This is one of my Rhode Island Red girls. She had a spat with a new hen and ended up with a small scab. In 2 days, it had spread to a scab all over her comb. I separated her and applied neosporin. I've been keeping an eye on it and it is just not getting any better. And now her eyes are swollen...
Thanks everyone! I've had a feeling this was a roo from early on. I think I'll see how the two roo's do and if its not working out my mom will take my banty babies, even though we are super attached to the little roo:(. He is very friendly and loves my daughter, but I don't want him to get hurt.
Ok this is my chicken in question. It was marked as a pullet at the feed store, even had the wing clip. It is around 11 weeks old. The comb is definitely redder and bigger than my other Easter egger. This one is a little bigger than everyone else and also a little more aggressive towards...
1. This is Bug. Marked as a pullet at the store, in a bin with RIR and Ameracauna...I'm not sure, breed?
2. This is Sweetie-If I remember right, she came from the black and gold sexlink bin. Was curious if maybe she was in the wrong bin? I can't find pics of any black sexlinks that...
True, I guess chiggers would be too small. I haven't really had issues with chiggers or ticks, but I have had scorpions and spiders. And being deathly afraid of spiders, I really hope they'll eat those!