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Pippy is a 1 yr. old Frizzled Splash Silkie. Approx. 1 month ago I noticed that the skin under her wings was all scabby. The rest of her looked fine, eyes clear, breathing good, no mites or lice (had just finished treating with Ivomec/Eprinex). I couldn't find anything on the internet similar to what she had and she was eating & drinking so I figured (hoped) that it wasn't anything serious. I slathered the area with Nu-Stock a couple of times & it seemed to be looking a little better. She started doing a community set along with several other hens & appeared to be fine. Then, between chicks hatching, hot weather, etc., I'll admit that I completely forgot to continue treating or at least follow-up on her. I have no excuse, other than that I got busy & stupid all at the same time.
Today, I looked in & she seemed to be laying on her side so I picked her up to check her. Things have taken a definite turn for the worse. She had feces stuck to her rear feathers & the flies were buzzing around her. I rinsed her off & noticed some maggot eggs so I quickly bathed her to get those off, but that was the least of it. The scabs have now spread to her whole body, including her head & face. Here are some pictures I took while she was still wet. It reminds me of some pictures I saw once of a man that had what they called "flesh eating disease" which I think was some type of staph infection but can't remember for sure.
First pic is of her back & the tops of her wings. The blood on the left is where one of the scabs came off.
Pictures 2 & 3 are under her wings where the whole mess started. It was originally just on the underside of her wings but now has spread to the skin on her body that the wing rests on. Picture 3 shows both the wing & the skin on her side.
Next picture shows how it has spread to her face & eyes.
Pippy is now wrapped in a towel & in a plastic bin in my shed to keep her away from flies. I put more of the Nu-Stock on her since I still don't know what I'm dealing with & it's all I have for now. I've sprayed Oxine for her to breathe but I'm thinking of just spraying her with it all over.
I can't believe I let this happen & I've been crying so much it's hard to type. I need help in figuring where to go from here. I'm going back up to see her in a minute & see if she is still eating & drinking but she's very thin so she may not be. I'm going to try her with some yogurt too. Any ideas on what this is would be appreciated. I'm more than willing to do what it takes to nurse her back to health, but I don't want her to suffer either. I guess the best thing to do for now is go up, finish drying her, & see if she's eating, drinking, or seems to have the will to fight this thing, whatever it is.
I'll check back & see if anyone has any ideas.
Thank you.
Today, I looked in & she seemed to be laying on her side so I picked her up to check her. Things have taken a definite turn for the worse. She had feces stuck to her rear feathers & the flies were buzzing around her. I rinsed her off & noticed some maggot eggs so I quickly bathed her to get those off, but that was the least of it. The scabs have now spread to her whole body, including her head & face. Here are some pictures I took while she was still wet. It reminds me of some pictures I saw once of a man that had what they called "flesh eating disease" which I think was some type of staph infection but can't remember for sure.
First pic is of her back & the tops of her wings. The blood on the left is where one of the scabs came off.
Pictures 2 & 3 are under her wings where the whole mess started. It was originally just on the underside of her wings but now has spread to the skin on her body that the wing rests on. Picture 3 shows both the wing & the skin on her side.
Next picture shows how it has spread to her face & eyes.
Pippy is now wrapped in a towel & in a plastic bin in my shed to keep her away from flies. I put more of the Nu-Stock on her since I still don't know what I'm dealing with & it's all I have for now. I've sprayed Oxine for her to breathe but I'm thinking of just spraying her with it all over.
I can't believe I let this happen & I've been crying so much it's hard to type. I need help in figuring where to go from here. I'm going back up to see her in a minute & see if she is still eating & drinking but she's very thin so she may not be. I'm going to try her with some yogurt too. Any ideas on what this is would be appreciated. I'm more than willing to do what it takes to nurse her back to health, but I don't want her to suffer either. I guess the best thing to do for now is go up, finish drying her, & see if she's eating, drinking, or seems to have the will to fight this thing, whatever it is.
I'll check back & see if anyone has any ideas.
Thank you.
