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[Audio51]

Help! I have a chick that has growths on it's face! It's healthy and active but it has these strange growths! Help!

Are you able to get a closer picture?

 

[ronott1]

Help! I have a chick that has growths on it's face! It's healthy and active but it has these strange growths! Help!

look up fowl pox. your area has it and it hits from now through the fall.

 

[alibra]

Does it look like herpes?

As a matter of fact yes. How do I treat fowl pox?

 

[alibra]

I also have really bad lice. Help

 

[tridentk9]

Any LF egg layer or dual purpose chicken whose eggs I can get my hands on. I have SFH (terrible hard to hatch but I'm learning), the CLB, EOB (only 2 hens), Ameraucana's (only the rooster is getting leakage in his hackles so I  have to sell those as EE's until I get an SOP replacement), EE's and OE's.  The English Orps are not laying yet.  Since I only gather about 2 dozen eggs a week and am looking for others I have to be kind of open minded.  So I would be willing to hatch ANYTHING that was a good dual purpose egg layer type bird. 

Maybe you've seen all the negative comments about chicken flippers?

People who just breed for a profit and don't aim for SOP or improvement of any kind?

I don't want to be known as that person but I did think this would help me raise money in a (kind of) quick manner.  I don't have a job   Well except mother of 4 and being part of a doula group.  What I'm saying is that I don't have access to a weekly paycheck that isn't already maxed out for the family budget.  

If I follow through with this project I would want it known that it wasn't my normal MO.  That I was only selling all these random birds to meet my financial quota that that I would be focusing on my 5 main breeds all the rest of the time.  The last thing I want to do is create a poor name for myself over a one-time event.

One option is selling pullets for $20 OR teach a 4 hour class on raising a chicken for $30/individual, $40/familyand take home a pullet after class, extra pullets $20. That should cut down on the questions.

As far as reputation- well no matter what, some people will speak poorly of you, some will speak well and some will only worry about how you treat them.

 

[ronott1]

As a matter of fact yes. How do I treat fowl pox?

It's a virus, so with good feed, electrolytes and vitamins. Most of them should recover from it. Check though--there may be something to put on the sores.

I also have really bad lice. Help

The best thing for lice is to use poultry dust. Dust them under each wing and by the vent. The key is to clean and treat the coop too. Get all of the chickens out and use either 7 or permectrin concentrate to spray the wood, especially the corners. The roosts need to be sprayed on the top and bottom too.

repeat the dusting after 7 to 10 days. The coops can be treated with permectirn every two weeks.

Make sure that the bees are not around and do not let the chickens breath the spray. Oh and remember to remove the feeders ant water fountains.

 

[caychris]

Well Ive had to put the 8 week olds to bed every night so far. They havent figured out to go into the coop at night yet. When I put them in they are so tired they just kind of lay there where ever we put them.

Do I need to coax them in before dark to get them to "get it" or are they training me to put them to bed?

2 of my big girls were sitting outside the coop on the ledge and were also looking like they were going to spend the night there. I think if the ones who take the good roost spots go in first some of the others wont make a fuss to go in if it starts getting late.

Crazy chickens.

 

[caychris]

Its so funny to see the miniature Delaware beside the big girls. He follows them around like he knows his breed from all the others. But they peck at him just the same as they do any other new bird. He and the pita pintas are very adventurous though they are not affraid of the bigguns as much as my buffs were. The pitas even at 8 weeks are standing up for themselves. Its kind of funny to see the 8 week old chick try and stand as big as a 24 week old hen and not be intimidated. Maybe its a roo thing because the little girl never adventures out with the biggies.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: As a matter of fact yes. How do I treat fowl pox?
Two types of pox, wet and dry and they can get both at the same time, so check the insides of the mouth. There is no "treatment", but the following pictures show what to do if you get a bad case of it.

This is a hen with a bad case of dry before I removed the scabs.




This is after removal and putting iodine on the sores:





This hen has a bad case of both wet and dry pox






Inside of mouth before pus removal.




Pus removed from roof of mouth.




After removal of scabs/growths and application of iodine



This side still needs more work.


After removal of pus/plaque and application of iodine.




De-worming orally with Safeguard liquid (fenbendazole 10%)





Note that there is no reason to remove the scabs/warts if they aren't infected or covering up the eyes or nostrils. Any pus/plaque from the inside of the mouth must be removed. Birds with a mild case of the dry form will usually survive, just keep an eye on them and make sure they're eating and drinking. Birds with severe cases or the wet form will need supportive care (tube feeding and fluid therapy).

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

I also have really bad lice. Help

Buy one of these:

-Kathy