Re: Lame chicken - advice please ?

In article <7msss15gv2los8i6ujj5s2m14etvau9ji6@xxxxxxx>,
Adrian Brentnall <adrian-the papers and the trash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> HI All
>
> One of our free-range Bantam Pekins suddenly started limping.
>
> We (finally!) caught her, and her feet were a bit caked up so we
> washed them in warm water and applied some vaseline.
>
> It's difficult to see what's going on with her feet usually - because
> she has such a lot of feathers around her feet.... but her claws look
> to be very overgrown.
>
> Is it OK to trim her claws, if so, how far ?
>
> There's a photo on the web at
> http://www.inspired-glass.co.uk/chicken.htm
>
> any advice gratefully recieved.
>
> Thanks
> Adrian
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Trim the claws back to the "pink" shadow in them.

And, treat for scaly leg mite...
She has it bad, and odds are so do your other feather foots.

It's very common.

Cheers!
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