lame hen, scaly leg

Re: lame hen, scaly leg

Ian Mostyn — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:57:13 GMT

[quote user="Michael Woodhouse"]That's actually a good thing for the bird vet! The owner was bound to have blamed them!

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We develop thick skin and are used to our patients dieing suddenly. I keep telling people we only do miracles on Friday's but they do insist on coming in on other days. I don't count the ones that are already dead though. Some people must have a truly terrible sense of smell.

Ian

Re: lame hen, scaly leg

Michael Woodhouse — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:20:58 GMT

[quote user="Lucy K"]

Belated thank you for all of the replies. Didn't get the chance to try frontline in the end because the hen died, (the day before she was booked in for a consultation with a bird vet).

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That's actually a good thing for the bird vet! The owner was bound to have blamed them!

Re: lame hen, scaly leg

Lucy K — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:07:30 GMT

Belated thank you for all of the replies. Didn't get the chance to try frontline in the end because the hen died, (the day before she was booked in for a consultation with a bird vet).

Re: lame hen, scaly leg

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:50:42 GMT

I used Aludex on mine. Worked a treat. Works on budgerigars too.

Re: lame hen, scaly leg

bob lehner — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:16:56 GMT

[quote user="Michael Woodhouse"]

We used to use WD40 on our chickens and it seemed to work!

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Was that for 'Squeaky leg' or 'Scaley leg' ?

Re: lame hen, scaly leg

Michael Woodhouse — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:01:57 GMT

We used to use WD40 on our chickens and it seemed to work!

Re: lame hen, scaly leg

Lucy K — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:36:31 GMT

Yes she is still alive (I was being facetious!) and yes it is the chicken who is eating, drinking and laying.

Thankfully the hen hasn't lost any digits so far! Might try frontline. Thank you for the prompt replies.

Re: lame hen, scaly leg

Utlendigur — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:29:56 GMT

[quote user="Lucy K"]Should she keep basting it? [/quote]

Just to get this straight - is the chicken alive or cooking?

[quote user="Lucy K"]She is still eating, drinking and laying[/quote]

I'm assuming this is the chicken rather than the friend

I used Xeno drops on my neighbour's pet chicken and that seemed to clear it (although it was very crusty and a couple of toe tips dropped off as I tried to examine it )

Re: lame hen, scaly leg

plantagenet — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:18:52 GMT

Frontline was recommended at a recent CPD course, previously I used surgical spirit.