Topic of the Week - Keeping the flock safe from mishaps, injuries, etc.

[N F C]

Maybe, but the only 2 who had bumblefoot in my small flock roosted on the roost that wore down

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And never, never place feed or treats on a paper plate

. They will shred it and eat the plate.

Just like my cats!

 

[Radena]

Hay bales... Speaking from experience, remember to stack your hay bales nice and tight. Poorly stacked with lots of spaces for fowl to get stuck in. Properly stacked: -Kathy

yeah chickens dont backup. And they dont holler about it.

 

[Radena]

Cyclone fence. Lost my favorite hen. Pecking at something on the other side of fence too low. Caught her behind the head in the V. In a panic She broke her neck. It was kinda a freak accident.

 

[Radena]

I put a low water dish near goats water bucket. If you don't the chickens will drink from the bucket and if water is low they can fall in.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I brought in a flatbed trailer full of hay once and one of my peahens went missing shortly after. I spent several hours looking for her and had almost given up

, but then I saw some movement between the bales.

-Kathy

 

[sunflour]

When the flock is young and living in confinement...be careful and don't drop a bucket or anything near them. They fly into whatever is close- wires, walls and you.

One of mine got a beak fracture when I dropped the poop bucket - thank goodness it healed

 

[casportpony]

Cyclone fence. Lost my favorite hen. Pecking at something on the other side of fence too low. Caught her behind the head in the V. In a panic She broke her neck. It was kinda a freak accident.

-Kathy

 

[lilmillefleur]

Make sure you are positive you got healthy birds from a reputable source.

It might turn into a serious problem.

 

[lilmillefleur]

Quote:

so sorry bout that !

 

[hooktontravel]

a friend of mine is a teacher who took home the chicks hatched at school in the classroom over the weekend... and one of them somehow picked up a hair and it was WRAPPED AROUND HIS TONGUE. It was starting to cut off circulation when she figured out & got it to the emergency vet to have them help because she & her husband couldn't hold the chick still and figure how to unwrap the hair. so, pretty scary and they ended up with a $50 vet visit bill for a $2 chicken. and i don't think that one is on most peoples' lists of dangers!