About 2 wks ago I witnessed one of my hens eating a white fuzzy looking substance on the ground and quickly tried to stop her but I was too late. I did a Google lens on the stuff and it came up as "peat mold". She ate quite a bit :( After that, she started acting off - having watery droppings...
1 yr old bantam silkie/cochin cross.
Symptoms:
1) slightly swollen pale comb with some blisters or bites maybe? See pics below.
2) several swollen toes/feet with blisters. See pics.
3) sore on one wattle
4) balding on head and neck
She has been to the vet twice. She’s been on two antibiotics...
Found her sitting like this with her head weak/bowing down.. She has somewhat of a full but a squishy crop. I don’t smell an odor out of her mouth but when I try to open her mouth it’s a little sticky in there. I see nothing abnormal in her mouth or into her throat. No nasal discharge and not...
Hen was broody for several weeks, was squished at the bottom of the nest box with two other hens on top of her. Started swelling in the face about 3 wks ago. Combs and wattles swelled first, now the eyes.In this last week or so, the black sores began appearing and appear to be like fowlpox. I’ve...
This morning I opened the coop pop door to find one of my 7 mth old hens on the coop floor below the roost bar just laying there. She seems completely paralyzed. Could she have fallen off the roost? She's one of my favorites (of course) and she was completely fine and acting normal yesterday...
I'm heart broken...my favorite pullet suddenly started acting like she can't see yesterday. I didn't see anything odd about her eyes....they looked normal. However, today they seem slightly gray and she keeps them closed most of the time. I'm not seeing any change in the shape of the pupil. She...
So I'm aware elephant ear plants are toxic to chickens. Well my neighbor has them and their seed keeps coming into my yard so I pluck them as soon as I see them shoot up. However, I missed one and let my girls free range the day before yesterday. I saw the plant after I let them free range and...
I've got a few chicks with fowl pox affecting their eyes :( It's hard to see them suffer...is there any treatment or supplement that I can do to help speed up their healing or help strengthen their immune systems to fight this?
I currently put Rooster Booster vits & electrolytes in their water...
I have a broody hen (Lily) that presented with a bump on her eyelid 11 days ago. I applied Terramycin 2x daily and that didn't seem to help. Almost made it worse. Her eye would bubble after and she would scratch at it. So after a few days I started Veterycin spray and the terramycin. I could...