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post #11 of 12

5/21/12 at 9:53am

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Originally Posted by azygous

Well, I hog-tied the patient and looked in her deep, cavernous ears and then shined a search light down her throat, and all were pink, healthy-looking and normal in every respect.

I dumped some sample ear canal oil for itchy ears down her left ear, the one she always is scratching with her foot. So now I'm watching to see if that improves the head shaking. Maybe all it is is a case of itchy ear.

Thanks again for all the help. Chicken ears are awesome! And such cute, little pink, pointy tongues!

You are so funny. That is great news - when you looked in the ear you didn't see any black flecks (indicative of mites)? Hopefully the head shaking will improve now. Happy to hear she got a clean bill of health.

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5/21/12 at 10:23am

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Well, she may have nice pink, clean ears and throat, but she's still shaking her head and scratching it with her foot.

Nope, no sign of black peppery scamps, signifying mites or termites or whathaveyou.

She really does behave as if something in her ears are causing her great discomfort. I wish I could figure out what to do for her to make her feel better.

None of the others seem to have any problem like this. No sign of any sort of parasites in the coops, and never have.

One matronly, yet regal, Light Brahma hen, two Silver-laced Wyandotte hens, two Gold-laced Wyandotte hens, one Black Cochin hen, three Ameraucana hens, one Buff Brahma hen, four sassy Speckled Sussex hens, one Buff Brahma roo, and one nineteen-year old cat who's scared of all of them, especially the roo.