Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Marie2020]

That is so annoying. I hope you can at least finish this coop together !
I fight all the times with my partner when we work. We get over it, there's no choice really. He's competent at building stuff but not at communicating .

@Shadrach I hope you will not be annoyed that I also ask you for advice on a health subject. My rooster Theo's legs are awful ; he's got small feathers growing and breaking that really irritate him, his scales are raised and bumpy. I can't tell if he's got SLM (scaly leg mites) or if his follicles are getting infected.
Last week I tried putting on a mix of Vaseline and Iodine and it seemed to make things worse, his legs are very red and irritated. Should I keep on doing this, or try something else ?
Here are two pictures but it's hard to get some good ones as he will become aggressive if I come too near.
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Would this be a bit of bumble foot

@Shadrach Pointed me towards surgical spirits, this helped my two enormously

My whole process was soak their legs and feet in Epsom salts then when I dried them I used the surgical spirits after that I rubbed in castor oil.

 

[Marie2020]

Good morning. It's pouring with rain here.

How's the weather where you are?

@Shadrach is it bad where you are?

 

[Shadrach]

That is so annoying. I hope you can at least finish this coop together !
I fight all the times with my partner when we work. We get over it, there's no choice really. He's competent at building stuff but not at communicating .

@Shadrach I hope you will not be annoyed that I also ask you for advice on a health subject. My rooster Theo's legs are awful ; he's got small feathers growing and breaking that really irritate him, his scales are raised and bumpy. I can't tell if he's got SLM (scaly leg mites) or if his follicles are getting infected.
Last week I tried putting on a mix of Vaseline and Iodine and it seemed to make things worse, his legs are very red and irritated. Should I keep on doing this, or try something else ?
Here are two pictures but it's hard to get some good ones as he will become aggressive if I come too near.
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He's competent at building stuff but not at communicating .

Communication is a vastly overrated. Perhaps the solution is for you to learn how to build stuff. There is absolutely no reason why women cant construct things to an equal standard as men. There are plenty of women on this site who have excellent construction skills. Speaking as a man who has been making things most of his life, I'm not the slightest bit interested in communicating with someone who is critical of what I do but can't do any better themselves.

Chickens will pick at feathers growing on their legs. Chickens, being intelligent creatures know that having feathered legs is a very bad idea. It's a shame the breeders don't have the same intelligence.
Before and after treatment pictures would have been helpfull.
I can see no signs of irritation. Roosters legs and even more so young cockerels legs take on the red colour at sexual maturity. It's a bit like the colour change in a laying hens comb.
This is what SLM looks like. This is much improved from a few months ago and he is shedding scales now along with his moult.

As you can see hopefully Theo's legs are far from awful.
What exactly did you apply to his legs? Make, strength etc.

 

[Shadrach]

Good morning. It's pouring with rain here.

How's the weather where you are?

@Shadrach is it bad where you are?

Chilly and miserable. Raining since I woke up. Supposed to back off by lunchtime.

 

[Perris]

Chickens, being intelligent creatures know that having feathered legs is a very bad idea. It's a shame the breeders don't have the same intelligence.

I second that. I can't imagine how much their feet feathers must have handicapped those Azerbajani pigeons trying to walk, let alone fly.

 

[Shadrach]

I second that. I can't imagine how much their feet feathers must have handicapped those Azerbajani pigeons trying to walk, let alone fly.

The Marans in Catalonia were constantly pecking at their foot feathers, often making them bleed.

 

[Shadrach]

An Afghan women holding a chicken.

 

[Shadrach]

Have you read this @Perris ?

https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/4/547

 

[Perris]

Have you read this @Perris ?

https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/4/547

not yet, but now you've drawn my attention to it, I will! Thanks!

 

[no fly zone]

Climbed up on the ladder to take a pic this morning. I have to wait for it to dry up to do further work on it.

Think i may just staple down some plastic, as i already have that on hand and that will save me a trip to home depot.