Chicken_Geek
In the Brooder
- Dec 22, 2024
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I’ve got a Sussex mix called raven (the fat black one) and a isa brown mix called peanutbutter (the less fat brown one) that we hatched at home from our other choocks eggs. They are both are about 2 years old now. I noticed the bumble foot and swollen abdomen when I was treating for mites. They’re butts feel like water balloons. They eat red hen layer mix and are free range. They’ve hid they’re illness pretty well but peanutbutter has been keeping to herself less (she’s usually pecking you constantly, it’s her you want to look out for not sooty, our rooster). A chicken breeder that we got some eggs from said she’s had problems with fatty livers in her chickens from feeding her chickens a mix like I do. I’ve heard of that causing fluid in the abdomen so I’m going to wean them off the mix and give them pellets instead. Raven feels fat as ever and peanutbutter isn’t that heavy, but she’s heavy for an isa. I’ve heard a lot of ways to treat bumble foot and I’m a little unclear on which one to use for the stage that it’s at now. I’ll add some pictures at the bottom. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.
