Two of my chickens have, red, irritated looking skin around their eyes/on their faces. They seem well otherwise - good appetite, very active.
Could anyone recommend a good treatment?
Thanks.
Thanks again for your advice @Wyorp Rock. As a new chicken owner, I was quite worried about her. I left her alone as you recommended, and her injury seems almost completely healed. The wing is not dragging nearly as much and she’s regained full movement 😊
Poppy - our little Barnevelder girl who has been with us since she was one-week-old. We had to return her brothers.
She’s a funny little one. Follows the leader and always last to arrive.
Thank you for sharing your story. Pets teach us so much - about themselves and about ourselves. You have had to make difficult decisions, and they were all made with love.
Hello,
I’ve noticed the feathers on one of my 11-week-old-ish Buff Orpingtons are a bit silkier and more elongated than my other bird (same breed, same age).
Do the hackle feathers look pointed to you? Or is it too soon to tell?
I don’t see much of a pronounced comb or wattle, but the tail...
Thanks for your reply @Wyorp Rock. I wrapped her wing and she’s wiggled it free a second time. So I think she can move her wing if she really wants to.
It’s now hanging a bit lower, so I’m afraid she injures it further each time she fees herself.
I will let her rest it for a while, and...
My bird has a broken or injured wing. She has been lying down, hiding under plants and I noticed her wing hanging. She is a lot more subdued than usual.
I’ve wrapped her wing in place with vet wrap. She pecked the vet wrap off overnight.
If I can’t keep it wrapped, will it matter if it heals...