SmithsCoop41
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- Sep 29, 2023
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Hey Y'all,
Last night I seen that there is something bad going on with various of my quail, with their feet and legs. I have attached picture for reference as to what exactly the problem looks like. Kind of like bloody blisters? I thought for a minute it might be bad case of scaly leg mites? Some are worse than others, with some appearing that their toes/toenails are gone.
When I looked it up on google, Quail pox is looking like what it may be? Quail pox as it turns out, is caused by mosquitoes bites, that infects the birds, and since their feet are the part of their bodies that are exposed the most as far as non-feathered area, that's what I'm thinking it could be. The quail start pecking on their feet in attempts to relieve the irritation caused by the mosquito bites, which causes sores, infection, etc. While I was reading and researching about it, it says that it's not really curable, but you can take measures in preventing and trying to keep it at bay. Preventative measures such as not letting water stand on your property (where mosquitoes love to breed), not housing them on wire-floored coops/brooders (the mosquitoes bite them from underneath the bottom of the cage wire), perimeter treatments for mosquitoes, etc. Any help would greatly be appreciated. We are going into our second year quail-keeping/raising, and we don't want to have to cull our whole flock and start over, especially since it's taken us some time to get things running, and let's face it, we have put ALOT of money into getting things up and going. No negative comments please, because I am that crazy lady that tries to spend time with her babies every day and take care of them, probably way more time than some folks do, but sometimes days are crazy busy and we miss things. My quail coop has chicken wire at the front part of it, so it's open access so-to-speak for small insects. I just want to do what's best for them, and like I said we have a significant amount of funds tied up in them, so to have to cull all or most would not only hurt are hearts, but hurt our wallet too. Hey, don't judge, we didn't start our quail flock for a hobby. Just being honest.
Also want to add: I also read that Honey has good healing properties, for treating wound issues like this, especially "wet" wounds such as this where ones are bleeding some. The honey sticks to it better than other medicines. Has anybody tried honey on wounds? It did say the honey needs to be organic because the honey in the USA today, unless it says "Organic" alot of the antibacterial components of the honey has been degraded so much that the healing effects are dramatically reduced.
Smith's Fluffy Butts Moma
Last night I seen that there is something bad going on with various of my quail, with their feet and legs. I have attached picture for reference as to what exactly the problem looks like. Kind of like bloody blisters? I thought for a minute it might be bad case of scaly leg mites? Some are worse than others, with some appearing that their toes/toenails are gone.
When I looked it up on google, Quail pox is looking like what it may be? Quail pox as it turns out, is caused by mosquitoes bites, that infects the birds, and since their feet are the part of their bodies that are exposed the most as far as non-feathered area, that's what I'm thinking it could be. The quail start pecking on their feet in attempts to relieve the irritation caused by the mosquito bites, which causes sores, infection, etc. While I was reading and researching about it, it says that it's not really curable, but you can take measures in preventing and trying to keep it at bay. Preventative measures such as not letting water stand on your property (where mosquitoes love to breed), not housing them on wire-floored coops/brooders (the mosquitoes bite them from underneath the bottom of the cage wire), perimeter treatments for mosquitoes, etc. Any help would greatly be appreciated. We are going into our second year quail-keeping/raising, and we don't want to have to cull our whole flock and start over, especially since it's taken us some time to get things running, and let's face it, we have put ALOT of money into getting things up and going. No negative comments please, because I am that crazy lady that tries to spend time with her babies every day and take care of them, probably way more time than some folks do, but sometimes days are crazy busy and we miss things. My quail coop has chicken wire at the front part of it, so it's open access so-to-speak for small insects. I just want to do what's best for them, and like I said we have a significant amount of funds tied up in them, so to have to cull all or most would not only hurt are hearts, but hurt our wallet too. Hey, don't judge, we didn't start our quail flock for a hobby. Just being honest.Also want to add: I also read that Honey has good healing properties, for treating wound issues like this, especially "wet" wounds such as this where ones are bleeding some. The honey sticks to it better than other medicines. Has anybody tried honey on wounds? It did say the honey needs to be organic because the honey in the USA today, unless it says "Organic" alot of the antibacterial components of the honey has been degraded so much that the healing effects are dramatically reduced.
Smith's Fluffy Butts Moma
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