Thanks for your reply!
If you could take a look at my plan and give me any comments or suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it.
I'm going to trim his foot feathers first.
Soak twice a day (15 minutes each) in warm Epsom salt water.
I have MicrocynAH spray, Prid, and Neosporin (NON...
My favorite boy started limping yesterday. I think he has it on both feet.
I have read about treating it, but I will definitely have questions if someone confirms that it is bumblefoot.
We have 3 goats, 1 turkey, and 9 chickens (3 of them are roosters). Everyone lives together, night and day, and we don't have any problems with that.
I did some research on-line before my daughter got her goats, and I came up with my own version of a goat-proof chicken feeder. It hurt...
I have a Midnight (or maybe it's Mystic) Marans that started laying at 14 weeks. I was not expecting that! She's a REALLY good layer. One time I kept track, and she layed an egg 53 days in a row before she took a one day break and then started again.
I'm a little late here, but here's an idea for the sliding glass door problem with your dog. I assume the sliding side is on the inside of the coop. If you can get to that from a different entrance, you could open it just wide enough for the cats to fit through and then have your husband...
I read so many threads that never have a post on what happened in the end, so here is "the rest of the story".
I continued feeding "Moira" by hand. I also changed his food and water bowls to yogurt lids glued to a thin piece of wood (to keep them from tipping), and put piles of crumble around...
I've implemented as many of your ideas as I could. I appreciate your help.
His area is much bigger now, but he never goes into the middle. He just has a bigger "race track". I've experimented with moving one of the food and water closer, and into, his path. I saw him eat food out of...
I was unable to figure out how to post a video of him moving, but here is a picture of his set-up.
When he moves, he just circles the cage like a race car driver. I have seen him drag himself right over both of the bowls, but today he managed to stop at the crumble bowl and actually eat...
I will try to post a video tomorrow, but it may be beyond my capabilities. We start him standing up and he basically ends up on that left side with a lot of kicking and flapping. He does move though. My husband thought he did a little better tonight, but I'm not so sure.
I do not have...
Thank you for your response. I have considered the quality of life thing.
I'm trying everything I can think of, but I do realize it's not fair to him. And I also can't go on with the every 3 hour feedings forever either.
Hopefully I will get a few more ideas to try from BYC members...
How is your chick? I literally just did a post about what looks to be a very similar problem. My vet said it was most likely NOT Mereks disease due to the circumstances leading up to the problem.
Ok BYC, I need some help.
I have a 6 week old bantam chick. Two weeks ago, a board was broken in the top of the brooder, and it must have hit the chick. I knew he was injured by the way he was walking, but I thought he was well enough to stay with mom and sibling. The next morning when I...