Those naughty chickens escaped again! Houdini roo was proudly strutting the yard, and I think crowing this morning near my open upstairs bedroom window. Caught the gray hen flying up between the top of the run and the tarp covering, through an opening in the netting I was working on repositioning. I chased her back down from the garden side of the run. Finally stretched the netting from the edge of the roof out horizontally, attaching onto tree branches. Let's see if that works. Another egg eaten. Time to get some fake ones. Maybe blow out a few and fill with something?
She has no other signs of illness or bumblefoot except the weird swelling, so switched her meds to an all in one med--with a percentage of doxycycline, enroflox, ronadazole, and one other thing. I also started applying magnesium oils to her legs instead of vaseline and supplemented her with a mix of oils that help lower uric acid. Trying to cover all the things I could think it might be. The leg swelling is way down and her feet are much cooler, but now have scabs and look like they are healing from sores. The comb hasn't gone down much though and she definitely doesn't feel well. She eats some, drinks some, and sleeps a lot...but she is standing again and last weekend she didn't want to stand at all. Any ideas?
