What did you do with your flock today?

[pennyJo1960]

I have 11 hatched what was I thinking

 

[FrankieDoodle]

Surgery #2 went pretty well, #3 not so much. On Saturday I got a pretty big mountain of it out, and yesterday I got a little bit more, but not nearly as much as day 1 & 2.
My main issue now is the stuff around the surgical site. There’s a lot, but that area is the “danger zone.” It’s stuck on there tight, and it bleeds a scary amount when I try to get it out. It’s also where a lot of the bones are, so I have to be really careful.

He’s back on antibiotics, so I’m really hoping those can knock it out. But I’m not holding my breath.

I’m only going to soak and change his bandages today, unless the bumble has noticeably loosened.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Surgery #2 went pretty well, #3 not so much. On Saturday I got a pretty big mountain of it out, and yesterday I got a little bit more, but not nearly as much as day 1 & 2.
My main issue now is the stuff around the surgical site. There’s a lot, but that area is the “danger zone.” It’s stuck on there tight, and it bleeds a scary amount when I try to get it out. It’s also where a lot of the bones are, so I have to be really careful.

He’s back on antibiotics, so I’m really hoping those can knock it out. But I’m not holding my breath.

I’m only going to soak and change his bandages today, unless the bumble has noticeably loosened.

I really want to say your doing just wonderful there not easy or light of heart.

 

[FrankieDoodle]

I really want to say your doing just wonderful there not easy or light of heart.

Thank you! I wish I got the scalpel years ago. But I didn’t, so now both of us (though mainly Iris) are paying the price. I guess some lessons need to be learned the hard way, but man, it sucks.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I actully use punches .. Artritis do not trust my hand with a scapal anymore. Called biopsy punches

 

[TropicalBabies]

Hey gang. Good posts. @kurby sorry about your pullet but congrats on the 2 newbies.
You too @PJ. I don't know what you were thinking either but honestly I don't get to make fun of anyone as I seem to have the same problem. think I am 10 days away from a hatch. Babies are still here running around and I may have 4-5 pullets and 5-6 roos depending on the light and breeze and time of day... ugh.

My Buff cockerel (Kea's brother) has not been feeling well lately and I have been going through the gambit trying to get him over the hump. He got whalloped by Spider awhile back and I thought that may have something to do with it. I had checked him over pretty good and no wounds or bugs... this morning I noticed the bruising on his comb and above his eye had gotten a little bigger so got out my 250 readers to check and to my surprise it moved. Stick fleas!

So I slathered his comb in Vaseline and he felt better pretty quick with their suffocation. Yippee! They arnt called stick fleas because they look like sticks, I think it is because they stick on the chook and are hard to pluck off. Well, BC has been a willing patient who sits quietly while I tweeze them off. I re-slathered him and will work on him again in a bit. Poor baby. Who would have though ?

 

[TropicalBabies]

Manono has laid a few eggs and is doing well.
Cleaned and change all material in nest boxes and everyone will get checked over and sprayed though, so far it looks isolated. Eh, they all deserve a good handling from mom anyways ♡

 

[TropicalBabies]

Oh @fd! Honorable mention with the multiple surgeries! Sorry, site froze up on me and I got sideways. Bravo on your courage and knowledge! You are an inspiration! Terrific ♡ I hope, I hope, I hope all is well and stays well

 

[kurby22]

Hey gang. Good posts. @kurby sorry about your pullet but congrats on the 2 newbies.
You too @PJ. I don't know what you were thinking either but honestly I don't get to make fun of anyone as I seem to have the same problem. think I am 10 days away from a hatch. Babies are still here running around and I may have 4-5 pullets and 5-6 roos depending on the light and breeze and time of day... ugh.

My Buff cockerel (Kea's brother) has not been feeling well lately and I have been going through the gambit trying to get him over the hump. He got whalloped by Spider awhile back and I thought that may have something to do with it. I had checked him over pretty good and no wounds or bugs... this morning I noticed the bruising on his comb and above his eye had gotten a little bigger so got out my 250 readers to check and to my surprise it moved. Stick fleas!View attachment 3060763
So I slathered his comb in Vaseline and he felt better pretty quick with their suffocation. Yippee! They arnt called stick fleas because they look like sticks, I think it is because they stick on the chook and are hard to pluck off. Well, BC has been a willing patient who sits quietly while I tweeze them off. I re-slathered him and will work on him again in a bit. Poor baby. Who would have though ?View attachment 3060778View attachment 3060771

Poor boy!! Those make his comb look like a misshapen strawberry I’m glad you discovered the problem!

My incubating eggs are rapidly dropping out of the running for hatching. :-( My bantam EE eggs have done surprisingly well and I have 6 that made it to lockdown. But the d’Anver eggs that took eons to arrive have dropped off one by one. So 8 eggs are down to 3…and the buff Brahma eggs have been at 3 out of 6 from day 2…so we will see if I get any by Day 21!

Oh well, guess if they don’t make it they weren’t meant to be for me!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Froze up to all of us for awhile there have 12 out now but have to wait till tomorrow for photos again.
Never heard of stick fleas before.