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[casportpony]

@HeatherMarieR , how are your Muscovy eggs doing? Sorry if you already posted, haven't had a chance to read 500 posts yet.

-Kathy

 

[deserteggs22]

corn starch or flour the bottom if its not too open... pinch off with nails if its just umbilical strings.....

Okay. I'd show pictures, but it's really bloody.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Pictures are very helpful, even bloody ones.

-Kathy

 

[campingshaws]

Caught up! Only 800+ posts, no biggie.

 

[deserteggs22]

Pictures are very helpful, even bloody ones.

-Kathy

Alrighty then....

 

[BullChick]

Quote: Ditto. But I mainly use screws more because they can be reused and are easier to get out once they are in.

Updated pics of my 2 that hatched 1 & 2 days ago:
The one in back was the first hatched
The small one I named Friday (hatched on Friday) I am so creative, huh?
Friday is saying "It's good to be a duck"

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I mean this in the nicest way possible, so keep that in mind as you read this... In most cases I won't disagree with what a vet has advised a pet owner to do, but in this case I will, because I have seen way to many people kill their birds by bathing them. IMO, the rooster pictured here is not stable enough to be bathed. It's true that wounds need to be cleaned, which usually involves irrigating them with sterile water or saline, but this should be done after the bird has been stabilized.

-Kathy

Um, no offense here either, but there's no way you can tell how stable he is by the photo. The rooster in the photo is two weeks out from attack, all wounds (shallow) healing extremely well, completely fine and already trying to mate with his girls when he gets outside time. He's only indoors because he lost so many feathers and waiting for final scab to fall off.

Maybe he looks unstable to you because he's falling asleep (because he loves being blown dry so much).

I agree with you that an unstable bird should not be bathed. This is not an unstable bird.

- Ant Farm

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Has the bleeding stopped?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Okay, if he's just sleepy, that's fine.

-Kathy

 

[deserteggs22]

Has the bleeding stopped?

-Kathy

Yes. But she isn't moving (except for breathing)