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I'm okay with omitting the Peroxide. The peroxide doesn't seem to react at all when applied to beak and I checked it for viability (put it on dirty stuff and it reacted). Papilloma?...ah, wart...interesting.

2 days later. Looking about the same. I've been swabbing with peroxide once a day. Checked inside her mouth...after the scare of all the black in there (from digging in the compost pile), I'm confident this morning that there is nothing going on inside. Must have been some injury? Would it...

Just noticed this on my easter egger. She seems no worse for wear. No discharge, no other symptoms. I'm not sure if it is called a lesion, was just trying to find something to call it. I haven't yet opened her mouth to see if there is anything in her mouth. I don't think it is fowl pox as...

Crop was full this morning. I massaged it down to almost nothing. She refused yogurt and oregano oil. Put her in the run with the others and she drank water (left water with her in the house last night). She gobbled the duckweed I put in the run. I think I saw her at the feed bin also. So...

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Buff Orpington, 16mos, weight 3.8lbs, has definitely lost weight, keel bone prominent, flock mates are 5lbs 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Stopped laying early June - introduced 4 new...

Hi I'm Carla in California (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? New to chickens May 2020 (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Seven (3) What breeds do you have? Rhode Island Red, Buff Orpington, Black Australorp, Welsummer, Lavender Orpington, Blue Laced Red...