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subhanalah said:
that sure relieves the pressure.
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Hahahaha right! Seriously though, no pressure.
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Fancychooklady said:
I had a hen that was hobbled by a piece of string she'd picked up in the feed shed. By the time I realized she was in trouble the string had wrapped around both feet so tight that her little toe was looking pretty bad. I had to sit with her and unwind the string , about a metre .In Some toes the string had cut though almost to the bone.
With the string removed I soaked her feet in Epsom salts and warm water, dried then sprayed her entire feet with Terramycin . She hasn't looked back since, her little toe is a little ' munted ' but that's ok.
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We have one Silkie that has hobbled herself about 3 times so we keep an eye on her for that. Just her and none of the others. We keep trimming her nails but she's 3 years old and her nails are pretty set in a permanent position. When we see her fine in the morning but taking hoppy steps by midday we know she's hobbled herself on some weed or strand or something. She wouldn't walk the last time we unwound her so I had some Metacam (for reducing swelling) and gave her a dose and put her in her nestbox because she wouldn't take steps. By morning she was the first one running out of the coop. Such a relief when you see a sick Silkie recuperated!
 
Fancychooklady said:
I've never had a flu shot as I have a serious aversion to needles. Their telling us in the news that swine flu is going to hit aus this winter. Just went and fed the chooks their scrambled egg and rice, they were very happy to see me. Needless to say it never seems like enough. Back to the lounge, watching Curley Sue, an oldie but a goodie.
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My Mom and I had Swine Flu together years back. With the way these viruses mutate it will probably be a whole new strain!
What's a Curley Sue? One of the 3 Stooges?
 
SamanthaDixie said:
maggie and lucy love music.

but on a sad note, we've come to the conclusion that lucy may die. her leg is either infected, or a band is around it. either way, we may have to amputate and she may not survive without the leg.
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One of many reasons I go to my vet. If a hen isn't well one day to the next it's an immediate doc visit. Littler living beings succumb more quickly to maladies than big beings so need quicker action. This clearly sounds like a vet visit asap. It's amazing how vet's can save pets. Everytime I go in thinking I have to put a Silkie down, the vet gives either a shot or medicine and she's all better by next day. If I hadn;t taken her in all those times and just tried waiting it out on my own instead I might have lost her.
 

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