Buff Orp blue in the face...need to worry? Pics attached

[BeardedChick]

You could call your state vet. They may be able to tell you if there's a known disease outbreak.

MINNESOTA
Dr William L. Hartmann,
Executive Director
Board of Animal Health
119 Agriculture Bldg.
90 W. Plato Boulevard.
St. Paul, MN 55107
Telephone (651) 296-2942
Fax: (651) 296-7417
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.bah.state.mn.us/

 

[hinkjc]

Here is the site I got the info from..not sure if it will help, but perhaps.

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PS044#TABLE_3

Jody

 

[mypicklebird]

That is really odd looking- birds bruises are usually very green in color as they age. Not really blue though. Many severe diseases that can cause vasculitis (break down of small blood vessels, red blood cells leak out and can cause random bruises- these can look like black/red/green skin- maybe blue as the bruise ages). This is also happening elsewhere in the body. If they are not showing any sign of disease (cough, rattling, sudden death, bubbling eyes, runny noses), and the rest of the chickens look totally normal, I would really doubt this is a symptom of a disease. More likely this chicken smacked it's head on something, and you can see the bruise in the non feathered areas. People bruises are black/red & turn blue/purple as the bruise ages. Bird bruises turn green as they age- their hemoglobin is different. If the bird has a bruise- it will slowly fade. If the bird continues to not act sick, and the color stays the same-???? Maybe you have some silkie blood in there or some odd sport with blue skin?
Is it symmetrical on the right and the left, or is she normal on one side?
Jess