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[Leahs Mom]

Quote: Hmmm... It does sound like the way a sour crop behaves. Hmmm...

I've also read that sometimes they can get something stuck in there (not really "impacted" crop, but just a fluke type thing) that can be helped by massage.

Not sure if anything in this article will help but there are some ideas there.

 

[Ardizzone7]

I need your help. I went out to do chores this morning. I decided to throw the last of the scratch grain outside to try to get the chickens OUTSIDE instead of in all day. I noticed a pulley couldn't get over to the food and she was hunched down. I just thought she was cold so I picked her up to carry her over. Then I noticed her foot was smashed. I must have stepped on her during feeding time at some point. Thee skin in the foot is pealing the pad is huge and kind of flattened out. My question is there anyway to fix it? I brought her inside to take pics and the pad started to swell more so I put her back outside so the cool temp would keep the swelling down.

This is my view on this. I like my chickens but don't like to see them suffer. If she can recover from this I would like to know how to fix her. If she cannot and runs the risk of being killed by the other chickens I would rather make it short and sweet. Below are photos. Yes I know her foot has poop on it but her skin is pealing away too. My husband thinks it is frost bite but her other foot is normal. I would think both would be effected if it were frostbite.

 

[hogster160]

Hmmm...  It does sound like the way a sour crop behaves.  Hmmm...

I've also read that sometimes they can get something stuck in there (not really "impacted" crop, but just a fluke type thing) that can be helped by massage.

Not sure if anything in this article will help but there are some ideas there.

Thank you. Her crop is huge and soft, squishy. I didn't feel anything in her crop when I messaged it.

I will check out that link, thanks,

 

[Leahs Mom]

This is my view on this. I like my chickens but don't like to see them suffer. If she can recover from this I would like to know how to fix her. If she cannot and runs the risk of being killed by the other chickens I would rather make it short and sweet. Below are photos. Yes I know her foot has poop on it but her skin is pealing away too. My husband thinks it is frost bite but her other foot is normal. I would think both would be effected if it were frostbite.

Some questions...
Does she put any weight on it at all?
If you feel the toes, is there any warmth in them or is the foot cold to the touch (compare it to the feel of the other foot and maybe a foot on one of your other chickens.)



(Edited to fix a mis-type.)

 

[Ardizzone7]

Some questions...
Does she put any weight on it at all?
If you feel the toes, is there any warmth in them or is the foot cold to the touch (compare it to the feel of the other foot and maybe a foot on one of your other chickens.)



(Edited to fix a mis-type.)

The 2 center toes are cold. The outside have warmth. She roughly hobbles a few steps then holds it up to stand in place.

 

[Leahs Mom]

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I'll send a pm..

 

[gunchief25]

I need your help. I went out to do chores this morning. I decided to throw the last of the scratch grain outside to try to get the chickens OUTSIDE instead of in all day. I noticed a pulley couldn't get over to the food and she was hunched down. I just thought she was cold so I picked her up to carry her over. Then I noticed her foot was smashed. I must have stepped on her during feeding time at some point. Thee skin in the foot is pealing the pad is huge and kind of flattened out. My question is there anyway to fix it? I brought her inside to take pics and the pad started to swell more so I put her back outside so the cool temp would keep the swelling down.

This is my view on this. I like my chickens but don't like to see them suffer. If she can recover from this I would like to know how to fix her. If she cannot and runs the risk of being killed by the other chickens I would rather make it short and sweet. Below are photos. Yes I know her foot has poop on it but her skin is pealing away too. My husband thinks it is frost bite but her other foot is normal. I would think both would be effected if it were frostbite.

Looks almost like Bumble Foot. But I'm really not positive.

 

[gunchief25]

Morning all Cockadoooooodledoooooooo!!!
Hey Ya'll just letting you know for those that live down this way. Rural King in Bloomington now has a bunch of chicks in. RIRs, Meat Chickens, ISA Browns, Barred Rocks, New Hampshire Reds, Jersey Giants... and several other breeds.

 

[chick rookie]

If it comes to it I will take my chickens back - or some of them back however many you want to re-home. Maybe you could sell a couple animals on craigslist to get food for the rest. It would buy you some time. I'm sorry, it sounds like you are having a hard time. If you have any fencing or hardware cloth you could make a tunnel with some curves to put up against the door - something small enough that the birds would have trouble flying through but the chickens could walk through. Try googling it and see what others have done. The internet has lots of ideas, if you search you might find someone that used something you already have.

been looking around online, nothing yet, I think I'm goin to double up the round bale nets.. ???

I'm with you on the darn starlings !! I use to have a sparrow trap, worked great, I caught alot of sparrows and starlings in it, but it is old, and had wood on it, and wood is rotting from being outside. I think I might try getting another one, and try to trap them year around, anyone know of a good one that won't break the bank !!

what do you do with them after you trap them?

Woke up and got caught up on our thread. Thank you, everyone. Its heartwarming to read so many pm's and prayers for his recovery.
My Brother did have a triple bypass. Open heart. He was awake a short time, but horrible pain. (Watched Dad go thru it in 1986, things have sure changed!)
He did have a heart attack, but there appears to be no damage!

His Dr was so pleased. So now we recover. He is nearby, in greenfield.
He has several of us ready to take care of him once he is home.
Congrats to everyone on egg development and hatching! I feel for those who have been dealing with power outages too.
Its so upsetting to wake up freezing cold and realize your incubators are cold too! Congrats to everyone with new chicks coming, and delivered!
See some very exciting choices in breeds too, congrats to you that are saving an endangered breed

good news glade he pulled through, and hope for a fast recovery

I really really am, but I need to sanitize everything before I can bring home babies. I need some warmer weather so I can get started around here.

I was thinking the same thing about the little mixed egg. It sounds like it could be so pretty! Black Market, probably not

. We were not that exciting of a family

. Thank you for the link on the greens. I added it to my favorites. I may as well plant for them too!

Thank you, that was an informative article.

That is so sad that she died! Taking it seriously is one thing, but not surviving to finish the job doesn't seem very smart for a species. Its a good thing there are so many Silkie lovers here to help them along.

Thanks for posting the link. That is the one I meant. I don't hear about them so much in Indiana, but in California we here about them more often. My dad wrote a mining law for different states which as a teenager was not super exciting. Going to all the mining shows actually was fun though.

That is really good news about your brother. I hope he recovers quickly!

Can you post a pic of the setup? Maybe it would help with ideas? I'm not too far away if we have anything that could help you.

thanks, pic's are up.

Sorry to hear about your lack of money. I know its not fun. Here is a suggestion for the goats and chickens. Maybe go to a feed mill and ask them if they sell fines. At my local feedmill I got 500lbs for $50. Of course you have to have $50 but when you are tight on money and need it to go a long way it helps. My feed mill puts this stuff in theirs that helps livestock gain weight. I believe people who raise hogs and cows include this in there diet. I would by no means be feeding this to them all the time. I dont think it is a good diet. But if it is for a few weeks and it keeps them full, when you get your check you can spoil with lots of fruit and veggies. Now I dont have any advice for horses, they are money pits.

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what are fines? DH works at a feed mill he drives a trk for them, they told him if he worked at the mill itself they could give him credit... believe that??? he has never heard of fines

I found 2 on how to build your own sparrow traps , , for those of you that are handy.

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http://www.chuckspurplemartinpage.com/spartrap.htm

looking it up and DH said he might be able to build a FEW of them. Just got to figure out what to do with them after we catch them... I'm sorry but I say shoot then..

I recommend rescuing a barn cat from the nearest animal shelter. Most of them will reduce their price of the cat if you explain it is to eat the mice and small birds. They ask that you feed it twice a week. Next, close up the coop for a few days, the wild birds won't be able to get to the chicken food and that should make it last a bit longer. Better to lock up the chickens now than in the spring. Another option is to close the door behind your chickens when they are out. Then let them back in 2-3 times for feeding with the last time being close to their roosting time. Of course being locked in for feeding time and not being let out till mid morning greatly reduces their outside time but you still might want to have an outdoor nest.
My barn cat is great at catching the wild birds. Still if a flock of 100 or more show up in the yard, he can't get them all, a yapping puppy can chase them though. Thankfully my neighbors have barking dogs so we don't get the large wild flocks that often.

scared a cat would kill my chickens if it wasn't raised with them. and don't know how my dogs would react to a cat??? I know it seems I'm shooting all you guys ideals down, and I'm sorry about that. I guess I will just have to deal with it somehow, I put my Aussie out in the chicken yard for a bit, he is real good at catching birds, but he don't eat the grain or mess with the chickens, but he is a house dog so I cant leave him out long. but it will give my chickens time to get something to eat while he is out there,
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I'm so sick of the snow

Looks like a soft shelled egg.




Found this sparrow trap ebay, cheapest, I've found. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380384516287&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:3160

I'm sick of the snow and the COLD!!! want spring, then the dang birds can go away!!!!
What would cause the shell to be like this? I have o shells and grit out for them.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

I have the cat so when a tiny bird is trapped, the cat will eat it. Every so often a bird will get trapped in our garage. It takes less than 15 minutes for the black cat to get it. Then eventually DH gets around to removing any uneaten feathers.
If I did not have the cat, drowning would cost less than shooting, dump all trapped birds in a bag and dunk for a while. Or if you have the nerve place birds in a large plastic store bag and tie shut real good. Then practice the whack a mole game. DH has done that when we had a live mouse trap, before the barn cat. But basically I would treat the small wild birds like mice. Trap and kill to get rid of any disease.