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BlueShadow said:
You are just so suspicious of your gangsters thieving from you that you forget the classic stuff
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C'mon, 'fess up... what did they steal from you, that you worry so much about a repeat theft?
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Ralphie at times exhibits the effects of his guineas having stolen his "piece"* of mind. They refuse to tell him where they hid it.

*peace intentionally misspelled.
 
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red horse ranch said:
I love the looks of your Chocolate hen! Too bad the other two turned out to be male. Maybe this summer you'll have an extra one!
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The boys are just as pretty as she is. Unfortunately they can't lay eggs but they could potentially help make more Chocolate guineas. Hopefully you will get to see her in person this spring.
 
R2elk said:
You never know what may happen in your future.

The day before yesterday I had 8 of my 13 guineas decide to let themselves out of their pen.  All but one of them were cooperative about going back in once I opened the door for them.  The one decided to fly back in and misjudged the height of the fence. For a split second she was hung up in the fence but managed to right herself without breaking her foot off.  I didn't realize until later that she had almost ripped off the end of her middle toe on that foot.

I found blood all over the place when I shut them in the coop for the night.  Yesterday I captured her and brought her into the house to attend to her injury.  When I first captured her the toenail and skin were completely off of her toe and displaced above it.  While I was getting her comfortable it all accidentally slipped back in place.

The whole time I was working on her, she was calm and extremely well behaved not making any type of fuss at all.  I washed her foot with warm water, poured 35% hydrogen peroxide over the injury, daubed on Blu-Kote and then taped it together to prevent it from coming back off.  She was a sweetheart the whole time and also politely did her business in the sink without getting any on me.

Her calmness and good behavior continued right up until we got back in sight of the guinea pen at which time she made it known that she wanted loose.  At no time did she try to steal anything or scratch or peck me.
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I've had injuries like that a few times with my guineas. Whenever I have brought them in to the house to doctor them up, they are as sweet as pie! The wildness seems to subside once they are separated from the rest of the flock. The last time I had one in my house was about 6 months ago and since then I've had nothing stolen or vandalized!
 
R2elk said:
You never know what may happen in your future.

The day before yesterday I had 8 of my 13 guineas decide to let themselves out of their pen.  All but one of them were cooperative about going back in once I opened the door for them.  The one decided to fly back in and misjudged the height of the fence. For a split second she was hung up in the fence but managed to right herself without breaking her foot off.  I didn't realize until later that she had almost ripped off the end of her middle toe on that foot.

I found blood all over the place when I shut them in the coop for the night.  Yesterday I captured her and brought her into the house to attend to her injury.  When I first captured her the toenail and skin were completely off of her toe and displaced above it.  While I was getting her comfortable it all accidentally slipped back in place.

The whole time I was working on her, she was calm and extremely well behaved not making any type of fuss at all.  I washed her foot with warm water, poured 35% hydrogen peroxide over the injury, daubed on Blu-Kote and then taped it together to prevent it from coming back off.  She was a sweetheart the whole time and also politely did her business in the sink without getting any on me.

Her calmness and good behavior continued right up until we got back in sight of the guinea pen at which time she made it known that she wanted loose.  At no time did she try to steal anything or scratch or peck me.
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Peroxide kills living tissue. I'd steer clear. It's amazing how much blood little things can let loose!
 
R2elk said:
You are correct about peroxide killing living tissue which is why you don't apply it and leave it on.  You have to rinse it off after a short time to prevent tissue damage. 
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perchie.girl said:
a little blood is good too.  helps flush out a wound from the inside.    But yea in the years of having horses Peroxide was the go to for the first clean up but not for subsequent treatment.

deb
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I like a plain old water flush. The magic healing for afterwards- my equine vet suggested slippery elm. Make it into a paste and apply to wound. Haven't had to use it on chickens {knock on wood}, but our problem child horse gashed her leg open and there was zero scar. When she flayed her head open, the vet rinsed with calendula {iir} and then we applied the slippery elm paste around the edges of her sutures. It's amazing stuff.

I always have Vetericyn and Blu Kote on hand, too. Both are antiseptic/antifungal. Toes seem to bleed a whole lot, but combs and wattles can be crazy hard to get to stop. The splatter from head movement can look like a crime scene.
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