warm wishes on a very cold weekend ahead!

[binley100]

Dalmatians............very waggy tail that has a tendency to hit things with a lot of force and split .

[veggiechicken]

I'm amazed - I was right first time. Poor old spotty dogs with Friars Balsam on their split ends. How did it work - just by stopping them coughing?

[hollychap]

mine have just finished moulting and this week started laying again , one thing i noticed was when i checked on them if late home from work and they were tucked up was that the one further on grow back was sat on the other keeping it warm

[binley100]

Dunno .........must've sealed it up somehow. Then they invented newskin .....

[julesapple]

Newskin...never thought of that. We've got some too. I'll catch Luna up tomorrow clean it up and cover it in that. I had thought of candle wax - too brittle - or superglue as I've mended my own nails with that, but it contains a minute amount of cyanide...not good.

thanks Binners, great suggestion!

Jules

[binley100]

Glad to be of servicee , hope it works
Hang on tight to her it'll sting .........

[veggiechicken]

Sorry Jules, but I just have to ask. Does Luna lay according to the moon?

[hollychap]

http://www.practicalpoultry.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl
a lot of info here

[hollychap]

Glad to be of servicee , hope it works
Hang on tight to her it'll sting .........

i remember having some of this put on a cut years ago (30ish) i can still feel the pain i wouldnt put it on one of mine

[petal]

regarding hen with damaged claw- clean in warm salt water or hibiscrub - dry area then purple spray.

[julesapple]

I remembered the sting last night, and wondered whether it was a fair thing to do - although it must sting like heck anyway. We cleaned it out, purple sprayed and then, whilst the purple spray was still damp, we dipped it in potassium permanganate crystals. The DD has these in her BoP first aid kit.

VC, she's called Luna because she's white (a Light Sussex) and a bit of a headcase. She seems ok this morning, but DD will catch her up and check her over in a while. We went to put them in to bed last night and all of Luna's white feathers were covered in blood - she'd tried to scratch using the broken claw - so as an anti-pecking precaution we covered all of the spots of blood in purple spray. Effectively we now have a Purple Sussex!

Jules

[Suechooks]

Is there anything you can use to seal claw injuries?

Jules

Soap - as used by BHWT when clipping ex-batts