So, I noticed a red spot on the back of one of the showgirls head. I thought maybe someone pecked her. It was a tiny red spot. Then after a few days the spot was getting larger only the red spot was still there, but the larger area looked like the skin was thickening around it. I didn't think much of it...was thinking it was the healing process. Today I noticed the "thicker skin" was in a larger area. I started checking the other chicks, and one other has the same tiny red spots on it's head, but there are several and no "thickening skin". Neither one of them is acting like anything is wrong, as of yet. The one with the thick skin does scratch it's head often though.
They have not been outside, and they have a little box of sand to play in that came from outside. The brooder had chicks in it before them, that had been in and out before I permanently put them outside. I am using an ecoglow, and they are on medicated chick feed. I am going to give them some save a chick, and I put neosporin on the spot on their necks/heads.
First two pics are from the chick that had the spot at first and now has the thick skin that is spreading. The last pic is of a new chick that has the start of the red bumps. It was hard to get clear photos. I took many and these are the best.
Edited by homeschoolchick - 4/4/12 at 7:17pm
Children are a gift from the Lord Psalms 127:3
Fuzzy Fannies Farm
bantam barred rocks, bantam cochins ( smooth and frizzled ), bantam naked neck turkens, and showgirls
Children are a gift from the Lord Psalms 127:3
Fuzzy Fannies Farm
bantam barred rocks, bantam cochins ( smooth and frizzled ), bantam naked neck turkens, and showgirls
