Recent content by Connie Patton

It was hard to get a good photo but the back of the comb is also turning dark which may just indicate the condition she’s in.

I have a geriatric hen that is wheezing and developed black spots on her comb. She was wheezing also about 6 months ago so I treated her for a respiratory infection and with antibiotics and electrolytes she got better. The black spots are new this round. Like before I’ve isolated her from the...

Thank you. I’m having no luck helping this turkey chick. I have been adding some chopped garlic to the eggs I’ve been feeding her. Two of the past 9 days her crop emptied but filled back up with liquid. She has been kept in a large kennel in the enclosure with her mom and brother but has access...

I couldn’t access your links. How did you make the garlic water?

How old or how big is your bird? I have a slate chick a little more than two months that is getting sour crop. I bought Monistat and have placed a large dog kennel in the coop to control what she eats and drinks during her treatment but still allowing her to be near mom. Her crop is very squishy...

I just wanted to post a cure I accidentally came upon for the herpes virus in turkeys. About three years ago my adult Tom started getting sores on his head, caruncles, and snod. I googled different turkey diseases and came across a photo of a turkey with very similar sores that stated it was a...