Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[draye]

Any idea what color this pullet will be?

Really hard to tell. There's a bit too much light on the chick.

 

[draye]

@Kev

Found this unusual colored chick from my last hatch. Haven't sold them all yet so now beginning to be able to tell the cockerels.

This one will definitely be a cockerel. Now I'm not really positive but I think this came from the run with the Spangled Aloha rooster and out of an egg from a Gold/Blue NN hen. I don't have a picture of her so I can't post one right now. But much like a Blue/red color but she's got some kind of pattern to her. Not sure what to call it.

Anyway what I'm getting to is ask, will this little cockerel turn out to be like a Laced something or a Mottled? I think he probably hatched out a dark reddish brown color.

 

[DesertChic]

it happens from time to time. I had to trim spurs to a few of my roos. my choco (NN) has the same problem and she is pecking her wounds. I put some zinc cream and hope she will get well soon. they usually do. my marans pullet did.

I hope your girl will get well soon. maybe you should give her antibiotic for 3-4 days.

I'd considered breaking down and giving an antibiotic, but I don't want to start down that road. Not only would I not be able to eat her eggs for several weeks (yes, she's still laying), but I wouldn't want to eat her meat once it was time to cull her. I prefer natural healing whenever possible, and culling when natural healing doesn't seem like an option.

I abraded the potentially infected tissue, emptied half a bottle of peroxide on her wounds, sprayed an antibacterial solution with lidocaine on her wounds, and put her in isolation with lots of clean bedding. Today I gave her a scrambled egg along with her regular feed and also added vitamins to her water. Tomorrow she'll get extra greens and possibly some yogurt. She actually seems to be doing pretty well tonight and the wounds are all scabbed over. NNs are amazingly hardy birds that never cease to impress me.

 

[DesertChic]

Any idea what color this pullet will be?

Cute chick! I don't know what color it will be, but with that mask I think its name should be "Bandit".

 

[cactusrota]

Really hard to tell. There's a bit too much light on the chick.

It actually looks like the same markings as my Australorps, but its hard to tell with the lighting.

 

[islafarm]

I'd considered breaking down and giving an antibiotic, but I don't want to start down that road. Not only would I not be able to eat her eggs for several weeks (yes, she's still laying), but I wouldn't want to eat her meat once it was time to cull her. I prefer natural healing whenever possible, and culling when natural healing doesn't seem like an option.

I abraded the potentially infected tissue, emptied half a bottle of peroxide on her wounds, sprayed an antibacterial solution with lidocaine on her wounds, and put her in isolation with lots of clean bedding. Today I gave her a scrambled egg along with her regular feed and also added vitamins to her water. Tomorrow she'll get extra greens and possibly some yogurt. She actually seems to be doing pretty well tonight and the wounds are all scabbed over. NNs are amazingly hardy birds that never cease to impress me.

They have incredible healing capacity and are usually excellent patients too. If she's made it this far, shows no sign of infection and is still laying I'm sure she'll pull through. Though will probably be understandably shy of roosters for awhile. I had one that was peckled clear to the skull and she recovered. They're troopers, and that's why we love them

You're really an excellent chicken mommy, this was a lesson to be learnt.

 

[cactusrota]

I'd considered breaking down and giving an antibiotic, but I don't want to start down that road. Not only would I not be able to eat her eggs for several weeks (yes, she's still laying), but I wouldn't want to eat her meat once it was time to cull her. I prefer natural healing whenever possible, and culling when natural healing doesn't seem like an option.

I abraded the potentially infected tissue, emptied half a bottle of peroxide on her wounds, sprayed an antibacterial solution with lidocaine on her wounds, and put her in isolation with lots of clean bedding. Today I gave her a scrambled egg along with her regular feed and also added vitamins to her water. Tomorrow she'll get extra greens and possibly some yogurt. She actually seems to be doing pretty well tonight and the wounds are all scabbed over. NNs are amazingly hardy birds that never cease to impress me.

There are alot of mild herbal substitutes for antibiotics that can help with that sort of thing. Oregano is a good one. Filaree, a weed we get all over our yard, is a mild anti-inflammatory. I was actually reading an article a while back about a commercial natural chicken farm that was using oregano instead of pharmaceutical antibotics for their whole flock. Wish I knew where I found that at.

 

[Bluechick2u]

I've used fresh basil as an anti inflammatory in rabbits, wonder if it'd work on chickens?

 

[DesertChic]

There are alot of mild herbal substitutes for antibiotics that can help with that sort of thing. Oregano is a good one. Filaree, a weed we get all over our yard, is a mild anti-inflammatory. I was actually reading an article a while back about a commercial natural chicken farm that was using oregano instead of pharmaceutical antibotics for their whole flock. Wish I knew where I found that at.

I actually use oregano in their feed on a regular basis when we have weather fluctuations, such as what we're experiencing right now. Two days ago it was 94*F. Today it struggled to reach 64*F and was rainy and windy. I know chickens are surprisingly resilient, but I still try to bump up nutrition when we have crazy fluctuations like this.

Hmm...I know Turmeric is a natural anti-inflammatory because I take it to combat arthritis pain. I wonder if it's safe for chickens.....

 

[NanaKat]

 

I'd considered breaking down and giving an antibiotic, but I don't want to start down that road. Not only would I not be able to eat her eggs for several weeks (yes, she's still laying), but I wouldn't want to eat her meat once it was time to cull her. I prefer natural healing whenever possible, and culling when natural healing doesn't seem like an option. 

I abraded the potentially infected tissue, emptied half a bottle of peroxide on her wounds, sprayed an antibacterial solution with lidocaine on her wounds, and put her in isolation with lots of clean bedding. Today I gave her a scrambled egg along with her regular feed and also added vitamins to her water. Tomorrow she'll get extra greens and possibly some yogurt. She actually seems to be doing pretty well tonight and the wounds are all scabbed over. NNs are amazingly hardy birds that never cease to impress me. 

 There are alot of mild herbal substitutes for antibiotics that can help with that sort of thing.  Oregano is a good one.  Filaree, a weed we get all over our yard, is a mild anti-inflammatory.  I was actually reading an article a while back about a commercial natural chicken farm that was using oregano instead of pharmaceutical antibotics for their whole flock.  Wish I knew where I found that at.

Gold Listerine is an anti-bacterial, originally used to sterilize surgical surfaces and equipment.
A 10% spray of GL to distilled water can be used safely on wounds. I use it on cuts and scrapes as well as deep wounds and surgical sites like bumble foot and the occasional bloody comb when roosters spar. I also use it to sterilize the incubator and eggs for incubating.