What did you do with your flock today?

[Shetland lover]

Onyx was stuck again. What a silly, naughty chicken. Velma was tangled in the aviary netting that had been hanging down on the ground. Took several snips to cut the netting to get her out. That was scary. She looks to be alright, except for a slight limp. She had already had a hoppity skippity run, but the limp is a little more pronounced. Will what I think is a sprain heal on its own? No bumblefoot.

It should do, just keep an eye out for it getting worse - which I know you will. It might be wise to have a gentle feel of her hip joints, make sure she hasn't partially dislocated something. I rescued a hedgehog years ago which managed to dislocate a hind leg after being caught in netting. Peggy was always spraining or breaking bones due to her osteoporosis. Most of the sprains healed without intervention but if it was really bad I would support bandage her leg and give a tiny bit of pain relief for the first couple of days. I never dared give her too much as she was a kamikaze chicken...

 

[Shetland lover]

Poor Velma. I've always been scared to use aviary netting. Tried bird netting to protect my strawberries years ago and seemed like I was freeing snakes and lizards almost daily. I have seen it used a lot to cover chicken runs though. Hope she's feeling better soon.
Onyx sounds like a mischievous one!

I have the rigid type stretched very tightly on my run but nothing on earth would induce me to use the soft mesh type. I've seen it cause too many injuries to both domestic and wild animals.

 

[Shetland lover]

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Awww.....

 

[Mason Farm and Ranch]

She sounds great! I love a hen with 'personality'!
That hawk is lucky he just lost most of his tail feathers. Bet he thinks twice before he goes after a chicken again....

I have only had the one hawk attack in 3 years. I have a yard full of babies. Bridget is on point. Even the other moms feel safe.

 

[PopoMyers]

Spent most of the day with the pig, Mojo. The harness is a smashing success. By his evening treatment he was at least temporarily over his fear. He even ate a little out of my hand. Sniffed my fingers and didn't run the last time I sat down near him and scooched closer. His deepest wound has quit oozing puss and finally looks clean. Now just need to keep it that way til it closes.

Spoiler: Wound

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Kind of an exhausting day though.

I'm told the vet used a one dose, long acting antibiotic on Mojo. A vet used a one shot, long acting antibiotic for my dog when he caught parvo. I'm uncertain if they used the same drug. The one used on my dog is called Convenia ands actually for skin treatment rather then the gut problems parvo brings. So I'm thinking it was the same drug in both cases.

At any rate, I'm not liking the long acting antibiotics at all from my 2 experiences with them. With my dog I had to call my regular vet and get three doses of penicillin to bring home and treat him. He was sliding downhill and I believe would have died without further antibiotic treatment. Bless my vet for being willing to give them to me based only on my word. He began to improve with in hours of his first shot of penicillin, each dose brought further improvement, and by the third day/dose, I could see he'd survive. But again, what I read says Convenia was the wrong antibiotic to begin with. I'm sure the vet had reason to believe it would work for parvo... I just don't know what that reason is.

With the pig, his wounds pussed up and an abscess was starting to form. Looks to me like they really only helped my dog and Mojo for a little while. Two days, maybe, for my dog, and a few days for Mojo. Not long enough to actually be enough by itself. Makes it worse then worthless in my books, but seems to be popular with the vets right now. Anyway... thought I'd share in case anyone else has a vet that wants to use a one dose, long acting antibiotic. I'll just say no please from now on unless I don't think the animal really needs it.

It's been niggling at me since I was told Mojo had recieved a long acting antibiotic his first vet visit. So my apologies for the looong post! But had to share.

Thank you for sharing. I wonder if the Vet Pharm companies do the same as human pharm companies, hosting these lunch drug intros for medical people and giving perks to use their drugs?

 

[TropicalBabies]

antibiotic on Mojo. A vet used a one shot, long acting antibiotic for my dog when he caught parvo. I'm uncertain if they used the same drug. The one used on my dog is called Convenia ands actually for skin treatment rather then the gut problems parvo brings. So I'm thinking it was the same drug in both cases.

Vet used the same on the feral cats with respiratory infections. Said it was more for the skin type infections, but it may help a little. Like something may be better than nothing...

 

[ChicksnMore]

Vet used the same on the feral cats with respiratory infections. Said it was more for the skin type infections, but it may help a little. Like something may be better than nothing...

Well, it does make good sense where treating daily is a hard problem. Definitely worth trying there.
How are the kitties doing?

 

[TropicalBabies]

Well, it does make good sense where treating daily is a hard problem. Definitely worth trying there.
How are the kitties doing?

Well... I hope ok. I told you nice man had a stroke and it effected his brain. He has a hard time remembering words and such, comprehension seems to have been effected too. It made treating the cats a little difficult. He continued to feed a fraction of the colony with untreated food, one cat being really sick, may have lost its eye because of... so that prolonged my visits getting them treated. He is on his own now for the feeds. Asked for another bag of kibble but not the wet... going back to his old way of feeding. Kibble and raw cicken heart. I just hope he puts more food down as KCCP is paying for it.

I go visit him as soon as I come up for air or he asks. I did ask him to monitor colony... but, ya know...

 

[Smokerbill]

Wow! One of my hens layed a JUMBO egg this morning! Most are around 43 grams in weight. This one... over 75 grams! It was bigger than the ceramic egg in the nest! I'm amazed and proud!

 

[TaylorGlade]

It's been so hot here in the Florida Panhandle! We have 8 week old babies that we are trying to get into the run, but had to deal with 9 unexpected roosters first! Now, we are in the middle of building a mini run we started - but it's dang near 100 degrees out and is well over that with the heat index.

The weather is so hot that the few chickens we have left are hanging out in the coop. I am bringing them ice water occasionally, which they are guzzling down like it's the last water on the planet.