ferngullyfarm
In the Brooder
- Apr 7, 2024
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For starters, Hen Solo (my favorite chicken in the whole wide world) is a 3.5 years old silkie hen.
She’s recently stopped laying completely, which I thought was just age? But now I suspect something else.. she’s been slow/sluggish the past few days, so I thought she may have hurt her leg popping around the coop, since she’s so little. But today she didn’t move from the nesting area.
I saw mites on the coop this evening, so I bathed her with dawn, blow dried her, & treated her with Ivermectin pour-on. Her bare bottom had pasty-butt like poop caked on. Her poor feet have scaly-leg mites, & what I assume is bumble foot? I coated her feet in Vaseline for the mites, but unsure how to proceed with her feet. I tried giving her nutri-drench, but she “spit” it back out..
(Since I know people may ask.. The whole flock gets Spring Chicken Wellness Brew in their water - it contains ACV. Pumpkin seeds & crushed red pepper in their feed. Coop is dusted every pine shaving change with DE.)
Is this it? Can I do anything else to save my chicken?? I have her wrapped in a towel in my lap, & she’s breathing with a bit of crackle/rasp..
Photos below of suspected bumblefoot. Other issues I can’t really capture.
She’s recently stopped laying completely, which I thought was just age? But now I suspect something else.. she’s been slow/sluggish the past few days, so I thought she may have hurt her leg popping around the coop, since she’s so little. But today she didn’t move from the nesting area.
I saw mites on the coop this evening, so I bathed her with dawn, blow dried her, & treated her with Ivermectin pour-on. Her bare bottom had pasty-butt like poop caked on. Her poor feet have scaly-leg mites, & what I assume is bumble foot? I coated her feet in Vaseline for the mites, but unsure how to proceed with her feet. I tried giving her nutri-drench, but she “spit” it back out..
(Since I know people may ask.. The whole flock gets Spring Chicken Wellness Brew in their water - it contains ACV. Pumpkin seeds & crushed red pepper in their feed. Coop is dusted every pine shaving change with DE.)
Is this it? Can I do anything else to save my chicken?? I have her wrapped in a towel in my lap, & she’s breathing with a bit of crackle/rasp..
Photos below of suspected bumblefoot. Other issues I can’t really capture.