- Jul 14, 2013
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Hey all, i havent been on here for almost a year now. I havent needed any help, until now.
about a month ago, we had a bad week. We lost four of our five chickens in one day. I found only one dead chook. But a couple of days later one of them showed up again with a sore on her comb. I figured she must have got it when the others were attacked, but clearly she was lucky and managed to escape. I found another about a week after that, she had gone broody and is still currently sitting on the nest.
however, the one that came back disappeared again last week and i thought, whatever killed the others came back and got her too. Until today, i found her sitting at the bottom of my stairs and she looks terrible.
Her comb is really swollen and covered in sores now. She keeps shaking her head and when i went down to see her, she stood up and was very wobbly. Her tail is droopy and the wattles are really pale, almost white at the bottom. She doesnt seem to have any discharge coming out of anywhere, but her face also looks pale and sickly.
i offered her food and water, she ate a little and drank a lot.
Does this sound like an infection from her original sore or something worse?
tia, chookin
about a month ago, we had a bad week. We lost four of our five chickens in one day. I found only one dead chook. But a couple of days later one of them showed up again with a sore on her comb. I figured she must have got it when the others were attacked, but clearly she was lucky and managed to escape. I found another about a week after that, she had gone broody and is still currently sitting on the nest.
however, the one that came back disappeared again last week and i thought, whatever killed the others came back and got her too. Until today, i found her sitting at the bottom of my stairs and she looks terrible.
Her comb is really swollen and covered in sores now. She keeps shaking her head and when i went down to see her, she stood up and was very wobbly. Her tail is droopy and the wattles are really pale, almost white at the bottom. She doesnt seem to have any discharge coming out of anywhere, but her face also looks pale and sickly.
i offered her food and water, she ate a little and drank a lot.
Does this sound like an infection from her original sore or something worse?
tia, chookin