ALABAMA!!

[thundermg1swife]

Hello everyone! I live in Smiths Station, Alabama and have a situation I need some help with. My two banty rooster have been taking chunks out of each other, which is normal, however, i dont think its fair to my silky. He almost dies as a chick and it took a straight 48 hours with no sleep to get him through. Sooooo, I am looking to find a good home for my cochin banty, Silver. Ideally, Silver needs a flock. He's been mounting my big old Cinnamon Queen hens and makes sure they get first pick of any bugs he finds, lol. He's not aggressive to anyone or anything except my Silky and that just started over the past few days. If anyone would like a gorgeous silver, black and white cochin banty rooster please pm me.

 

[chickensval]

My guess would be damage from wire on the cage/pen.  If it were mine, though, I would put some betadine on it once a day or two and then follow up with some vaseline for a week or so.  The betadine will stain it, but will grow off eventually and it kills bacteria.  The vaseline will just keep it soft and protect it as it heals.

Thanks, ive been putting neosporin on it, hope it helps:/
Someone else told me it is something called 'fowl pox' any idea what this is??

 

[Tomtommom]

The math... it's coming...

*laugh*

I am thinking "Gosh, it's so wasteful running that darn heat lamp for only two chicks.. and only one is a girl. I should get a few more day olds..."

Stop me now.. LOL

 

[Brie6895]

Hi everyone! I have so many pages to catch up. Been extremely busy lately. But I thought I'd post this while I get caught up. I still have my black austrolorp rooster and now it's putting me in a tough situation. I have 6 girls that need to be moved into my pin ASAP but I can't due to that rooster. I put two of my bigger girls in there this morning for a few minutes as I watched and he was not happy. He is triple the size of my little bantam and I need him to be gone. I've been posting him on Craigslist for 3 weeks had 2 seperate people tell me to hold him until they could get him and then never respond to my calls or messages
Soo I have come on here to see if anyone would be interested? He is 15 weeks old and very pretty. He doesn't love to be held but he isn't mean or anything.

 

[Wisher1000]

Thanks, ive been putting neosporin on it, hope it helps:/
Someone else told me it is something called 'fowl pox' any idea what this is??

It could be Fowlpox, but the treatment is virtually the same. Treat the sores, support the bird. If you are seeing black scabs in the center of gray/white patches, then it is more likely. In that case, you might want to separate those with it from those without it and treat only the symptomatic ones. I probably wouldn't, though, fowlpox is rarely fatal.

 

[chickensval]

It could be Fowlpox, but the treatment is virtually the same.  Treat the sores, support the bird.  If you are seeing black scabs in the center of gray/white patches, then it is more likely.  In that case, you might want to separate those with it from those without it and treat only the symptomatic ones.  I probably wouldn't, though, fowlpox is rarely fatal.

I'm curious if it is contagious...?
A few of my sligle combs are having something like that, just not as bad though. I didn't notice it yesterday, though. How exactly do they get fowlpox?

 

[ihavechickens2]

wanted to show of one of my mix roo

 

[bbdal]

Speaking of fowlpox, would that affect meat or eggs while they are symptomatic? Thanks!

 

[Wisher1000]

Fowlpox is viral and is spread by biting insects. Egg production drops but mortality is low. There is really nothing to be done as birds usually recover on their own in a month. Those that get it are immune to that strain afterward, those that don't probably will get it eventually. No need to toss eggs, it is host specific (people can't get it.) The only time it is bad is if the lesions cause problems for the eyes, or if it is the "wet" type that shows in the mouth, throat, and lungs.

There is lots of info online if you want more details.......

Ihc2 - Beautiful rooster!

 

[bbdal]

Fowlpox is viral and is spread by biting insects.  Egg production drops but mortality is low.  There is really nothing to be done as birds usually recover on their own in a month.  Those that get it are immune to that strain afterward, those that don't probably will get it eventually.  No need to toss eggs, it is host specific (people can't get it.)  The only time it is bad is if the lesions cause problems for the eyes, or if it is the "wet" type that shows in the mouth, throat, and lungs.

There is lots of info online if you want more details.......

Ihc2 - Beautiful rooster!

So not an issue for meat birds either? Since we are relatively new to chickens, trying to figure out what to cull for and what you can or can't eat out of culls. Thanks again.