I was out watching Momma, buff orp hen, walk up through the yard with her 4 babies. 1 of her little ones was not keeping up and seemed weak. I caught it and checked. Very thin, empty crop, and went to sleep in my hand. I checked it over and found that most of the little scales on her feet are gone.
I checked and Momma has a 1/2 inch area on the top her foot too that is all swollen, puffy, and scales are lifted like scaley leg mites.
What I did for treatment:
For Momma I smeared vet-Rx on her feet putting extra on the obvious place.
For the little one I mixed vetRx and Ivermec. That was smeared all over her little legs. I used just VetRx on the other 3. Their feet looked fine and those 3 are hyper and acting normal.
The weak one was not eating so I mixed a pinch of Poultry vitamins, a few drops of water, and a few drops of vegatable oil. This filled about 1" at the end of an eye dropper. I slowed dripped about half onto her beak and she slowly drank it. I am giving the rest later.
Is there anything else I can/should do for her?
Oh, they are 11 days old.
Matt
I checked and Momma has a 1/2 inch area on the top her foot too that is all swollen, puffy, and scales are lifted like scaley leg mites.
What I did for treatment:
For Momma I smeared vet-Rx on her feet putting extra on the obvious place.
For the little one I mixed vetRx and Ivermec. That was smeared all over her little legs. I used just VetRx on the other 3. Their feet looked fine and those 3 are hyper and acting normal.
The weak one was not eating so I mixed a pinch of Poultry vitamins, a few drops of water, and a few drops of vegatable oil. This filled about 1" at the end of an eye dropper. I slowed dripped about half onto her beak and she slowly drank it. I am giving the rest later.
Is there anything else I can/should do for her?
Oh, they are 11 days old.
Matt
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