This is my Mom's silkie rooster today....
He is about 4 mos old. He was fine yesterday. This has happened since then. It is in a 3x5 pen with 6 others that it has been with since they were all tiny. I have never seen them fight.
There are a couple of broken feathers and when I moved one of the feathers, he squawked like it hurt. The skin looks irritated around all the feathers, but no lacerations.
Do you think another chicken did this to him?
So far I have seperated him. I have antibiotics that I can put in the water, electrolytes, blu-kote, neosporin.
He is preening the area, so I don't want him to eat the medicine off if it will harm him.
I haven't noticed any other symptoms and the other chickens are fine.
What is the best way to care for him?
~Rebecca
He is about 4 mos old. He was fine yesterday. This has happened since then. It is in a 3x5 pen with 6 others that it has been with since they were all tiny. I have never seen them fight.
There are a couple of broken feathers and when I moved one of the feathers, he squawked like it hurt. The skin looks irritated around all the feathers, but no lacerations.
Do you think another chicken did this to him?
So far I have seperated him. I have antibiotics that I can put in the water, electrolytes, blu-kote, neosporin.
He is preening the area, so I don't want him to eat the medicine off if it will harm him.
I haven't noticed any other symptoms and the other chickens are fine.
What is the best way to care for him?
~Rebecca
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