Ear/Sinus Infection?

[Ponypoor]

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These are two pics from her underside. Lots of fluffy feathers so hard to get any bigger of a section. I'll confess to not looking deeply at my chicken's feathers so don't know if this scaliness is normal. The feathers on the neck had similar build up around the bases, but there was color and it was much harder/crusty.

I thought bubbles in the eyes can indicate a lot of things? I'd read about MG before starting this thread and for some reason at the time, thought it didn't fit the bill. I'll read your link. Thanks!

Gosh hard to say what the scaly base of the feathers would be, you could spray some permethrin spray; used horse fly spray for a few hens I bought home with lice, worked brilliantly. Spray under the wings, on belly by vent, and base of neck, anywhere you see the scales. Make sure to get it at the base of the feathers, don’t soak her though. If you notice the scales clear up in a few days you can assume it’s mite or such. Repeat treatment in 2 weeks.

Sometimes you have to play around with treatments to see what works. If you had a vet that could use a microscope to check sample of the feathers they could tell right away if it’s mites or such.

Here are a couple feathers I hauled off the birds with the lice. You can see the egg cluster at the base of the feather which is why you treat again after 14 days - tie eggs will hatch by then but the baby lice won’t be old enough to breed.

You might want to pluck a couple feathers and see if you can see anything with a magnifying glass.

Also ivermectin will kill lice and mites and same thing treat in two weeks.

 

[jwcarlson]

I have a tough time believing there could be mites unless there's mites and eggs that aren't possible to see with your naked eye?

I have a microscope of my own, I suppose I could look. Have ivermectin and permithrin, but just bombarding her for the sake of it. Eh... I'll see if I can see where my wife hid my microscope.

 

[jwcarlson]

Not sure if it's worth noting. But the deposits on the feathers are rock hard and right at the base. As though they are coming out of the same hole as the quill of the feather. It is tough to know if more is being created day-to-day or if it's just the same stuff that's been there. The feathers will pull out fairly easy if I try to break the stuff off. Massaging ointment in/around them will knock some of them off.

It does seem to soften a bit with ointment.