I wonder if insurance would cover a hearing aid with the excuse of "Deaf by Rooster".Hahaha Rico did that on the weekend - he hopped up on the stall door and proceeded to crow in my ear as I walked by, scared the living daylights out of me! And likely burst an eardrum
I leaped about 2’ in the air when he did that - I turned and glared at him and he hopped down and strolled off like nothing happened the brat!
Sending good thoughts to my friends to the north. Are fires like these common in Canada? I don't think I've ever heard of it before, though it's common in the western US.
to you about having to reduce your flock.LOL I was only off here a couple days.Hey Lilion, how are things? I was wondering were you got to
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ALRIGHT RICO!Hahaha Rico did that on the weekend - he hopped up on the stall door and proceeded to crow in my ear as I walked by, scared the living daylights out of me! And likely burst an eardrum
Or even an eye injury by hen pecking.
Re: forest fires - yes we have a lot of forest fires, but this is a really horrible year, worst on record really.Sending good thoughts to my friends to the north. Are fires like these common in Canada? I don't think I've ever heard of it before, though it's common in the western US.
LOL I was only off here a couple days.
All is well. Eenie still beds down by the waterer and I'm still moving her and the kids to the platform at night. It does get easier to do every night. I keep hoping they'll figure it out.
Speaking of Eenie, guess who's back in rotation? View attachment 3616888
Those kids are 5 1/2 weeks now and Tres is half Eenie's size! They still run from Manny and the others but that's about done with I suspect.
No really good pics today. Just greedy Manny, gobbling up the meal worms (or giving them to his Meanie).View attachment 3616901
It is HOT. 100 in the coop. 99 in the air in general. But sooo humid! Nearly 80%. I hate to wet down their run with it that high. But really, no one seems to be suffering that much. So
Oh how awful. All that just from a poopy butt?! Surely she must have had some injury to start with no?What a day, I spent the morning doing my job hunt - not sure who thinks there is a shortage of workers…. I don’t see it at all.
Anywhoo then I noted one of my nieces hens had a poppy butt so I went and started washing it, and that’s when all sh1t hit the fan.
Upon removing poops I turned her over and she was crawling maggots. Lots of swearing and running around gathering supplies to deal with that. Tripping over stupid roosters (yep they are all going except Mr P of course), trying to remove maggots, I cut off all her feathers as close to the skin as I could, then I washed her again in a bath of disinfectant soap, trying to scrub the maggots off her skin, and once I got the ones off I could I flipped her over again and inspected her.
It looked like a pocket where more maggots were residing so I flushed that with peroxide and them rinsed her off in another bath.
Then I hauled out the tweezers and started picking off maggots. Then I got out the blow dryer and dried her off. Once she was dry I could see the full extent of her wounds, her belly seems to have necrotic tissue and I could still see maggots lurking in part of the wound.
I had to wait while they came out into the air, so I dosed her with Ivermectin to kill the little flickers, I also hat her a mega dose of antibiotics (500mg of Amoxicillin), 1/2 a low dose aspirin and Tylenol. If they doesn’t kill her and she survives the maggots and her skin heals she might be ok.
Then it was back to plucking maggots, I grabbed a few more and couldn’t see any more so I gave her some mash, and put her in the large crate away from anyone who wanted to peck her.
I cannot tell you all how guilty I feel for not nipping this in the bud sooner. Totally my fault for not keeping on top of poopy butts. Poor Red
Tomorrow anyone with a remotely poopy butt is getting a Brazilian done.
Sorry about that. Sounds really nasty. You are taking good care of her. Supposedly the eggs can still hatch later so she will need more check and possibly more cleaning.What a day, I spent the morning doing my job hunt - not sure who thinks there is a shortage of workers…. I don’t see it at all.
Anywhoo then I noted one of my nieces hens had a poppy butt so I went and started washing it, and that’s when all sh1t hit the fan.
Upon removing poops I turned her over and she was crawling maggots. Lots of swearing and running around gathering supplies to deal with that. Tripping over stupid roosters (yep they are all going except Mr P of course), trying to remove maggots, I cut off all her feathers as close to the skin as I could, then I washed her again in a bath of disinfectant soap, trying to scrub the maggots off her skin, and once I got the ones off I could I flipped her over again and inspected her.
It looked like a pocket where more maggots were residing so I flushed that with peroxide and them rinsed her off in another bath.
Then I hauled out the tweezers and started picking off maggots. Then I got out the blow dryer and dried her off. Once she was dry I could see the full extent of her wounds, her belly seems to have necrotic tissue and I could still see maggots lurking in part of the wound.
I had to wait while they came out into the air, so I dosed her with Ivermectin to kill the little flickers, I also hat her a mega dose of antibiotics (500mg of Amoxicillin), 1/2 a low dose aspirin and Tylenol. If they doesn’t kill her and she survives the maggots and her skin heals she might be ok.
Then it was back to plucking maggots, I grabbed a few more and couldn’t see any more so I gave her some mash, and put her in the large crate away from anyone who wanted to peck her.
I cannot tell you all how guilty I feel for not nipping this in the bud sooner. Totally my fault for not keeping on top of poopy butts. Poor Red
Tomorrow anyone with a remotely poopy butt is getting a Brazilian done.
Well, I don't know about that - you can be quite 'hen pecked' without an eye injury!Or even an eye injury by hen pecking.
