Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Kris5902]

Sometimes it's a Canadian website but we Canadians can't access it

I am hesitant to get meds online for anything... Me or the critters unless a pharmacy recommends it.

I can get ivermectin horse paste at the fewsmill, tack shop so the horses are set.

All our local feed stores pulled it. Used to be able to get that and louse powders, and blu kote at Buckerfields and Borden as well as the our on ivermectin and the injectable and it all got pulled before the whole “cures virus” stuff started now the farm has to order pretty much everything through their vet, who isn’t cooperating because of the whole remote location thing. They apparently have a relationship with a vet for the sheep now, in Duncan… so basically a full days travel away. Seems ok until you think that it isn’t legal to transport sick or injured livestock, even for veterinary care. So the vet would have to travel here. There’s some backstock meds down in the barn I occasionally help myself to, but they don’t seem to believe in worming here at all. RIP Rhonda a good course of wormer and decent diet/husbandry could have save her.

 

[Kris5902]

Neither the one I posted before or this one are compounded locally. They are both using the panacur brand name and both have the original manufacturer’s name on the bottle. It is made by Internet which is the animal health division of Merck and is HQ here in Nrw Jersey.

https://www.canadapetcare.com/panacur-oral-suspension-for-dogscats-pack-835.aspx

This actually looks promising… for wormers. Although it really wants to ship to the USA and all the pricing is in USD, but it looks like they also ship to Canada.

 

[Kris5902]

Feels like her crop/abdomen is full of fluid? I have nothing to drain it out with. The feed store is closed today (holiday) they sell syringes.

Draining isn’t always effective, I thought Bossy may have had water belly (like Puffy) but it was something else.

 

[Kris5902]

So far, I'm just soaking in Epsom salts, scraping away at the scab, and putting drawing salve and wrapping it. I'm not really seeing anything to grab at. This is just the second day. Tomorrow I may get a bit more aggressive with it. I haven't had to deal with humble foot before.

The soaking mostly helps soften it. What sort of drawing salve are you using? I have far too much experience with Bumblefoot here, sadly, it’s now on my regular check list as it can get really bad (they can hide it well) and can spread into the surrounding tissues and Even into the bones. I like Prid drawing ointment, and have had a lot of success with it. Also I find gently prying up the edges of the scab and pulling outward is more effective than trying to scrape or cut it off, as it is likely attached to the core. Think more like pulling out a splinter. Then a gentle pressing to expel any other pus once the scab and core are out. Packing with triple antibiotic and wrapping. Sometimes there is absolutely no bleeding, and sometimes you accidentally squirt your husband in the face with chicken pus (DON’T laugh if that happens… and yes it’s happened to me as well)

 

[featherhead007]

Draining isn’t always effective, I thought Bossy may have had water belly (like Puffy) but it was something else.

I wasn’t giving enough time to try any type of surgery anyways (even if I knew how)

 

[featherhead007]

We were watching a documentary on YouTube (me and Arizona were) then she fell asleep in the middle of it. ( I guess she had a tough day today also. ) I’m lucky if I get any sleep tonight.

 

[Kris5902]

Rocks-Anne is gone. She left me at 4:58pm in my arms still trying to breathe even till the end.

Alex, I am so sorry for your loss.
Rocks-Anne was a beautiful lady, and I’m glad she was comforted by you in her last moments. We do all we can for them and sometimes that is just holding them, and helping them pass. It’s harder on us I think than them, because they know they are loved and safe. Six years is a good, long, happy life for a chicken. I’m sure she had the best life a chicken could want.
Hugs

 

[Kris5902]

I have done that with mares that foals die, I let them grieve for the foal. It's sad but they figure it out. Thankfully it's rare for foals to pass away.

Today I swore (a lot) and scolded, and said “you’re never having babies again” to Goldie… I don’t know what happened, I can only guess she squashed one. I left at 5pm to package sausage (market was cancelled Saturday, so all the fresh needed to be frozen) and when I came home at 7 there was one flat chick outside the crate and she had the other two inside and under her. Nothing can get in, and it was nowhere near the waterer.

But generally it does help, when Chickie Hawks last girl passed I wasn’t really able to do this and the next day her friend was out late “looking” for her.

 

[Kris5902]

Has anyone dealt with beak injuries before? Siri my favorite of the new Buff Orps injured her beak about 5 days ago. I do not know how she did it but I found her with a bloody beak when it was time to put them up for the night. I cleaned it off and saw and felt a crack on the top of it. She has been able to eat and it did not appear to bother her other then discoloration so I thought it would heal just fine. Tonight when I put her up the tip of the top beak has chipped off. I'm really hoping the rest of the discolored area does not break off because if it does she will end up loosing half of her top beak. At this point I do not think there is anything I can do other then monitor her and make sure she goes to bed with a full crop is there?

Yes, Barney lost most of his top beak and it can re-grow, I have also had several chipped and one badly cracked (tip to halfway up to the nares split up the middle) beak. It takes quite a long time to heal and re-grow. Soft feeds may be required. I would need to see pictures to give you a better idea of what to expect. Minor chips are no big deal, cracks are hard because they can compromise the whole integrity of the break. Barney literally abraded his entire upper beak and wore it away to a raw soft mess because something bit his face and he was violently rubbing it on the hardware cloth.

 

[MaryJanet]

Rocks-Anne is gone. She left me at 4:58pm in my arms still trying to breathe even till the end.

I'm so sorry for your loss Alex.

RIP Rocks-Anne.