bad smelling mouth, yeasty looking gunk in mouth

[rosegal]

I have recently had so many illnesses and deaths in my flock brought in by some carrier chicks I purchased from someone on auction here. Now my polish baby has a yeasty smelling mouth and is having a very hard time eating. Any ideas on how to help her? They have apple cider vinegar in their water and everything is very clean here.

 

[madamwlf]

It sounds like sour crop. Do a search on here for sour crop and you should find some good threads to help you.

 

[rosegal]

Thanks, her crop is empty and I don't think that is the problem. I'll keep a close watch on her.

 

[dawg53]

Yeasty looking gunk in mouth could be canker. If it's canker, treatment is metronidazole 250mg tablets once a day for 5 days. It can be purchased online as "fishzole."

 

[sourland]

Yeasty looking gunk in mouth could be canker. If it's canker, treatment is metronidazole 250mg tablets once a day for 5 days. It can be purchased online as "fishzole."

I agree with dawg. You can gently remove the gunk with a Q tip, but the metronidazole is the recommended treatment. Do an online search to see if that is what your chicken looks like.