i got some shamo chicks at the last BYC meet.... they're way too big for my brooder, so i put them outside on a small triangle tractor... i placed it over a nice new patch of grass, and threw the chicks out there... they've been out there for two days now...
anyways, i went to go throw my chickens a tuna subway sandwich that i didn't finish... LOL... but i noticed some of the chicks in there had blood on their beaks and feathers... this one had blood all over it's legs... so i took him out, washed her (hope it's her) outside with the hose and a new sponge i have... i noticed it looked like a pimple of some sort with a bit of black red on one side... i think that was like a vein or something...
i took her in my hand, and walked her to my neighbor's house for a second opinion.. i thought it was an ingrown feather... HAHAHHA>.. newb... but since they don't have feathers on their keel bone, i dunno... he said that it looked like a spider bite, and i should squeeze it out... sigh... exactly what i didn't want to do... so i took her home, squeezed it out, and yep... seems like a spider bite... a bunch of gross flesh was coming out... i've been bit by spiders before, and i know she was in pain, so i did it fast... went in there with tweezers as well to take out all of the nasty stuff... then i got some neosporin and put some inside and gave her a thin layer on the outside...
now my question is... is this enough...? i threw her back outside since it's getting dark, i know they'll just go right to sleep and stop messing with it... i also don't want to separate her because you know why... they start crying and stuff... i don't like doing that to my chicks...
so... again...
was that enough..? should i put more stuff on her...? should i quarantine..?
i think i'm going to throw a bunch of DE all over them and the ground to prevent flies or maggots... yuck...
thanks for reading... and no, no pics... sorry...
anyways, i went to go throw my chickens a tuna subway sandwich that i didn't finish... LOL... but i noticed some of the chicks in there had blood on their beaks and feathers... this one had blood all over it's legs... so i took him out, washed her (hope it's her) outside with the hose and a new sponge i have... i noticed it looked like a pimple of some sort with a bit of black red on one side... i think that was like a vein or something...
i took her in my hand, and walked her to my neighbor's house for a second opinion.. i thought it was an ingrown feather... HAHAHHA>.. newb... but since they don't have feathers on their keel bone, i dunno... he said that it looked like a spider bite, and i should squeeze it out... sigh... exactly what i didn't want to do... so i took her home, squeezed it out, and yep... seems like a spider bite... a bunch of gross flesh was coming out... i've been bit by spiders before, and i know she was in pain, so i did it fast... went in there with tweezers as well to take out all of the nasty stuff... then i got some neosporin and put some inside and gave her a thin layer on the outside...
now my question is... is this enough...? i threw her back outside since it's getting dark, i know they'll just go right to sleep and stop messing with it... i also don't want to separate her because you know why... they start crying and stuff... i don't like doing that to my chicks...
so... again...
was that enough..? should i put more stuff on her...? should i quarantine..?
i think i'm going to throw a bunch of DE all over them and the ground to prevent flies or maggots... yuck...
thanks for reading... and no, no pics... sorry...
