Recent content by Luckieyes

There does appear to be some swelling an irritation near the eye as well, would that be from it being injured?

Hmm, now that you mention that it does seem very likely. She like to shove her head places, under our arm, under the feed pipes, etc. I don't see any individual scabs, it just looks like one big sore. I will have to try out some antibiotic and see if she impoves.

This week we noticed our 18 week old buff lace polish pullet, Ethel, had a brown crusty scab-like on her nose and some swelling. No other chickens in our flock have it. She is eating, drinking, and behaving normally. I've attached some photos of her nose and eye. Can anyone help identify...

We have thirty four chickens, all 10 weeks old and various brown egg laying breeds. Our two cockerels are buff brahmas, and have been much slower to develop than all the other breeds. I'm not sure if this is normal, but they still have fairly bald/fuzzy backs while all our girls are fully...