Sounds like an awesome time. Are you sure you're not from newfoundlandCrazy day getting home yesterday thanks to the weather but had a wonderful time visiting family and going to Hillbilly Days. I got to see my favorite aunt and had a great time Saturday eating dinner and listening to everyone tell stories on one another
Hahaha good one!
Like us people animals get arthritic, and other aches and pains.Change of plans: Arizona has her limp back, and I’m watching her closely. I can’t find anything that might be bothering her.No bumble foot or cuts either.
I think your efforts at sterilization, wound cleaning, rinsing, are beneficial. All you do on your end must help too, because at least you're reducing the chances of introducing something from YOU or the human world into the wound. I imagine (yes this is just me imagining) that all the stuff on chickens they are more or less used to seeing, but some strep or MRSA from a human might be more foreign and the chicken might not be as well equipped to deal with it, and here you could be potentially introducing it right into their body.Boy, don't I know. You should see me stitching a chicken by myself. While 'gently pinching' skin so not flat against body with one hand, holding chicken with combo of lap, wrap and elbows., Stick needle into flesh on one side of wound with 2nd hand, immediately let go so when chicken shakes/move, it doesn't pull the needle out. grasp needle point end and pull all the way through flesh. Carefully stick needle into flesh other side of wound and immediately let go...allow chicken to wiggle/shake...grasp needle and pull through. Repeat as many times as needed to generally secure.
Yes, prior to this, I have washed wound as best as possible, flushed with either betadine or hydrogen peroxide, scrubbed myself with soap, rinsed, then 'rinsed' hands with rubbing alcohol, also have sterilized needle and thread. And grabbed a freshly laundered towel for wrapping the chicken best I can based on wound location.
however, no, the chicken itself is clearly not sterile, especially her feathers that she may shake and fluff...now that I think about it...she probably spreads microorganism and dust into the air every time.Even with being wrapped....wounds are usually on the body itself, so can't 'contain' all the feathers.
Great. I wish I was still in my ignorant little bubble. I'm going to totally freak out the next time I have an injured chicken that I need to do something about.
“A man’s gotta know his limitations” (Clint Eastwood)
I traded Rocks-Ann in for Coco (she’s also a Rock)
Awwww rocks rule!
Hey look we're at 9000 woohoo!
lots of snuggling here today.
