Guinea Foot Trauma

[DACIFarmGuineas]

Okay here is what I found out. The expert woman I spoke with told me that by having the Guineas penned up for any length of time will cause them to fuss and fight with one another. She looked at my bird and said it appears that the gashes and deep wound are just that. She said to keep her away from the other birds until it heals (if it does) or they will more than likely kill her. If Guineas smell blood or infection on another bird or a wound like the one she has, they will try to kill her. Not sure, but I wonder if the other birds look at it as survival of the fittest. Maybe they figure something is really wrong with the bird and it must be done away with. Not sure. She said that I should get them outside but I can't because of the Guinea building not being finished and now it's going to snow a foot this weekend.

Anyway she told me that I needed to get some penicillin from the vet. They didn't have any in stock for fowl. The nearest bird vet is an hour away. That's not going to happen so she gave me some EMT First Aid Spray. This is from Southern States feed. It's suppose to be good with traumatic wounds and it's good also for cuts, abrasions, burns, reduces bleeding and other good stuff. It does come in a tube paste but I figure the spray would be way more easy. She said to make sure we never use anything with Cordizone in it. She said Cordizone will kill a bird fast. I hope this works. I never knew Guineas would be so much work. I will let you know how it goes.


Cindi

 

[ChicknCharm]

Wow, I guess my poor dead guinea's siblings had something to do with his demise. Maybe the kept him from food, too. But he sure looked fit just the day before; but they were cooped up for one day (the day before he died)...maybe they pecked him and he lost too much blood on that toe. The two injured toe guineas are in a cage in the chicken coop; I did let them out today with their friends and they got pecked a bit...but then they all started munching and seemed to forget. I am keeping them only contained in the seperate cage in the coop.

THANK YOU for sharing. It is amazing how fast things go down hill with some poor creatures. Live and learn, I guess.

 

[Aj1911]

put the birds in a bigger cage

to small of a one will cause fights

put the one that starts all the fights and wont back down in the freezer (I.E. eat it)

clean it with hydrogen peroxide first and then put iodine on the wounds daily.

guineas are tough birds my head male almost had his toe bit off and nearly bled to death more then once fighting the one that picked on him and he is fine now

i had to put 2 in the freezer because they would pick at it and fight the others if i didnt i would of lost my males and females by now.

 

[DACIFarmGuineas]

My guinea is doing much better now. The spray seemed to be the trick for healing. The toe is still swollen, but time will tell. They do have a huge I mean HUGE cage in the garage. So much so, I can't park the cars in there. I think they are just silly birds, and not being as domesticated as other birds they do some ungrateful things to one another. As far as killing them for fighting, that's not going to happen. We have put too much time, energy and expense into these birds and other animals on our farm to let it go at that. I grew up on a farm and I had enough of the slaughter. If things get so bad it is the only way I have to eat then maybe. But it would have to get real bad.


Cindi