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We went outside this morning to find our ex-bat curly with blood streaming down her back end. All the other chickens started to peck at it so we seperated her. We don't think there is muh that we can do but I was woundering if any of you could give any advice??
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It's not a prolapse that I can see and she is happy otherwise, I think it's a matter of wait and see really, I'm not allowed to 'do' vets for the chooks...Hayley B
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Purple spray - to keep the others away. They might just have attacked her - once there's blood they go ape!
Poor thing. At least it's good that it isn't a prolapse.Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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I've no idea either- but I just wondered if maybe she's got a broken egg inside her- and it's cut the lining of her 'tubes'???..ouch!
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I would keep her separate until her poor bum has healed. A tiny spot of blood and the others will peck at it. You could just smack them sometimes!!Comment
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Her poos aren't bloody, she's not happy being stuck in the tack room and she's making a right mess in there. We can't use Henby as Cookie is sitting on her eggs in there. So tack room for the poor lady. Good thinking about the egg though.Hayley B
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Bleedy bum number two:
I went out to put the chickens out this morning and again there was a different chicken with blood streaming down her backside, this one looks a little bit worse but that might just be because she has more fluff. So it looks like there is a chicken going round with a thing for chicken bums and if there is, what shall we do about it?? should we put a video camera in the chook house overnight? but we don't have a video camera, any advise?If at first you don't succeed ask dad to help youComment
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Get some purple spray and spray ALL their bums!
I did this as identification last year when some of my girls were stolen - looks a bit strange but should do the job!
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i dint think i would be ever able to give suggestions on agardening forum! but i have kept chicken for 15 years so a couple of things spring to mind as possibilities. it could it be a severe mite irritation? or even a problem with rats, or a stoat, which i have known to nibble at chicken when they are roosting. ( stoats are small and can get through any wire- they suck the blood from chicken nightly, until eventually the chicken weaken and die) i would call up the vet you use for your other animals ,and ask for some free advise over the phone, or i would phone up the supplier who you got the chicken from- they might know the answer.Comment
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It sounds as if you have a pecker in the flock. The only way you are going to catch her is to go on "Bumwatch"! It will mean someone sitting and watching them all day until you catch the culprit. Then you will have to remove her. What you do with her after that however is up to you ................... Good luck!
In the meantime remove the second affected hen and put her with her pal in the tack room. Once together they will both (hopefully) settle down, and as Sue says, spray them well so they are not tempted to peck each other.Last edited by RichmondHens; 07-04-2010, 10:53 AM.Comment
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Blimey - doesn't sound good! Stupid question, but do any of them have blood around their beaks? Spiteful little s*ds aren't they?
Hope you get it sorted.
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I did check to see if they had blood on there beaks but most of the ex-bats have a reddy tinge to there beaks and apart from that there was nothing. The attack only seems to attack at night but there is a mouse hole at the back of the roost. we put the black powder stuff on there bums and they are now running round with the others, we will just have to see if there is another one in the morning.If at first you don't succeed ask dad to help youComment
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really hope they are better tomorrow. i hate to be so gloomy, but another thing that could be causing this is a heavy parasite burden, ie they might need worming; i really think it would be a good idea to put a metal plate over that mousehole though - a stoat can apparently get in through a hole the diameter of a pencil- so an old country farmer told me.Comment
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I'll tell dad to seal off the mouse hole. There was no bleedy-bums today, there was a chook with a scratched up comb but she was already under the weather, I'm sure they were wormed the other day but I'll have to ask mum.If at first you don't succeed ask dad to help youComment
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Wormed about two weeks ago, it's not happened again, just those two who are none the worse and are back running around with them all. Very strange, will keep all options open until it happens again. Heavy mites sound a bit unlikely as the foaling box is huge with enough room for 4 times the 34 inhabitants so they can roost in a number of places. Will keep an eyeHayley B
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