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Hi everyone!
I am brand new to this site, but I need some help.
I have a 6 month old Buff Orpington with wounds on her "ankles". They don't seem to be bothering her, but she had one once before I took her to the vet because it got infected, antibiotics cleared it up. Now its back and on both legs!
She is eating and drinking, and seems to feel ok. My hens eat organic layer pellets and fresh veggies, and cracked corn as a treat. They always have grit and oyster shell available. There hen house is about two and a half feet of the ground, they have a ramp, but usually just "flutter" up or down. There flooring in the coop is dirt and pine shavings over small grade chicken wire.
The wounds look like small cuts, almost like a scale is missing, no pus, its not scaly leg mites and doesn't look like bumblefoot. I'm stumped. I'm watching it closely and trying to keep them clean.
Could it be my other hens pecking her?
The vet thought it was a puncture wound last time that got infected...It doesn't look like it to me especially on both feet. Any ideas on what could be going on?
Thanks so much!
I am brand new to this site, but I need some help.
I have a 6 month old Buff Orpington with wounds on her "ankles". They don't seem to be bothering her, but she had one once before I took her to the vet because it got infected, antibiotics cleared it up. Now its back and on both legs!
She is eating and drinking, and seems to feel ok. My hens eat organic layer pellets and fresh veggies, and cracked corn as a treat. They always have grit and oyster shell available. There hen house is about two and a half feet of the ground, they have a ramp, but usually just "flutter" up or down. There flooring in the coop is dirt and pine shavings over small grade chicken wire.
The wounds look like small cuts, almost like a scale is missing, no pus, its not scaly leg mites and doesn't look like bumblefoot. I'm stumped. I'm watching it closely and trying to keep them clean.
Could it be my other hens pecking her?
The vet thought it was a puncture wound last time that got infected...It doesn't look like it to me especially on both feet. Any ideas on what could be going on?
Thanks so much!
