Yeah, it just sucks... I wish I'd seen it sooner before it got this far. Even with 65+ chickens, I still see them all as pets and losing any of them is still hard. I do have Silvadene too...
Well, after talking to DH, I think we are just going to put her down. Next week we are heading out of state to bury my parents. I don't think the people staying behind to take care of our animals can handle this particular task... If I wasn't going out of town, I'd do everything to try to save...
Oh, I also have a prescription cream that will debride dead tissue. (My husband suffered major burns on his arm a few years ago.) I would have to find it though in our med supplies... Would that be useful?
Along those lines, I also have a TON of Vaseline gauze. I could cut strips and cover the...
OK, no manuka honey. I have local honey and raw honey from Brazil, but no manuka honey.
Tonight after her soak, I did spray it with mineral oil just because it was so hard and I hoped to soften it up. I also have coconut oil that I can put on it.
A couple of other thoughts... Naturally I'm...
Yes, she is dribbling what looked like watery poop. And it does smell putrid. The first time I soaked her, I felt her abdomin to see if I felt anything. Didn't feel any egg or anything out of the ordinary. I also tried to very gently feel inside her vent to see if I could feel anything that...
OK, I have no idea how to manage this one.
A few days ago, I noticed one of my Ameracauna hens squatting like she needed to poop but nothing came out. I thought perhaps she was egg bound. I was going to catch her that night when she was roosting but we had severe weather so I couldn't go out...