Hello, thank you for your help. Her mouth definitely did smell, i’d have to wash my hands four times to get rid of it after checking her mouth. I didn’t realise it turning black was odd, I hope it wasn’t something else! There wasn’t really any info I could find on when a canker was getting...
Alright, last update. Gerta died last night, unfortunately. We put her in a pet carrier overnight so she didn’t get trampled in the morning by the other girls but she must have died in her sleep. It double sucks because the mites were dying and the canker was just going black, so she should have...
Just wanted to update, we got the copper sulphate to her right as she started getting more lethargic and less enthusiastic about food. I thought this might have been because of the canker, and was relieved we got the copper to her in time, but I just fed her some liquid feed via medicine dropper...
Hello, just wanted to ask how long the girls can be on copper sulphate for? I know you said 3 days but it’s the end of the 2nd day for us and I’ve only now noticed it starting to go black around the edges and a little dry at the top. The canker isn’t even close to fully gone, the poor thing :(...
Hello, thanks so much!! I’ll get some ASAP. Do you know if i should remove the canker or leave it? Will the copper sulfate get rid of it or is this something that should be done manually?
Hello! I haven’t made any posts in here yet so i’m not sure how this works, but i’ll try to keep it succinct:
Our chicken, Gerta, has canker. I’ve checked it next to other diseases and the symptoms match closely with this one, though her case isn’t as severe as some.
She’s an otherwise...