i am watching a chick for someone. i got it on last tuesday. by friday or saturday i noticed there was something wrong with it's comb. it was a large swollen circle. when i looked at it's feet, every joint is swollen including the bottoms of the feet. i've looked up fowl pox, and all of the pictures show small bumps. not large ones. i have no idea what this could be besides that though. it is in a brooder at my house with 8 other birds that aren't showing any symptoms...but before i got this bird to babysit for my friend, it was outside with it's momma who's not in a coop, she free ranges.
does anyone have any other idea besides fowl pox? it is bleeding a little where the large wart like things are cracking. do i keep neosporin on the legs? it is getting fish mox in the water, because i figured at this point, not knowing what it is, it couldn't hurt. i figured if it was something in my brooder, my other chicks should have it also right?
plz help.
thanks.
does anyone have any other idea besides fowl pox? it is bleeding a little where the large wart like things are cracking. do i keep neosporin on the legs? it is getting fish mox in the water, because i figured at this point, not knowing what it is, it couldn't hurt. i figured if it was something in my brooder, my other chicks should have it also right?
plz help.
thanks.