Help! Chickens toes coming off!

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Please do not cull her!!! she will be fine. i think it is totally unfair that you would kill her just to keep up you outward appearance!!!

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Personally, if she were in my flock I'd cull her and chalk it up to a lesson learned: why it's important to keep a closed flock. Such an outward appearance that points to very poor flock management would lead you to wonder what internal issues you will also be seeing in these birds. A bird that has both feet so severely compromised by frost bite has been in what I can only assume are at best lack of ventilation in an overcrowded coop, and at worst, horrid management. Given the fact that she is underweight, there may be other disease factors involved.

 

[lazy gardener]

It's NOT A MATTER OF OUTWARD APPEARANCE. It's a matter of ending suffering.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

it probably was the previous owners.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Please do not cull her!!! she will be fine. i think it is totally unfair that you would kill her just to keep up you outward appearance!!!

The reasoning isn't to keep up an outward appearance. Weak birds are more likely to harbor and pass on diseases, thus infecting the remainder of the flock. It is a viable option and definitely worth considering.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

It's NOT A MATTER OF OUTWARD APPEARANCE. It's a matter of ending suffering.

that is what you said. i think the pain is over. my neighbors had the same problem. they were only bothered when they froze

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

sorry. i thought that is what they were saying.

 

[lorenlouise08]

that is what you said. i think the pain is over. my neighbors had the same problem. they were only bothered when they froze

They still hurt her. I could tell when I touched them.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

ok, i guess it is your choice.

 

[lorenlouise08]

That looks like severe frostbite to me. I hope that you have quarantined your new hens from your existing flock. If you haven't, you need to. Keep them separate from your existing flock for at least three weeks, if you can. If this hen is thin and looks sickly, she probably is. She (and all of them) probably need dewormed at the very least, with a broad spectrum dewormer. If it IS frostbite (not sure where you got them or where you are)...there is nothing you can do. The damaged toes WILL fall off. This doesn't mean the hen will die; it's amazing how well chickens can get around with serious infirmities like missing toes or feet, one eye, etc. But hopefully you can make sure they are all happy and healthy before you mix them all together. If you've ALREADY mixed them together, I would still keep her separate for a bit, til she improves. And deworm the whole flock.[/QUOTE

So should I deworm them, even if the frail ness is caused by the pain of the feet?