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[speckledhen]

She is just so beautiful, Kathy! Some you just have to let them do it, you know. She looks like one super-determined mama to me!

 

[kathyinmo]

My layers coop birds usually get to range every day. The go north and west (west towards the pond, in the timber). The breeder barn birds always go the opposite way (towards the road or over on the vacant lot). Funny how they all stay with their own families.

Anyway, I do love the pure pens. But, I also love looking at all the variety from my layers coop. Some are so chunky, and others are just plain beautiful. In my eyes anyway.

Gosh, I sure do love chicken-keeping.

 

[seminolewind]

I have a broody who refuses to give up. I put her in the 4x4 feed storage room (all alone), to break her.
She is resourceful in looking for a nest, don't ya think?

She will not budge from there, and she screams louder than any broody I have ever had. When she screams, the entire barnyard hears her and responds to her plea for help!

That is quite the picture!! What expression!

 

[seminolewind]

Thanks, Cyn. I do believe you're right with the cocci or enteritis thing. I doubled the Corrid-it's a good thing I didn't have sulfadimethoxine cause I would have used that, and it would not have helped an enteritis. They are all on LS-50 as well. I think the streptomycin kills enteritis bugs.

I moved them all into a new pen. The one they were in actually started smelling foul like the bloody discharge. Everything is nice and clean, and hopefully I won't lose anymore. It's so sad.

I can't believe you still get a patient now and then for crop surgery. I always keep my eye on my 2 potentials-they like eating stiff grass stuff.

Hope the morning is better.

 

[kathyinmo]

I have a patient in a cage next to my door tonight. OMG ! ! ! At lock up time she was on the nest. So, I picked her up - plan was to put her in the Broody-Buster. I had blood on my arm from her. I checked her over and OMG - she has gashes on both sides. Big gashes. I cleaned them up with diluted betadine and fixed her up in a nice clean cage, just outside my door. Poor poor thing. I am quite sure it was caused from the rooster in her pen. His spurs are wayyyyyyyy too long. Tomorrow will be my first experience of removing spurs.

 

[speckledhen]

Suede's hens have had that happen. It's more from the toenails than the spurs, IMO. They hold with their feet and rip down the sides. Poor girls, it's hard for us to see under the fluff.


Angus is hanging in there, but he hasn't pooped enough for me to say his system is functioning properly. He crowed a few times today, but part of the day, he seemed really tired, so I'm not ready to say he's out of the woods with this thing yet. He's so sweet for a D'Anver.

 

[kathyinmo]

Toenails or spurs, oh my ...... can you imagine how painful that must be to have them ripping through your skin? Oh my..... I probably should stitch it, but all I did was clean it up. I have sutures. Maybe I will do that.

 

[speckledhen]

We even gave ours antibiotics because, before we found the rips, they were full of dirt. We did put a couple of stitches in there, but chicken skin is so hard to stitch, being as thin as it is, just like elderly people.

Kathy! You may be the one to ask. Was looking to get some absorbable sutures on Amazon, but they only have the larger kits (I have about $11 left on a gift card). They used to have just individual sutures with needle, but I can't find that anymore. I'll keep looking, though, as their offerings change. I was wondering what kind-is chromic okay? What size? 4-0, 3-0, or does it matter in this case? We had to use nylon invisible thread last time and I hate that. Quilting needles are NOT made for suturing, either!

 

[catdaddyfro]

Toenails or spurs, oh my ...... can you imagine how painful that must be to have them ripping through your skin? Oh my..... I probably should stitch it, but all I did was clean it up. I have sutures. Maybe I will do that.

Most of the time its the back toe-nails Mrs. Kathy from them getting over excited and kneading/treading and slipping and sliding around while trying to accomplish their goal, so to say. its not usually the spurs cause I got big ol experienced boys with big, big spurs they never tear them up, cause they know what they are doing.
I have had this occur numerous times esp. when there's too many rowdy/randy young cockrels running arouund and it always seems they will gang up on one poor soul to take it out on. I have never had to stitch one up from this as they are pretty good about healing up in this area as long as it is doctored/treated somewhat and she is kept in a cage where there's no contact with the litter or soil that may get the wound infected real bad. I use "Furazone" it is a thick antibiotic ointment it is very good for such wounds you can usually get it at your farm and feed supply stores.



Jeff

 

[kathyinmo]

I was talkin' to my Stukel girl today, Cyn, about your Dru......