NY chicken lover!!!!

[rancher hicks]

A'hoy!

Matey!

 

[rancher hicks]

Checked the little injured chick this morning. Nothing feels broken. It looks like maybe the leg was dislocated, then popped back in the complete opposite direction. The foot is still facing down, just with toes facing backwards instead of forwards. Not sure if that is something I would be able to fix without doing more harm, since I can't tell which joint (leg or hip) is dislocated and which direction it twisted before popping back in. Or if there is damage in the joints. Otherwise a perfectly healthy chick. Cute, tiny, soft, fuzzy little chick.

I always try but if things don't work out, I put them down. I have had birds just have a bump that needs to heal. Much like we do.

 

[rancher hicks]

Does anybody know of where I can get a bearded Silkie hen? I have of Silkies now but would like another hen. Or, if somebody would like some Silkies, I can sell them the pair I have. I need more room in my flock and need another Silkie hen or this pair isn't worth hanging on to. They are taking up a decent sized coop that could hold 4-5 of my other birds if I can't get a new hen.

I suggest you try NASA , perhaps one can come back on the MARS rover.

 

[rancher hicks]

We all learn by trial & error...for anyone interested, if you find any animal with maggots, that is what the worms were, pour peroxide on the wound, the maggots will come practically flyinng out. You usually have to repeat several times before they all come out. ITs called "Fly strike".

What happens if there is wet manure anywhere on an animals body for even a short time, flies will lay eggs in it. The eggs hatch, and burrow into the flesh of the animal, thus forming a hole. The will literally eat away the insides of the animal if not stopped in time.

I learned this when I first had sheep. I had a lamb that had a poopy butt, and I didn't notice anything until It showed signs of being sick. When I discovered it, the magots had burrowed inside the lamb, with a hole about he size of an orange.....yuck...I poured peroxide on the wound and they came flying out. As I pressed on the area from behind the open sore & pushed towards the opening more kept coming out, like I was pushing them out. I think I did this 3 days in a row, with spraying with fly spray & betadine in between expressing the maggots and the lamb healed up & was fine.

The problem with chickens is you won't find the mess until its too late, and chickens don't have the flesh to recover like sheep do.

At least now, you know you don't have an epidemic. Sorry about your hen though.

I will be checking chickens tonight. The BR run is the worst and I don't let them out during the day. I will also be spreading DE everywhere.

The coops themselves are dry it's the runs that are too wet.

 

[marquisella]

Quote: The flies like wet icky places to lay their eggs. Keeping the rears clean & dry will prevent it. How fast....I think fly eggs can hatch in as little as 2-3 days. Check your hens butt, clean it off & spray with fly spray as a preventative.

 

[Breella]

I went out to the coop to check for eggs and found another huge egg. Poor Pearl.

Oh another note, for those of us who bought chicks from the Red Sex Link bin at TSC this year:


Does this mean she's going to start laying eggs soon? or has all hope of this being a she flown the coop so to speak.

 

[rancher hicks]

My big girls always have messy bottoms. Not horribly it seems their fluffy butts are really fluffy and catch some here & there. I try to cut off the messy feathers when I can. Their skin/vent area is clean it just sticks to the feathers. Never heard of fly strike. I do find a few flys occasionally in the coop but its usually because they cant figure out do go thru the cattle panels instead of trying to get out the door lol

The hoop coop has a lot of ventilation and it stays dry in there when it rains except for a few small leaks where zip strips come in. I plan on rectifying that by applying tar around the vents and over the zip tie holes. The silicone and duct tape just doesn't seem to work. I figure tar will fix the few leaks and I am going to remove everything, silicone and duct tape, and start fresh.

I hope to get it done tonight before the rain comes.

My hoop "coops" are covered with Tarps and only stapled on the bottom or on the over hang. I don't use zip ties or poke holes anywhere over the coop itself. The run however does. I fold the tarp back and put the plastic over the run under it, then use Zips to hold the tarp in place.

 

[JLaw]

Checked the little injured chick this morning. Nothing feels broken. It looks like maybe the leg was dislocated, then popped back in the complete opposite direction. The foot is still facing down, just with toes facing backwards instead of forwards. Not sure if that is something I would be able to fix without doing more harm, since I can't tell which joint (leg or hip) is dislocated and which direction it twisted before popping back in. Or if there is damage in the joints. Otherwise a perfectly healthy chick. Cute, tiny, soft, fuzzy little chick.

you can try http://www.voy.com/194762/869.html?z=1 they seem to help people with leg/foot problems.

 

[miquwid]

Breella I hope so 2of mine have nice red Combs

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

That is so nice he got that scholarship. Did you go to the graduation?

How old is the blue cuckoo maran

Nutty I just found your post. I somehow missed it. No I didn't go to graduation. I only get updates through the family grapevine. The blue cuckoo maran is a year old and the second BLRW is 2.