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Wanted to give a follow up on my rooster. I finally found a vet to see him. Unfortunately, by the time she could see him, it progressed to, sort of, eat away at his ear canal and a nerve was exposed when she lifted the crust. We decided immediately to euthanize and have a necropsy done. It...

Thank you for that link. It does look very similar. That sucks that there isn't a treatment. I had checked his mouth previously, so know it wasn't trich. I've never heard of the ear canker before. Appreciate the info.

That He had a pus scab like that. It eventually fell off with iodine, leaving a hole in his comb.

Its both in the ear canal and lobe. It just keeps growing. It's possible it's pox, but I don't know how to treat the wound to keep it from growing.

I have a rooster with this odd growth that I've been treating with acv and iodine. Previously tried triple antibiotic ointment with no success. It's been a month of treating with no success. I recently had a hen that had this growth on her abdomen. I thought it was a strange tumor and culled...

Regardless of what it is, one thing you can do for her which can only help any eye injury/ailment is to do a warm compress with a tea bag (green tea). Heat some water, soak tea bag like you are making tea. Test the warmth on your own cheek. When comfortable, hold onto her eye for 10 -15...

Thanks Kathy and Dawg. Looks like a gizzard in this photo. I just order Nystantin from First State Vet supply. Going to give it a go.

Hmmmm, I see on the Jedds Bird Supply site (BTW...thank you...they have a load of medications I don't have access to at the farm store here) has Copper Sulfate for crop fungus. I wonder if I should try that vs. Metronidazole. I can't seem to find any info on the white spots in throat. Like if...

They had the diarrhea prior to using any antibiotics. But the ones I've tried are: Oxytetracycline (LA-200) injections to the breast Duramycin 10 in the water Tylan (used the injectable orally) I've also been giving garlic, ACV and alternating with Oxine AH in their water Their butts do...

I can't seem to find info on an unusual issue going on with my flock. It started after winter finally broke where several of the group started with this gurgled breathing, and phlegmy sounding. Some had clear nasal discharge, some had eye discharge (with green/grey crusting). Several have...

Will check into the Tylan. I do plan to treat everyone, just in case. If anyone has any other natural or supplemental suggestions, that'll help too. I'm so worried about the 2 older girls. The one girls comb and waddles are dark, like she's not getting enough oxygen. :( I will cull her if...

I've been researching for hours and cannot find the answer for this. I have a flock of 20, various ages from 8mos - 6 years old. Now I have 4 hens and a rooster quarantined because they suddenly started with: - wheezing/gurgling when walking or exerting themselves. - sneezing and...

I'm really surprised they were still all viable. Especially since all you hear is that it needs to be kept at perfect temp, perfect humidity, etc,....and almost everyday, these eggs were left for AT LEAST an hour unattended. So far, I'm up to 3 babies and 1 beak (4th egg just started pipping a...

I don't know about that. I did have a different broody girl last year kill all the babies. Made me SO made because some of them were from my Polish hen. She's currently broody along with my trusted hen. I took all her eggs and put them under the trusted mama. I just don't think the other...

My broody is lets me lift her chest and wings up so I can see what's going on with the babies and eggs. And I do touch and hold the newborns right away just so I can imprint on them (hopefully first). However, if you decide to do that and mama is getting upset to the point of kicking eggs...