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    Favus?

    Thanks @Shadrack I’ve been using disposable gloves when putting anti fungal cream on her comb for the last 3 days. Today it looked a lot more like the skin on her comb is peeling and the swelling has gone down now, and I can see that it is only on the top side of her comb (it flops over)...
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    Favus?

    Thanks so much @Wyorp Rock yep, she’s doing ok 🤞 just don’t want to miss anything that will jeopardise that. Have applied the anti fungal cream again this morning, and have left her happily munching through her breakfast! Hopefully @Shadrack will chirp in too, I see they are in Bristol, so...
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    Favus?

    I obviously want this to be anything but Favus! (have applied the anti fungal cream today however) am I clutching at straws to wonder whether, as a result of the recent scorching sun in the UK, that this might be sunburn on her comb? This summer would be the first time she’s been exposed to the...
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    Favus?

    I’ll carry on with the plan to put the fungal cream on her then and keep an eye on the others. Thanks again.
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    Favus?

    Thank you 🙏🏻
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    Favus?

    Hello @Wyorp Rock here she is this morning. She’s an ex-batt hen I’ve had her for 8 weeks. She sustained some peck scratches on her comb from the initial pecking order squabbles between the 3 ex batts I got together. She’s always been pale, her comb has shrunk as expected but she’s left with...
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    Favus?

    Hi @Wyorp Rock thanks for responding - I’ll get some pics this morning and post them up here.
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    Favus?

    Hi Abarnangh, how did you get on with your chickens comb? I’m worried one of my hens has something similar looking on her comb. Thanks
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    6 year old RIR, no eggs so far this year

    Thank you #HollowOfWisps i was wondering whether that is what was happening. She's top of the pecking order, so would make sense that she still wants to be in on the nest box action! 😊 Thanks for the reassurance, she's my last remaining hen from my very first flock, so she's a favourite. I'll...
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    6 year old RIR, no eggs so far this year

    Hi Everyone Margo is my 6 year old Rhode Island Red - I've had her 5 years and the lady I adopted her from said she was around 12-18 months old then. She's as sassy as they come and has always laid well. She was definitely slowing down last year laying one egg a week on average I'd say, but...
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    Comment by 'Cheshire Chickens' in article 'Do Chickens Have Teeth? A Close Look at the Anatomy and Physiology of Chickens'

    Great article, beautifully written. Thank you
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    Chicken massacre this morning 😔

    Oh I so feel for you 😔 7am may be a little early, where are you? I’m in the UK similarly had our first fox attack yesterday - kept chickens for coming on 5 years now. This is the first summer I’ve had the auto door (set for 6am, light at 5am here in June/july) I’ve got a camera set up so I keep...
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    Comment by 'Cheshire Chickens' in article 'Blood on a Chicken Eggshell'

    I always come to our little community here if I’ve got any questions or concerns, and once again you all put my mind at ease! 😘 I have an older hen (5yrs young) Margo in my small flock, and she has just started to get back in the swing again after a winter break. She is laying every 3 days or so...
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    Pale winter comb? Frostbite?

    I like the idea of the sweeter heater, I’ll have to Google it. Fingers crossed 🤞 they both make it through the winter and to sunnier and warmer spring days.
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    Pale winter comb? Frostbite?

    How's your comet doing? My RIR Margo (5 years old) often has a pale dry comb in the winter when she's on an egg break. It always worries me, she's not young and she's a big girl, so heart/liver problems are always a concern. She's always been fine though. Its got down to -6 degrees C here...
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