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[Cowgirlgrace]

Illia, so sorry about your injured hen. Hope she heals ok. I can so relate to the adrenaline rush and can picture you running and flailing your arms. I posted about my eagle attack on another thread. I thought I may have posted it here too but can't remember. I'll try to find it. Very similar panic.

 

[hallerlake]

'Puppy strangles' sounds awful. I hope it's just an allergic reaction or something.


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[Cowgirlgrace]

Heres the post about the eagle attack. I did already post it but it was a loooong time ago

Reminds me of the other morning a few hens flew out through a hole in their run cover. I had never seen an eagle at my place, just hawks, but I looked outside to see what all the racket was and their was the biggest eagle I had ever seen and never seen one that close. It was perched on the hitching rail beside the coop and then I saw the two hens that were out. I was standing on the porch beside the lawn that had the sprinklers going in my socks. After the lawn was dirt down to the chickens. After being in awe at seeing an eagle so close my next thought was if I run through the sprinklers in my socks across the wet lawn then across the dry dirt I would have muddy socks so I just stood there and waved my arms and said "shoo bird!" He just sat there like he was thinking "you talkin to ME?" I then came to the conclusion that I could wash my socks but I could not replace my hens. Just as I leaped off the porch the eagle went for a swoop and grabed a hen in his claws then he saw me flying, flailing arms, screaming down the hill and took off leaving the hen. Mind you this entire scene only lasted about 10 seconds. The hen had a wound on each side of her but doctored her up and shes fine. The eagle must be new to the area and he has since been back twice with no luck as the pen covers have been fixed and reinforced and they only get to come out when I am down there working. Oh, and my socks washed up very nicely.

 

[hallerlake]

I may be wrong, but it sounds like the difference between regular and Greek yogurt is the straining out the whey step. Try straining the whey out of regular yogurt and see what happens.



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[Illia]

Haha, I'd easily be in the potential of ruining any of my clothes just to save a hen or rooster.

I'm actually glad, we have eagles out here, they even soar over and nest just across the road, but have never bothered the flock. . . Glad to hear yours was a miss, too.

About the yogurt:

Here, we already have yogurt culture, our own goat's milk, and our own yogurt making machines.

 

[hallerlake]

Sounds something like my eagle attack last August. I treated Roz' wounds with non sting iodine and blu-kote. She was back in the coop with the other girls after a week. They are remarkably resilient if you can prevent infection. You'd never know anything happened to her.


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[hallerlake]

I wasn't dressed, but I chased after that eagle in my robe and jammies. No way it was thinking there were easy pickings in my yard.


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[Tailfeathers]

I see there's already been one post about how to treat your bird Illia so I won't go into much detail here other than to say you probably will want to keep an eye out for maggots. Even in this time of the year. You probably already know what to do. Just treat it like you would a human. Given that most of us have lost a bunch of chickens over the years, it may bear saying that chickens are remarkably resilient creatures.

I would use the Neosporin, Hydrogen Peroxide, and even that red stuff (I have some around here bu can't remember what it's called) that the doctors spray on you before surgery. Keep it warm and isolated and just see what happens. Hope she makes it.

Btw, I see at least one bobcat a year here. So far I don't think I've lost any chickens to them but I know I had a Champion Swedish Blue disappear like three days before the Monroe show last year. Not a feather around so I'm pretty sure that was a bobcat.

Oh, and should you like some help with reducing the elk population so they don't tear down your fence as much, I'd be happy to bring my bow and treestand over!

God Bless,

 

[Ogress]

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i had to look up "puppy strangles" and found this informative article:

http://www.brytestar.com/strangles.pdf

That is a great article! You can tell how much puppy strangles we see, since I assumed it was infectious like strangles in horses! LOL

I had never heard of it before. I sure hope the puppy is not in much pain, and that she fully recovers soon. It does not sound very comfortable even with steroids, but at least it is something that should not leave permanent damage.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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That is a great article! You can tell how much puppy strangles we see, since I assumed it was infectious like strangles in horses! LOL

I had never heard of it before. I sure hope the puppy is not in much pain, and that she fully recovers soon. It does not sound very comfortable even with steroids, but at least it is something that should not leave permanent damage.

I know in horses--strangles is strep (streptococcus equii) to be exact...with horses there is an inter-nasal or injectionable vaccine but most of the time young horses get it, it will run it's course. My mare got it right after I bought her and she moved from a pasture to a boarding stable with LOTS of other horses and diseases.