Pictures in one spot for diseses

I wish there was one spot where the experienced chicken parents posted pics of diseases. I've been trolling to 2 days looking for pics of lice,mites or something like chicken dandruff. My chicks are 8 weeks old, they seem to be constantly grooming/preening themselves and have what looks like thin fingernail clippings on them.

I put on a white shirt and went outside and held on to each one of them but did not see anything on my shirt that looked like it was moving.They did not appreciate this activity. I tried to get pics but they don't really hold still for me. Will try again this evening.
HELP!!!

If it's white flakes you see then that is just dead skin. My pigeons and chicks always have a little bit on them.

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THANK YOU!

Your welcome! Glad I could help.

So I've started a collection... Pictures of poo...I did not compile it "Aunt Sally" did, please see the bottom for a link,

Normal




Picture taken by Catsmuvva

These last three pictures have shed intestinal lining in them - quite normal, not a cause for concern.


Coral coloured Urates



These are frequently deposited overnight and are quite normal

Oily and Foamy



The range of "Normal" is huge :shock:

Ceacal


These are produced from the caecum of the chicken and are mustard to dark brown froth. They are expelled every 8 to 10 droppings.

Fly Maggots


(picture curtesy of Vember)

Flies will lay their eggs on moist chicken poo and in warm weather they will very quickly hatch into small maggots.

Watery



Watery droppings can be produced by hens which are too hot. It can be a way for them to cool down by drinking a lot and losing some of their heat in frequent wet droppings. It can also be a sign that the hens are not eating enough too.

Abnormal poos



Coccidiosis produces blood in faeces.



Above is from a chicken suffering with Clostridium perfringens.
see: http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=17568.msg1258576#msg1258576



The hen who produced this specimen was an older bird who became very thirsty.
She is producing a large amount of watery urates the cause of which is unknown, but could possibly be a kidney problem.



The hen who produced this specimen was about 25 weeks old. She went off her food and ate so little she became underweight. She held her tail down and was tired. She may have had worms and/or egg peritonitis.


Worms


picture taken by smiler43 picture taken by Lindeggs


Broody Poo


Thanks to ANHBUC for this picture

Broody's poos are huge and very smelly !



Sulphur yellow, foamy dropping can bea sign of Blackhead (Histamonosis) which is caused by a protozoan parasite infecting the gut. It is however rare in back yard hens !


This picture was taken after 2 days treatment with flubenvet. The worms are probably Ascaridia galli, they don't cause much harm to the birds unless they are present in large numbers. It is not unkown for them to enter the reproductive tract from the digestive tract via the vent and be found inside an egg :shock:

Please feel free to comment on these pictures and post any you may want to know about or think would be good to add to this album.


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