About a month ago I posted about a bantam chick with a swollen area around the oil gland on his butt. I thought it was getting better for a while, but it looks terrrible now.
This is what it looked like when we first noticed it.
Even worse, I have three other bantam chicks (about two months old) with similar symptoms. They have swollen places near their oil glands that look like the other one looked when I first noticed it. This these two, for instance, with their swollen and bare spots above their tail feathers.
I called every vet in my area, but unfortunately, none of them will look at chickens. I have put hydrogen peroxide on the worst one, but I don't know what to do. The worst one has become lethargic, and pretty much just lays there all the time. Does anyone have any ideas? Do I need to just put it out of its misery?
![9392_img_1073.jpg](https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/9392_img_1073.jpg)
This is what it looked like when we first noticed it.
![9392_chick_sore.jpg](https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/9392_chick_sore.jpg)
Even worse, I have three other bantam chicks (about two months old) with similar symptoms. They have swollen places near their oil glands that look like the other one looked when I first noticed it. This these two, for instance, with their swollen and bare spots above their tail feathers.
![9392_img_1081.jpg](https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/9392_img_1081.jpg)
![9392_img_1076.jpg](https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/9392_img_1076.jpg)
I called every vet in my area, but unfortunately, none of them will look at chickens. I have put hydrogen peroxide on the worst one, but I don't know what to do. The worst one has become lethargic, and pretty much just lays there all the time. Does anyone have any ideas? Do I need to just put it out of its misery?