Re: Problems with hen's foot

From: Adrian Brentnall (trash_at_ambquality.co.uk)
Date: 03/04/05 

Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 11:41:39 +0000

HI Jill

Thanks for the additional comments

On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 10:21:26 -0000, " Jill."
<news@REMOVETHISkintaline.co.uk> wrote:

>Go with Nuele's advice -- we have only had the odd case mostly on birds
>brought in so went through the motions of throwing it all at it :~)
>If you use the white spirit its in conjunction with vaseline -- not one then
>the other
>Dip the legs in white spirit, dry and smear with vaseline

Aha - didn't realise that.....

>But as Nuele has positive results with vaseline only - that is much
>simpler -- it does get messy and the chemists may wonder what you are doing
>with all the large pots of vaseline you go through

Hmmm - hopefully they've got the sense not to ask <g>
OK - we have 2" of snow on the ground at the moment, and it's still
falling - so, once it clears a bit, we'll have a go.

>It can take a while to get the scales back to normal

OK - would it make sense to trim the feathers on the feet of the white
pekins - it's make it easier to see what we were trying to achieve....

Thanks again
Adrian

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