I'm not sure what this is but I think this could be an ear infection can you please help me with this? I'm desperate to save my little chicken!!
How are they now? I had a cockerel who ended up with a raging ear infection! I couldn't find the right meds in town. So I went with amoxicillin started with big dose! Then went back to get more from the feed store. None of us new if it would work. Even peeps at the feed store. We ended up 7 days of meds. Day 3 I was able to just pull it out on its own almost. He knew we were helping so he was a good boy. We also stuffed his ear full for about 9 days with neospirin. He's perfect now! The pills were 32 cents. Just FYI pretty cheap ! Here's what came out of oliveMy husband and I adopted a 2 hens and 2 roosters. Within the first week we discovered they all had some kind of illness. The two roosters have mites and lice. And one rooster had a rather advanced ear infection. We're first time chicken owners and were very uncertain about doing anything 'surgical'. But today, after gathering all that was needed, we took out the horrible stuff in his ear. He's been isolated in a warmer room and hope that here he will make a full recovery soon. The gunk is about 1.5 cm. It felt epic to remove it. He was very calm and only made a little noise during the whole ordeal. Thanks so much for this thread. We read about your experience and also from others threads on BYC regarding ear infection. Your pictures were gruesome but it gave us some expectations of what to expect.
Great pictures!The other day I noticed this ugly, nasty "plug" in my Silkie's ear. Ewww. Poor baby. She must have had an ear infection going on for a long time. She is getting better now. But this is what it looked like:
So I carefully pulled this thing off/out. It left a gaping hole in her ear. I flushed & cleaned it out as best I could.
This is what the plug looks like
I clean it out every night with a warm peroxide/water solution, then pack the hole with neosporin. I put 100mg of Amoxicilling in her drinking water, along with vitamins. She is perking up well. This is what it looks like now
And this is her feeling better.
More excellent pictures!My husband and I adopted a 2 hens and 2 roosters. Within the first week we discovered they all had some kind of illness. The two roosters have mites and lice. And one rooster had a rather advanced ear infection. We're first time chicken owners and were very uncertain about doing anything 'surgical'. But today, after gathering all that was needed, we took out the horrible stuff in his ear. He's been isolated in a warmer room and hope that here he will make a full recovery soon. The gunk is about 1.5 cm. It felt epic to remove it. He was very calm and only made a little noise during the whole ordeal.
Thanks so much for this thread. We read about your experience and also from others threads on BYC regarding ear infection. Your pictures were gruesome but it gave us some expectations of what to expect.
Great pictures!Glad I found this thread! (Hi @casportpony !) I'm helping out at a bird rehab center and someone brought in a chicken with a similar situation. How long does it take for the stretched out tissue to close back up? Here are some photos: Before (right)After (right)
Before (left)
After (left)
Plug that came out of right ear:
Good photos! Thanks for sharing.Glad I found this thread! (Hi @casportpony !)
I'm helping out at a bird rehab center and someone brought in a chicken with a similar situation.
How long does it take for the stretched out tissue to close back up?
Here are some photos:
Before (right)
After (right)
Before (left)
After (left)
Plug that came out of right ear:
