Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[stake]

just had the best, true to lancaster county lunch....big ole plate of homemade scrapple

Wing:

I agree!!! Blarney shared some of her's with me last year and I just found it tucked in the back of my freezer...twas gooood!......

 

[SilkieSensation]

I'm having a really rough morning. I went out to the coop to feed everyone this morning and I noticed Wynter was wavering. So I picked him up and his little toes were frozen. I brought him in to warm them and I find out he also has a hole in his crop! A HOLE! So he's in my bathroom now. I cleaned up his feet and he has some frost bite and cleaned up the hole in his crop the best a could. Doesn't look like there's any infection or anything thankfully. I super glued it shut but either it wasn't glued competely or still wet. When he started eating, a little squeezed out so I took his food so I can let his crop empty out and try it again. So, then I go to clean out the brooder and I notice one of the babies isn't reacting to me gathering everyone up. She's just laying there. When I got to get, I thought her eyes were gone! Turns out they look almost infected. I cleaned them up with damp cotton balls and she's laying on my lap now, drying. She's not opening her eyes at all and is continually peeping if I don't talk to her and freaks out if I'm not touching her at all. Everyone in the coop and in the brooder has gotten a thorough exam this morning. I'm just really stressed and don't really know what else to do for either one of them :/

. It sounds like you have the first aid covered... I would keep the little guy off of food until you have a chance to re-glue (if you haven't already) and it has had time to dry, and even then I would give it a couple of hours and maybe just stick to small amounts of soft food (well spaced out) for today, yogurt and finely chopped scrambled eggs would be my first go to food choice for the next day or two to give it time to start healing.  It is hard to tell what punctured it, possibly punctured from inside with a sharp corner on a piece of food or seed.
I would definitely use a topical antibiotic on the wound area after the glue is well set for the first couple of days (just make sure there is no analgesic/pain reliever in the ointment). Oral antibiotics as a prophylactic are up to you and I can't provide much help there because I haven't used them on birds.

I'm not sure what to advise on the little one with the sore eyes, I have never had that occur with any of mine... sounds like you have already done the right basics and now it is a matter of finding out if it is somehow a traumatic injury (though I would highly doubt it since both eyes are involved, but chicks can/do pick on each others eyes sometimes), an irritation from dust type thing or a medical condition similar to human pink eye (conjunctivitis).  Both would involve initial care of careful cleaning, I'm not sure if you can find a topical antibiotic wash for eyes, and I believe most triple antibiotic ointments suggest not for use in eyes, so using that would be a choice you would have to weigh pros and cons on. 

Triple antibiotic can be placed directly into the eyes of an animal (checked with the vet) & usually does the job in 2-3 applications once per day.

Auroradream26....

 Here is a link from a lady who just recently went through frost bite on a little chick.... she did up a great page to show her process in treatment and how well the little one progressed.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/frostbitten-feet-the-adventures-of-scout

I had a little roo last year lose both feet to frostbite. The key is keep everything clean & soak every few days in a dilute peroxide solution until completely healed. If it gets infected or even starts to look infected get antibiotics into him.

 

[wingstone]

i do believe that one of us is hiding something today>>

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Triple antibiotic can be placed directly into the eyes of an animal (checked with the vet) & usually does the job in 2-3 applications once per day.
I had a little roo last year lose both feet to frostbite. The key is keep everything clean & soak every few days in a dilute peroxide solution until completely healed. If it gets infected or even starts to look infected get antibiotics into him.

Thank you. The baby has her eyes open now. They look very teary but not infected. I'll put a little bit in her eyes just before bed tonight and see how they look in the morning.

My little Wynter's crop hole seems to be plugged good for now. He ate a small egg and drank some vinegar water and nothing seeped out. His toes look swollen still and the very tips of a couple are black but only the very tips. He's walking around fairly normal now but I still feel bad about it.

 

[SilkieSensation]

Triple antibiotic can be placed directly into the eyes of an animal (checked with the vet) & usually does the job in 2-3 applications once per day.
I had a little roo last year lose both feet to frostbite. The key is keep everything clean & soak every few days in a dilute peroxide solution until completely healed. If it gets infected or even starts to look infected get antibiotics into him.

Thank you. The baby has her eyes open now. They look very teary but not infected. I'll put a little bit in her eyes just before bed tonight and see how they look in the morning.

My little Wynter's crop hole seems to be plugged good for now. He ate a small egg and drank some vinegar water and nothing seeped out. His toes look swollen still and the very tips of a couple are black but only the very tips. He's walking around fairly normal now but I still feel bad about it.

Soak his feet daily in warm, diluted peroxide (4 parts warm water, 1 part peroxide) until they are healed up.

 

[fisherlady]

Thank you. The baby has her eyes open now. They look very teary but not infected. I'll put a little bit in her eyes just before bed tonight and see how they look in the morning.

My little Wynter's crop hole seems to be plugged good for now. He ate a small egg and drank some vinegar water and nothing seeped out. His toes look swollen still and the very tips of a couple are black but only the very tips. He's walking around fairly normal now but I still feel bad about it.

Glad she has her eyes open...happy to hear that Wynter is looking better also. in the link I posted above it showed the chicks feet curled a few days into treatment so you may want to watch closely for signs of that so you can splint early if needed.

 

[chiques chicks]

i do believe that one of us is hiding something today>>

Remind me to watch that in a few days.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

I just re-glued Wynter's hole. He was obviously up and moving around and he did poop a couple times. I think I got it glued good this time but I will probably do it one more time in about an hour just to be sure I get it closed.

The baby with the eye problem actually started opening her one eye a little bit. I tried some lubricant eye drops that I use on my dog for her dry eye issues. I think I'll check her eyes every hour or so.

Glad to hear they are coming around. Did you ever think you'd be gluing a chicken crop shut?

you would think they were in pain but I have never noticed frostbite to bother them... which makes me wonder why they even have them if they can just fall off with no ill effects....you would think that evolution would get rid of such things.

They have them because the ladies like it!

Triple antibiotic can be placed directly into the eyes of an animal (checked with the vet) & usually does the job in 2-3 applications once per day.
I had a little roo last year lose both feet to frostbite. The key is keep everything clean & soak every few days in a dilute peroxide solution until completely healed. If it gets infected or even starts to look infected get antibiotics into him.

Do you still have your no feet Roo? I remember him, I know you had to scale down in your moves.

 

[wingstone]

Quote: i shall repost that for you in a couple days

 

[hendricks115]

This is some good reading, thanks.


Sitting in the Nuclear Medicine dept waiting for DDs first dose of radiation. Problems with incorrectly written scripts and misinformation are making this day much longer and harder than it already is. Feeling sooooo frustrated and P'd off.

Saying prayers that her radiation goes well and not feeling to poorly after.