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[NovaAman]

No, its not callous at all. If it would cost me a 100 bucks, I wouldn't do it either. BUT I am lucky. I have a vet who sees all types of birds and is super reasonable. The last vet bill I had from him was 43 bucks for the pullet that turned out to be a rooster... That was for the exam, fecal check and medicine. He's a good guy, doesn't charge scandalous amounts. BUT, if pulling it off is all I will need to so if its real loose, then thats what I will do. I didn't know that they'd grow back. Thanks for teaching me something new. But as it is right now, I don't have the stop bleed stuff, so I did it the old fashioned way. Bandaged it, taped it and put him back on the roost for the night. SO, at least for the next 12 hrs, he'll not use the foot much. It'll have time to scab up. I can't beleive how much blood there was though. Its amazing how rich the blood looks and smells for that matter. No wonder people would use chicken blood in rituals in the back when. Even after the blood is dried for a while it stays bright red.

 

[Opa]

Not long ago I was talking with my oldest son and he was telling me how many people are surprised by the variety of things he knows about and he answer to them was "my dad taught me". He continued with how he wished he lived closer as there are many more things he wishes to know about. So there I sat feeling quite proud and happy when he then tells me "I guess I need to call more often and ask questions before you start forgetting what you know". So if any of you that are new to chickens, or farming, or anything else I am more than happy to share from my experience, but you might want to do it quick while I still can remember.

 

[NovaAman]

D'ya know how to put in a new bathroom floor? I was thinking duct tape might not work on that one. LOL

 

[RaZ]

Home from an extra long day at school. Both classes went over time and the GIS class was extra frustrating.

So I downed a barley pop while while reading the posts. Lots of good info on the pigs. I learned those "pig respect" rules from my uncle when I was a wee boyo. The other thing was that the chickens were always kept far away from the pigs and cows. The concern was the chickens getting flighty and spooking the cows or getting stepped on and of course becoming pig chow.

Nova, if you are thinking of replacing a bathroom floor, plan on replacing it completely to the joists. The floor is probably rotted all around the toilet and tub. If you plan for complete redo, the surprises you find will already be accounted for. And it you don't get the surprises it becomes a bonus.

 

[Bianca67]

Thanks Opa.

 

[NovaAman]

Yup... we already plan to completely replace it all. Have to take out the vanity and the toilet. The problem came from the pipe under the sink I guess according to what my sister said, and that is the only soft spot. So, I told her that we will replace the floor all the way over to 1/2 foot out from the tub just to be on the safe side. Which means we take up the toilet too. She's not to keen on that, but I said it'd be easy enough, its a trailer home. Not like the floor I had to replace in my house when I used to own in the historic district and had the old claw foot tub... That tub was a capital which to get out... About the duct tape comment... I just don't think duct tape would work in that situation... You know... If you can't fix it with duct tape, it just can't be fixed. LOL. I am a duct tape queen... Have duct taped pipes, radiator hoses, air intake hoses, rust spots, windows... well I am a strong believer that duct tape can help you redneck engineer just about anything... I had a friend who had an old bronco 2... and the WHOLE truck body was bondo'd and duct taped and then spray painted. Thats what I call body work. HAHAHA

 

[taprock]

Fuzzybutt - our Boxer had the same type of mange when she was a pup. The vet treated her with a dip twice in order to get rid of it. She did get rid of it and get better. They said it was not something our other dog would catch but we had him dipped once as well as a precaution.

It was Mr. Fluffers. He's wrenched his spur. Poor guy even looked miserable. I got him down, brought him in the house, washed the wound, packed and wrapped it up and brought him back out, set him on the low roost. I have never seen him on the 2 in dowel roost before.

Mr. Fuzzy Pants my son's roo has one spur that is double. He tends to bang it up. Like Opa said they grow back but as much as Fuzzy has banged his up in the past he has never lost it. I just put styptic powder on it and by morning it is usually good. None of my roos have very pointy spurs so I haven't taken any spurs off at this point, but then I'm also not that great with lots of blood.

 

[NovaAman]

Thanks tap. I am just gonna take the bandage off on the AM, and if all looks good, I think I will probably confine him to the run... I just don't like the idea of him getting it yuck traveling all over. I worry about an infection. He's the only roo I want to have for as long as possible. He's very very friendly, and I'd hate to have an infection that causes him serious problems...

 

[DaughterOfEve]

Good night Michigan

 

[Opa]

I'm pouring if anyone is ready