ChattyChickens4Life
OCD (Obsessive Chicken Disorder)
- Oct 1, 2017
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Hi everyone. I'm very nervous for my chicken, so I'm going to get straight to the point. We recently hung up those sticky fly trips to try and handle our fly problem down by the coop. For the past 3 days, we haven't had any problems until about 30 minutes ago, my parents and I heard loud squawking. We went down to check on them, and noticed one fly strip on the ground covered in feathers. I brought out the EE who got tangled (but escaped) from the coop. My dad went and checked and found our other EE still tangled in one. We got the strip off her, and she has no further injuries. We also removed all the strips from in the coop.
As for our other one, Muffin, we noticed that not only was she covered in fly pheromones, but her beak was severely bleeding. We took her inside and began to wash of the sticky stuff. It was quite stubborn, and she was getting stressed, so we took her out and decided to work on her beak. There were some hanging bits that I presume were pieces of beak that fell off. We wiped it down with a paper towel and then applied flour to try and stop the bleeding.
As of now, the beak looks much better but is still slightly bloody. She drank some water, but refused to eat some torn up lettuce we offered her. She pecked once, but it seemed to cause her pain. I am aware that the quicks of beaks and claws bleed a lot, but we are still worried as she seemed in pain and stressed.
I'd love your thoughts on that. Also, if anyone has ideas on how to get sticky fly pheromones off her, we would appreciate that too. Any advice on treating her is much appreciated. Thank you all for your time! We are praying for her.
As for our other one, Muffin, we noticed that not only was she covered in fly pheromones, but her beak was severely bleeding. We took her inside and began to wash of the sticky stuff. It was quite stubborn, and she was getting stressed, so we took her out and decided to work on her beak. There were some hanging bits that I presume were pieces of beak that fell off. We wiped it down with a paper towel and then applied flour to try and stop the bleeding.
As of now, the beak looks much better but is still slightly bloody. She drank some water, but refused to eat some torn up lettuce we offered her. She pecked once, but it seemed to cause her pain. I am aware that the quicks of beaks and claws bleed a lot, but we are still worried as she seemed in pain and stressed.
I'd love your thoughts on that. Also, if anyone has ideas on how to get sticky fly pheromones off her, we would appreciate that too. Any advice on treating her is much appreciated. Thank you all for your time! We are praying for her.