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Wildlife / Re: Swallows '24
« Last post by Rupert the bear on April 28, 2024, 07:47:40 am »They have arrived ! A pair of swallows this morning. Their sight and sound better than any medication, I am so pleased.
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Poultry & Waterfowl / Re: chicken's eyes are cloudy and crusty
« Last post by doganjo on April 27, 2024, 12:18:44 pm »If you haven't managed to get to the vet yet, use the same treatment you would for a child
Cool boiled water, sterile pad dipped in it, wipe from the corner out once, change the pad or turn it to a clean bit and repeat - to remove pus, crustiness etc.
I had to do this with a quail, and their eyes are tiny. Didn't need the vet - it was just dust from their bedding that had got encrusted
Cool boiled water, sterile pad dipped in it, wipe from the corner out once, change the pad or turn it to a clean bit and repeat - to remove pus, crustiness etc.
I had to do this with a quail, and their eyes are tiny. Didn't need the vet - it was just dust from their bedding that had got encrusted
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Poultry & Waterfowl / Re: chicken's eyes are cloudy and crusty
« Last post by chrismahon on April 26, 2024, 11:47:28 am »First thing to do is separate her from all the others and observe bio-security rules. It may be contagious? The only reference I can find in my poultry books associated with cloudy eyes is to Mareks, but there is no mention of crustiness with it which could be just a bacterial infection. If it is simply a localised eye infection your vet will give you antibiotics. There is no alternative to vet treatment and it needs to be quick- today if possible.
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Poultry & Waterfowl / chicken's eyes are cloudy and crusty
« Last post by ramiroflores on April 26, 2024, 03:35:22 am »My chicken's eyes are cloudy and crusty. Please tell me what's wrong with it and a reasonable treatment method. Thanks in advance!
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Sheep / Re: Importing from France
« Last post by Tim W on April 25, 2024, 06:17:27 pm »I'm curious why it will get worse by the end of the year @Bywaters? Is something happening there that I haven't heard about?
BTV will amplify an already difficult import/export procedure
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Sheep / Re: Nasal bots?
« Last post by Richmond on April 24, 2024, 07:52:55 pm »OK thanks. I did think it was too cold for bots but didn't know they could overwinter.
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Sheep / Re: Nasal bots?
« Last post by shep53 on April 24, 2024, 06:53:35 pm »Speak to your vets as you need ivermectin to treat /kill ,they will of overwintered
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Sheep / Re: Help! Advice on bottle feeding lambs with ewe with mastitis - updated new query
« Last post by messyhoose on April 24, 2024, 11:27:45 am »my local farming FB group had this same question last night and someone responded with - give the lamb a Vit E tablet.
It apparently worked and a bit of searching online shows it is often used in lambs with a poor suck response (although usually given by injection)
just incase anyone else having bottlefeeding issues wants to try that....
It apparently worked and a bit of searching online shows it is often used in lambs with a poor suck response (although usually given by injection)
just incase anyone else having bottlefeeding issues wants to try that....
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Sheep / Nasal bots?
« Last post by Richmond on April 24, 2024, 08:37:28 am »I have two sheep with snotty noses - green thick mucus with blood streaks. One is due to lamb within the next week, one is not in lamb. They are in different fields. Could it be nasal bots or is it too early in the year? It's been cold and windy here for what seems like forever! They seem otherwise well.
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Wildlife / Re: Swallows '24
« Last post by Rupert the bear on April 22, 2024, 08:59:08 pm »I've hung on during my hibernation waiting and looking out of the window, they were early here last year, now we are entering the " looking to the sky " mode. 
