled.
She has advised those circular corn pads with the hole in the middle, or whatever I can come up with that will do the job. She's prescribed an ointment which as I understand it is a drawing ointment; it helps draw the core out. I don't know what it's called yet.
If in three weeks of changing the pad thing daily, cleaning the site and applying the ointment the core isn't out then he's to go back and she'll consider operating.
He's on low doese Metacam. One graduation on the supplied syringe daily for a week. The site should be less swollen by then.
Gloria cleaned the site and applied a ointment a bit like the heat ointments you use for muscle strain.
Cillin is eating better. This evening herded all the hens in at supper time and shut Treacle. Cillin ate with the hens and ate quite a lot. It's important to keep him eating because the stress and pain is likelu to lead to crop problems eventually.
As soon as I've worked out how best to keep the foot pad on Gloria says he should be out with the hens. She's very against confinement believing that the stress means they eat less, excercise less and get depressed.
I bought another bottle of Metacam. 14 Euros.
Gloria charged me 10 Euros.
I don't know how much the pads etc will be.
Cillin ate some prawns and yogurt before bed and his crop while not full has food in it.
I forgot my camera.

This all sounds very positive.

There was a story of a hen on this site that I once read where she had a bad foot problem. The solution was a little pair of boots made from the fabric of a scuba suit. She lived quite a long time because of the boots. They were able to buy the boots online somewhere.

I say this to try and trigger your creative juices. Perhaps you could make a little boot to hold the corn pad on for him?

 

[BY Bob]

Our local ursine... yes the small but perilous “danger bear” If you’re a chicken that is. They don’t pose much threat to people. It’s a raccoon, a large male I presume by the size of the print. Looks like it strolled into the field I’ve been feeding the birds in to tidy up the leftovers. No signs from last night, but I’m being extra diligent about being home for twilight now as Roostie’s door is wide open and at ground level in the hospital tractor.

YES! Nailed It!

 

[BY Bob]

I really didn't think you were that old.

Why couldn't I think of that!

 

[fuentemoon]

I get that they want to keep their country safe. No question about the legitimacy of that. But killing the bird because it was smart enough to find its way there seems cruel. I'm really surprised that the owner does not want it back. Does that seem unusual to you? Don't you spend a lot of time training them?

Plus if it is already mixing with local birds, isn't it a bit late ?

 

[MaryJanet]

Plus if it is already mixing with local birds, isn't it a bit late ?

Hard to tell. Certainly the sooner Joe is removed from the local population the better, whether by quarantine or culling.

 

[BY Bob]

Awww, so beautiful!

Wonderful memory.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

I hope I'm not going to make you angry.
Cillin is in overall fine condition despite the various dinks and dents. No worms. No mites and no infection in his foot.
Gloria wasn't keen on cutting the core out. If it had been infected then possibly yes. She says that surgry on the foot is a last resort and often cause more problems thhan it solves. There is a core and a scab. It is the pressure that is causing the pain and preventing the core from being expelled.
She has advised those circular corn pads with the hole in the middle, or whatever I can come up with that will do the job. She's prescribed an ointment which as I understand it is a drawing ointment; it helps draw the core out. I don't know what it's called yet.
If in three weeks of changing the pad thing daily, cleaning the site and applying the ointment the core isn't out then he's to go back and she'll consider operating.
He's on low doese Metacam. One graduation on the supplied syringe daily for a week. The site should be less swollen by then.
Gloria cleaned the site and applied a ointment a bit like the heat ointments you use for muscle strain.
Cillin is eating better. This evening herded all the hens in at supper time and shut Treacle. Cillin ate with the hens and ate quite a lot. It's important to keep him eating because the stress and pain is likelu to lead to crop problems eventually.
As soon as I've worked out how best to keep the foot pad on Gloria says he should be out with the hens. She's very against confinement believing that the stress means they eat less, excercise less and get depressed.
I bought another bottle of Metacam. 14 Euros.
Gloria charged me 10 Euros.
I don't know how much the pads etc will be.
Cillin ate some prawns and yogurt before bed and his crop while not full has food in it.
I forgot my camera.

Will a chicken leave a corn pad on? If so, that is a good idea.
Also, what is her reason for advising against removing the core . Everywhere you look they tell you to take it out.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

I believe 96, but just added up and got 94... I might be misremembering some of the numbers in the breeding tractors?

That is a LOT of chickens!
A lot of chicken feed, a lot of chicken poop!

 

[BY Bob]

The cost to the native species could be catastrophic.

But I'd prefer if Joe went into quarantine somewhere for as long as it takes.

I understand that completely. You must protect the native species first and foremost. It would be nice if death wasn't the only option. If it wasn't for the band on his foot, no one would have been the wiser. Just another pigeon.