HELP PLEASE
To say I am distressed is an understatement...my 4 hens and Rooster were being treated for what I think is mite or lice problems....they have bald patched on the part of the wing that is attached to the body...I have doused the house in mite powder after I gave it a good clean...my Rooster has scaly legs (he is only young) and I have treated him with vasileen as advised by poultry keepers...
So the events went as this...I was being helped by my sister as my chickens are not tame..they have a huge run all to themselves and its tucked away in the corner of a paddock..they were being hammered by crows and magpies so I netted above them and made a scarecrow..
We started on the big boy..and he is big and strong..gave his legs a go with vasileen and a dose of mite stuff on the back of the neck..next was the chucks turn..so 1 by 1 we caught them (by the legs first, then turned them over and into the clutch hold!!), checked them and gave them a dose of mite stuff and sprayed Peck Off...but on the last chuck when we were cornering her my sis put her foot out to block her and just at the same time the chuck took a run and ended up under my sis foot, who didnt put her whole weight on her but did give her a bit of a bash..the chook ran off still no bother, we caught her and gave her the treatment..
But now she is acting strange...not standing up right when she walks, keeps kinda falling to one side or the other when she is staying still..but then will suddenly just stand up straight and walk normally again..I caught her again and there doesnt seem to be anything broken...and now another of the hens that didnt get stood on is not standing up straight either but seems happy as larry, eating drinking and doing what hens do!!!
What is going on....please if you can help I would be so happy. I hate seeing them like this and if they are distressed would prefer to do the job on them than leave them in misery ;-(
Also I have already spent a fortune on them, for lotions and potions, trying to get rid of the mite problem, that I am told was probably carried in by the bleedin crows and magpies...and the money is so tight...
Any thoughts anyone..??
So the events went as this...I was being helped by my sister as my chickens are not tame..they have a huge run all to themselves and its tucked away in the corner of a paddock..they were being hammered by crows and magpies so I netted above them and made a scarecrow..
We started on the big boy..and he is big and strong..gave his legs a go with vasileen and a dose of mite stuff on the back of the neck..next was the chucks turn..so 1 by 1 we caught them (by the legs first, then turned them over and into the clutch hold!!), checked them and gave them a dose of mite stuff and sprayed Peck Off...but on the last chuck when we were cornering her my sis put her foot out to block her and just at the same time the chuck took a run and ended up under my sis foot, who didnt put her whole weight on her but did give her a bit of a bash..the chook ran off still no bother, we caught her and gave her the treatment..
But now she is acting strange...not standing up right when she walks, keeps kinda falling to one side or the other when she is staying still..but then will suddenly just stand up straight and walk normally again..I caught her again and there doesnt seem to be anything broken...and now another of the hens that didnt get stood on is not standing up straight either but seems happy as larry, eating drinking and doing what hens do!!!
What is going on....please if you can help I would be so happy. I hate seeing them like this and if they are distressed would prefer to do the job on them than leave them in misery ;-(
Also I have already spent a fortune on them, for lotions and potions, trying to get rid of the mite problem, that I am told was probably carried in by the bleedin crows and magpies...and the money is so tight...
Any thoughts anyone..??
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Jesus... your sister must be some clumsy eejit to stand on one of your poor girls!!!
An Egg being broken inside a bird could seriously damage it.