Silkie thread!

[Fancychooklady]

Sorry for my weird post. I literally fell asleep! I am pretty sure I intended to share a link to a post about bumblefoot but don't remember what link!

This is one I keep bookmarked. But surgery isn't always required. The height of your perches should also be lowered as that is the possible cause.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/236649/bumblefoot-surgery-with-pics-and-how-to

 

[Annalog]

Another update on the black pullet with the brain injury.  She is completely eating on her own and although she isn't walking yet she is getting around very carefully without flapping her wings now. Thanks to all of you that have been helping me help her.

Happy to hear that she is eating on her own. While we have not yet had to tube feed any of our chickens, we have had two special needs chickens. The first, an Easter Egger named Ginger, hurt one leg and was not able to use it for months. After keeping her in a cosy space where she and her flockmates could see and hear each other, she eventually regained the use of her leg. She still walks with a limp but is able to free range with the others. She will be 5 years old in May. The other is the blind chick that hatched in February. We are working on plans for a coop expansion that includes special needs options.

 

[happyssunny]

Ouchy if you don't have a vet there is step by step instructions online that explains how to take care of bumble foot with pics and the supply's you will need for your baby's recovery

I have look into it after I post her pic...
Sadly I follow a bad website to do her feet...
That bad website say just need cut the first skin open then use twister pull out...also teach how to cover the foot is not so good too...

Most of other web say hv to cut it with scalpel or biopsy

So after I cut open I can't clean all the stuff up very well... So just bought both tool form ebay. Wait until it arrive then I hv to try to do her feet again...

Also today will call the vet and see do they know how to do it.... N see how it cost...

Gave her this hair cut because she keep wet it n it look so dirty but I don't want to cut too much.... Isn't call vanilla ice????

 

[happyssunny]

Thanks

Ouchy if you don't have a vet there is step by step instructions online that explains how to take care of bumble foot with pics and the supply's you will need for your baby's recovery

Thanks and I check lots of video on YouTube too is better then pic....
I just a bit scare to cut her yesterday...
N my partner can't help me.... He can't stand it at all..... So by myself.... Is hard....... N hv to do it again....

 

[Annalog]

Three New Hampshire chicks have hatched so far. Still left is the Easter Egger egg and another New Hampshire egg. I am not sure if the remaining NH egg is from the old flock (5 year old hens) or not as I forgot to mark the eggs. However, if at least one more chick hatches, then at least one chick will be from the old flock.

So far it appears that BC is the sire of all the chicks hatched as none are black or barred.

 

[happyssunny]

Looks like bumblefoot.

Yes sadly...... And after I cut open I m not sure will that be her fat on foot or is the stuff I should get them out...
I pull little bit out it just won't come out in one pieces.....
As she got little feet and black make it harder as well I think.....
Also extra toe hard to warp up after work...

 

[Fancychooklady]

Yes sadly...... And after I cut open I m not sure will that be her fat on foot or is the stuff I should get them out...
I pull little bit out it just won't come out in one pieces.....
As she got little feet and black make it harder as well I think.....
Also extra toe hard to warp up after work...

Is your bird hobbling or showing signs of pain ? If not the infection may be an old one. I've seen birds that haven't needed surgery at all. Once you cut , if you cut, (I simply pulled the plug out with tweezers), you will need to spray the wound with an antibiotic spray like ' terramycin '. This is a staph infection so you would ideally keep the bird in a clean caged area and keep vet wrap on it.
Here's the link ....

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/236649/bumblefoot-surgery-with-pics-and-how-to

 

[emvickrey]

I have 2 other special needs that live in the house until summer. They usually stay in the juvenile pen with the youngsters. The hen has a deformed face. The right side is kinda caved in and she is bline in that eye. She stopped laying eggs winter before last. She was very slow to mature and fast to age. She shares a cage inside with one I bought winter before last and he just stopped eating and I tube fed him most of the winter. He is an adult now and he has yet to crow and he shows no interest in breeding so he is a great cage mate for her. He LOVES babies. He just loves being in the juvenile pen and when I have chicks in the house and he hears them chirping when I mess with the he gets real upset. I have to show them to him to stop him from making so much noise like roos do when they are protecting their hens and babies. His name is BeBe and the hen's name is George.(I thought she was a boy till she laid her first egg) George isn't very fond of babies. She went broody once and I let her raise some of her sisters eggs. When the chicks where about 3 weeks old she wanted them out of her cage. She was a great momma though. This black pullet is planned to be donated for a fund raiser in September if she is 100% back to normal by then. If not I'll just keep her till next years fund raiser.

 

[dowgirl71]

This is Daisy, my 4 week old Paint Silkie (fingers crossed she's a "Daisy" not a "Donald").:/

 

[seminolewind]

She looks like a Daisy.

I always thought I had a clue about sexing if there is such a thing. I think even as chicks, the males stand more upright. Most females won't walk away from the group, but a male will. Males are more inquisitive. I think just posture and behavior can tell just as well as any other way on these little cuties.