Recent content by berglundl

Good to know. I'll try to keep the intervention to a bare minimum, but will pay careful attention to her eyes.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Thank for sharing this information. I got a tip from one of the guys at the store where I bought the birds and he recommended an over the counter ointment just to help prevent them from getting nasty. I'll look at her in the morning and decide whether or not it seemed to help. Again, thank you!

This is good information - thank you for taking the time to reply.

Thanks for the reply! Yes, others agree with you that it's Fowl Pox. I applied an ointment and will start tomorrow with sanitizing their waterers and feeders. I tried updating my Location, but got an error message. I'll try again. We're in Houston, TX. Thank you so much for the information.

Hey, thank you for the great info. I've gotten a couple of other folks on board and they also believe that it's Fowl Pox. Right now she is the only bird in our small 4-hen flock. My son noticed the scabs more than a week ago, and we haven't seen the lesions on the other 3. Not yet anyway. And...

She is the alpha hen, so I doubt that's the case but will watch out for any sign of that. thank you

Meet Butter Bean, our Buff Orpington. She is 8 mo old, pretty consistent layer since early September. We've noticed these spots on her face and wonder if someone might help identify. Also, she left us a shell-less, smaller than usual egg this morning. Not sure if that's related, but we're...