NY chicken lover!!!!

[TonySorrento]

to you and yours! You live in a great area! I grew up in Delevan! I have no ideal where Clyde's Local Feed is..my sister's speak of TSC and the feed store in Delevan...
I may have a few extra Australorps..how many are you looking for?

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Clydes is in Hamburg ....I was going to get two or three ... they were the one breed I was really looking forward to get .... along with all the other ones ... if you haven't read any of my posts, I am a newbie ..,. Where are you located?

 

[Cydney83]

Henicillin: Good luck...they are so cute..

Demp4: That is so cute! I wish I could let a broody have her chicks...I worry the other will bother them...

Tab; Good luck and congrats on the new computer...I hope you didn't lose important stuff...ours broke and Bladens 1 yr pic were on there and I didn't take the time and back them up! I can still see those photos in my mind, but will never have a print of him at one yr old...

Wasn't today great...took the kids to the Zoo...my three yr old acted like any animal was a new site and was the best...love to see things though his eyes...

 

[Sachasmom]

Help? What do I put on a puncture wound? Just let it drain? She's missing a fair amount of skin in one spot too, its oozing a bit, I flushed it and used bactine on it, but I cannot find my new skin spray here...

Figured out what got my Silkies earlier this week, a HUGE raccoon!

I was outside checking a litter and heard a comotion from the back coop, I see my Rooster get out over the door and take off like a bat outta heck! I ran back and it was trying to carry off my Lav hen and I was like "Oh heck no you're not"... Only my weapon of choice was a rather dull pitchfork thing that was not very stabby... He did let go tho.

I just have to convince my husband that our tax refund should be spent on electric poultry netting, I figure since we;re only getting one bc we added a new deduction that I should get it, lol

 

[featherz]

Ack! {Poor thing! That raccoon will be back. =( I had a puncture wound on one of my NN and I just used blu-kote on it, healed up fine. Raccoon bites/scratches might be another ball o wax tho. Any neosporin around? Where is the wound?

Chickens heal amazingly well sometimes - my NN wound was pretty ugly and it healed just fine with only minor treatment.

Help? What do I put on a puncture wound? Just let it drain? She's missing a fair amount of skin in one spot too, its oozing a bit, I flushed it and used bactine on it, but I cannot find my new skin spray here...

Figured out what got my Silkies earlier this week, a HUGE raccoon!

I was outside checking a litter and heard a comotion from the back coop, I see my Rooster get out over the door and take off like a bat outta heck! I ran back and it was trying to carry off my Lav hen and I was like "Oh heck no you're not"... Only my weapon of choice was a rather dull pitchfork thing that was not very stabby... He did let go tho.

I just have to convince my husband that our tax refund should be spent on electric poultry netting, I figure since we;re only getting one bc we added a new deduction that I should get it, lol

 

[mixitup]

Welcome-that's quite a mixture! Must be nice to look out and see the flock.

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

Help? What do I put on a puncture wound? Just let it drain? She's missing a fair amount of skin in one spot too, its oozing a bit, I flushed it and used bactine on it, but I cannot find my new skin spray here...

Figured out what got my Silkies earlier this week, a HUGE raccoon!

I was outside checking a litter and heard a comotion from the back coop, I see my Rooster get out over the door and take off like a bat outta heck! I ran back and it was trying to carry off my Lav hen and I was like "Oh heck no you're not"... Only my weapon of choice was a rather dull pitchfork thing that was not very stabby... He did let go tho.

I just have to convince my husband that our tax refund should be spent on electric poultry netting, I figure since we;re only getting one bc we added a new deduction that I should get it, lol

Raccoons are awful because they are smart. They can get into things that you wouldn't normally think they could. My aunt had my uncle shoot what he could and then trapped some too. I haven't heard of her having more issues with raccoons lately. I hope your chicken pulls through and heals up fast.

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

Welcome-that's quite a mixture! Must be nice to look out and see the flock.

It's always nice to sit and watch the flock out free ranging. They have such personality!

 

[featherz]

Do you have a run now? DH is helping me build a new larger fun for the chickens and rather than getting an electric fence ($$$), we were thinking of just running one wire about 6" up to bolster the regular run fencing.. Maybe that's an option? I haven't decided whether or not to do it, but thinking on it.

Help? What do I put on a puncture wound? Just let it drain? She's missing a fair amount of skin in one spot too, its oozing a bit, I flushed it and used bactine on it, but I cannot find my new skin spray here...

Figured out what got my Silkies earlier this week, a HUGE raccoon!

I was outside checking a litter and heard a comotion from the back coop, I see my Rooster get out over the door and take off like a bat outta heck! I ran back and it was trying to carry off my Lav hen and I was like "Oh heck no you're not"... Only my weapon of choice was a rather dull pitchfork thing that was not very stabby... He did let go tho.

I just have to convince my husband that our tax refund should be spent on electric poultry netting, I figure since we;re only getting one bc we added a new deduction that I should get it, lol

 

[vmdanielsen]

Help? What do I put on a puncture wound? Just let it drain? She's missing a fair amount of skin in one spot too, its oozing a bit, I flushed it and used bactine on it, but I cannot find my new skin spray here...

Figured out what got my Silkies earlier this week, a HUGE raccoon!

I was outside checking a litter and heard a comotion from the back coop, I see my Rooster get out over the door and take off like a bat outta heck! I ran back and it was trying to carry off my Lav hen and I was like "Oh heck no you're not"... Only my weapon of choice was a rather dull pitchfork thing that was not very stabby... He did let go tho.

I just have to convince my husband that our tax refund should be spent on electric poultry netting, I figure since we;re only getting one bc we added a new deduction that I should get it, lol

I would not seal a puncture wound in case there are still bad bugs still in the wound. I would keep it clean, maybe cover it with a chicken apron depending on where it is. I may flush it again with betadine and water, again depending on how pussey/inflamed it was. If it looks like it is healing well and the bird is eating and drinking, I may do nothing. I would keep it smeared with an antibiotic ointment.

 

[stonykill]

hav a hart trap and a gun. The only 2 things that stop a coon from killing your chickens. Electric fencing won't stop them......for long. I kill at least 4 coons and 6 possum a year around here.

Help? What do I put on a puncture wound? Just let it drain? She's missing a fair amount of skin in one spot too, its oozing a bit, I flushed it and used bactine on it, but I cannot find my new skin spray here...

Figured out what got my Silkies earlier this week, a HUGE raccoon!

I was outside checking a litter and heard a comotion from the back coop, I see my Rooster get out over the door and take off like a bat outta heck! I ran back and it was trying to carry off my Lav hen and I was like "Oh heck no you're not"... Only my weapon of choice was a rather dull pitchfork thing that was not very stabby... He did let go tho.

I just have to convince my husband that our tax refund should be spent on electric poultry netting, I figure since we;re only getting one bc we added a new deduction that I should get it, lol