Hello BYC,
Our 3 year old hen Lagniappe was discovered this morning to be penguining. At first we thought she was egg bound so we soaked her in an epsom salt bath and gave her 400mg of calcium, but upon further inspection we discovered that her featherless belly was swollen, distended, and...
So, recently I discovered my flock has a case of fowl pox (i only have three birds, and they all seem to be mildly affected), or at least that's that I think it is. They (scabs) are mostly on their feet and toes and only one has a scab on her comb. it's been a little over a week since I...
I had two chicks develop this condition this year in two different "cohorts" - incubation batches. The first chick got so bad we had to cull the poor feller.
I did some more research when the second one developed it. There is an itchy flaky skin condition on face and feet with yellowish crusty...
Hi -
I noticed two lesions in the mouth of my one year old buff Orpington hen 12 days ago. I took her to the vet as soon as I could, two days after noticing the lesions. The vet is not a chicken specialist but he does see chicken patients fairly often. I told him my concerns of canker and pox...