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Johnny the naughty rooster #3

My GLW is a hen

If you have too many eggs you can always donate them to a local food bank. They will be much appreciated. BTW, I usually get 6 eggs from 8 hens each day. That’s about 112 eggs per hen this year.

Thank you! I actually ordered that kind yesterday. She is hanging in there, and my vet prescribed her an antibiotic too.

She is eating, drinking, and laying normally. Other than her appearance how would I know if she has water belly?

What brand of feed are you using? I am getting the chlorhexidine and also some Rooster Booster to hopefully help her while she’s healing.

I just switched to the 18% “animal feed”. I put neosporin on the wound last night and have continued to apply the vetericyn twice today already. I was moving the flock to their new much larger coop and run when I saw the wound yesterday. She is isolated in the smaller one now. She’s eating and...

They eat Scratch and Peck layer feed, oyster shell, and grit. I have been giving them mealworms as a treat to increase their protein as well to help with feather growth. None of the other chickens have molted. They are just over a year old.

Also, she is way more bald than anyone else in the flock, I was suspecting she was also over grooming herself, but I’m not sure.

She is otherwise acting normal and seems to feel better after the initial application of peroxide and vetericyn. Thanks!

I’m new to chicken keeping and found my hen with this terrible wound on her side. She is very bald due to feather picking/ over grooming. I believe the rooster mounted her and sliced her with his spur when he couldn’t hold on due to lack of feathers. I am going to flush with peroxide and apply...

Johnny the naughty rooster

Curious Claudia

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New to duckies also…they are so messy, but so cute!