INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[ChickCrazed]

I couldn't wait. She has a fever and her wound stinks. Cleaned the bad tissue out, packed it with neosporin and gauze, vet wrapped around her sort of across her chest under leg back up around. The wound is on her side under her wing. I think my roo ripped her skin since she has no feathers there. . I dosed her with Tylan because she has an infection from the wound and is wheezing, so I figured tylan is best. Gave her drench in her water, a scrambled egg and a nice quiet dog kennel. If no improvement tomorrow, Ill take her to the vet. When she gets better her and the other baldies are going into their own coop for awhile to regrow feathers. Thanks for your advice though, I appreciate it.

How do you think it happened?!?!?!? Poor thing!!!

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

I couldn't wait. She has a fever and her wound stinks. Cleaned the bad tissue out, packed it with neosporin and gauze, vet wrapped around her sort of across her chest under leg back up around. The wound is on her side under her wing. I think my roo ripped her skin since she has no feathers there. . I dosed her with Tylan because she has an infection from the wound and is wheezing, so I figured tylan is best.  Gave her drench in her water, a scrambled egg and a nice quiet dog kennel. If no improvement tomorrow, Ill take her to the vet. When she gets better her and the other baldies are going into their own coop for awhile to regrow feathers. Thanks for your advice though, I appreciate it.

Yikes! I didn't realize it was that bad. I think you did the right thing.

 

[PeacefulWalls]

That is such good news about how your sticks grew. I ordered a Honeycrisp and a Rome apple from Starks this year and they are cute little sticks. I'm hoping they turn in to great bearers

Do you have pics of your orchard?

I'll try to get out & take some tomorrow -- it's almost too dark now. I was wanting to post some pics of the garden too since we've got most everything in. It has taken a looooong time to get everything planted (because I have garden math -- I want at least one of every variety of every veggie!!)

This is Princess ( we hope ) I just want to show her off cause she is a special girl. What makes her so special is she has took to helping and protecting an injured pullet. In the 1st pic you can see the tail feathers of the injured pullet, Princess is never out of her sight, she will fight ya and the other chickens if she thinks you are going to hurt her friend. She clears the way to the feed dish when her friend is hungry or thirsty. She watches over her friend when they are out wandering around and she GRABS bugs for her friend. NO ONE MESSES WITH HER FRIEND!!!

So I just had to show her off.

thought we could all use an AAWWW moment

Everybody could use a friend like Princess!

 

[kabhyper1]

How do you think it happened?!?!?!? Poor thing!!!

Yikes! I didn't realize it was that bad. I think you did the right thing.

She is bald from over mating, I only have 1 roo now, but she is still bald. I think my roo I have now accidently ripped her open mounting her. Its round about the size of a silver dollar. I just hope I got it clean enough.

 

[kabhyper1]

Man when it rains it pours. I figure after the week we have had with health issues and emergencies, I should be given my veterinary license. I got a lesson in cleaning necrotic tissue out a wound tonight.

I am also skilled in giving antibiotics orally now without aspirating the chicken, extremely tedious, I have been using a drench gun and medicating alpacas for the last 3 days, I have vaccinations to give in 2 weeks ( I do that monthly anyway though) All chickens on corid, silkie with swollen sinus' (she gets it every couple months). Wry neck chick that now has a relatively straight head and drinks from a water bottle. A duck that had a bruised foot from a hyper alpaca. And.... 2 broody silkies that wont give it up. This is just since Monday folks.

I started the week super stressed, now I'm feeling a little more confident, I will still take the hen to the vet if she isn't better tomorrow because although I feel like I just went through a week of vet school, I am aware I am not a vet.

 

[atrueb00]

The silkies have all this room at night but what do they do? They pile into the nest box. There are 5 full grown silkies in that milk crate and the head hen is perched on the top.

 

[kabhyper1]

The silkies have all this room at night but what do they do? They pile into the nest box. There are 5 full grown silkies in that milk crate and the head hen is perched on the top.

I call them The Croods. family sleep pile.

 

[atrueb00]

I call them The Croods. family sleep pile.

 

[Thriftymom6]

Man when it rains it pours. I figure after the week we have had with health issues and emergencies,  I should be given my veterinary license. I got a lesson in cleaning necrotic tissue out a wound tonight.  I am also skilled in giving antibiotics orally now without aspirating the chicken, extremely tedious, I have been using a drench gun and medicating alpacas for the last 3 days, I have vaccinations to give in 2 weeks ( I do that monthly anyway though) All chickens on corid, silkie with swollen sinus' (she gets it every couple months). Wry neck chick that now has a relatively straight head and drinks from a water bottle. A duck that had a bruised foot from a hyper alpaca. And.... 2 broody silkies that wont give it up. This is just since Monday folks. 

I started the week super stressed, now I'm feeling a little more confident, I will still take the hen to the vet if she isn't better tomorrow because although I feel like I just went through a week of vet school, I am aware I am not a vet.   

Wow that is a lot! I was feeling tired for ya just reading it all. Well it's hump day maybe it'll lighten up, u can always hope. I am feeling a bit anxious myself, I am going to take my daughter to my sisters over the weekend. She lives in Cincinnati and I have a house setter, but I'm worried about my chicks in the house and flock outside. I hate to leave, but my daughter has been looking forward to it. Plus I miss and want to spend time with my sister.

 

[kabhyper1]

She didnt make it. I feel so guilty not seeing her wound in time. I'll never get used to seeing them go. She was one of my first chicks. This is a rough one.