Stella's Social Club

[speckledhen]

Oh, my, I never thought of myself as a lurker, lol! I do like to occasionally read your stories on this thread and look at the beautiful pictures you take, Mary. You are a wonderful photographer!

 

[drumstick diva]

I recall a very disturbing post re: a white silky cockerel that was infected with maggots and survived. What an ordeal! The poster wrote in detail- many, many sessions of peroxide to flush them out, it seemed like they would never stop coming. I believe the vet told her that maggots could travel all thru the body eventually reaching the brain. Thanks to her tenacity and the little boy's wonderful personality thru it all - they prevailed.

I'm sure she used other things on him but, I mainly recall how the peroxide brought more and more to the surface and she kept hauling them out with tweezers.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Guys, please read this as a cautionary tale about infections and maggots. You may see a few maggots, but there can be a silent raging infection, originating from another part of the body and coming out in another location, ending with a fly strike. It's extreme, but happens more than we think. Just a heads up for you. This was bizarre and disturbing and happened to one of Suede's daughters, owned by Cetawin. Neither of us saw it coming, though when she hurt her leg, catching a spur (yes, she had them) in something, I told her to give Delilah penicillin after my experience with Zane's soft tissue injury and resulting hock infection. She did, but pen wasn't strong enough to kick out this infection and it ended up killing her eventually. It is a disturbing, but highly interesting read and would be educational. Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt, but saw the story on your thread and thought it bore mentioning.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/689889/leg-injury-infection-and-fatality-graphic-pics

Thanks for posting this Cyn. I suspect something was up with my girls, especially the welsummer as her keel was so prominent. With both of mine, the maggots were to the side of the vent. The left side if you were looking from the back of the bird. And this horrible black sludge on their feathers. I can see how a draining infection could cause it too.

 

[debs_flock]

I tried to save a foundered pony many years ago. Her hoof wall and lifted away. She got maggots in the wound. Twice per day the vet had me make an iodine solution in warm water and soak her foot. When I'd lift her foot into the bucket, maggots would float to the surface. I was also injecting her twice per day with a massive dose of penicillin per the vets instructions.

I ended up having her put down.

Our shearer has a spray he uses on shearing cuts that will knock down any maggots. He can't get it here in CA anymore, I'm not sure what it was. It was a BluKote sort of stuff. He said it's still sold in Montana where his mom lives.

 

[Wynette]

I take it that drumming (NEAT!!) is a mating sound? (By the way, your buddy is a HUGE and shameless enabler!)

I think I may have emu eggs this mating season! Took this video this morning. Turn your volume on to hear the drumming!

 

[ronott1]

I take it that drumming (NEAT!!) is a mating sound? (By the way, your buddy is a HUGE and shameless enabler!)

The Drumming sound came from the female right?

 

[Happy Chooks]

The drumming sound is really cool in person.

 

[The Sheriff]

(By the way, your buddy is a HUGE and shameless enabler!)

Ya think???????

 

[The Sheriff]

The Drumming sound came from the female right?

Yes the females drum from about 18 months of age and the males grunt like a pig. Go figure.........

 

[The Sheriff]

The deer are on my chit list. They ate all the blackberries that were reachable. They ate my tomato vines. Michael replanted the rose bed for me with new bushes.






In one night, the deer ate all the roses but the pink ones!








We bought two of the Scarecrow sprinklers that come on via motion sensor. Michael put one in the tomato bed and one in the rose bed.




I took one for the team and set it off so I could videotape it.



We couldn't get our Bushnell Gamecam working properly the first two nights so we didn't get any images. Last night however we did. Note the buck on the right hand side in front of the third fence section. Obviously he experienced the sprinkler the night before.


Unfortunately, I forgot the Scarecrows were there and got soaked several times yesterday. Michael installed turn-off valves we can use during the day!