Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

image (8).jpg Hey folks!! How do you know when vent gleet is recoverable or not? I have a red sexlink hen who I have been giving daily baths and also making sure she's eating and have given her a bit of canesten near her vent. However, It's not looking great. there is a large swollen area under her...

We had a similar thing happen to one of our chickens last year. We suspect that the dominant hen was pecking at her face as they were learning their 'order'. I would suggest monitoring the her and her eye. Unfortunately, our hen's eye got pretty swollen and infected and we put her on anti-biotics (f...

UPDATE: We tried to re-integrate her to the flock, but she was dust-bathing and the bandage came right off. It was gauze with Vet Wrap which we thought would stick well enough. Her foot has now become swollen, and I don't think it was this swollen before. Here are my questions for anyone who could o...

Thank you Jaye and Farrier! Nothing shows from the top of the foot. So far, we have soaked the foot and removed the scab. There was nothing to be found under it really. we cleaned and dressed the wound. We'll keep that clean for now and see what happens. She's not lame and she's still laying and qui...

Hi all, Our healthy chicken was pecking her foot recently so I picked her up. I was surprised to see such an advanced scab on her foot! The foot looks mostly normal and maybe a little swollen. I also noticed she has a slight limp. Here are some pics. She's generally healthy and not lethargic - at le...

Wow what an amazing creature! The nature nerd in me thinks 'COOL!' the hen friend in me says.. eeeek!

Thank you for your reply WLLady!

What will folks do when Carbaryl is no longer available? Does tea tree oil work the same on poultry lice as human lice?

Also, for Carbaryl, how long do you wait after treatment to eat the eggs again?

Thanks so much! We are really hoping to nurse her back to health!

Hi Poultry Talk Peeps! My partner and I are new to backyard hen housing and we have acquired 2 barred rock hens. Neither of them are laying despite their age of about 25 weeks. We don't know if they were laying before they moved in with us 2 weeks ago because the flock they came from was too large f...