Leo gets a pedicure

This morning after breakfast, Naomi gave Leo a pedicure. Leo has had some foot problems that we’ve tried to alleviate by several means. His style of jumping off things (benches, the deck, stumps, our laps) with a big bouncing leap seems to make him susceptible to little cuts or punctures when he lands on something sharp….

Category: Baby Chicks, Medical, Training

How much risk of illness from pet chickens?

[image above adapted from CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/zoonotic/gi/salmonella-poultry-poster.pdf] Today a friend who recently acquired a pet duck and a 2-3 month old hen sent us a link to a Seattle Times article (http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/dont-kiss-chickens-6-sick-in-washington-with-salmonella/) about the dangers of handling poultry and contracting salmonella. The article reports 181 cases nationally, and 6 in Washington State, attributed to contact with backyard…

Category: Baby Chicks, Medical, Poultry and human health

Bird Sanctuary

Kiki, the Barred Rock hen, is slowly getting over with the respiratory disease with a help from antibiotics. But she’s still vulnerable, and some other members in the flock are trying to taking advantage of her. On top of that, our rooster Leo has been chasing her and more violent toward her than other hens….

Tag: healing, heat, injury, Kiki, lesbian, medical, sanctuary

Category: Kiki, Medical

Antibiotic Bread for a Sick Chicken

It’s not easy to give antibiotics to a chicken with respiratory disease. I normally have no problem with this with other chickens. I hold her on my lap, wedge her body with one arm, and open her mouth with the same hand. Then I inject medicine with the other hand, gently squeezing the tiny syringe…

Category: Kiki, Medical

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