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ruby13326
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No, not yet, Today would have been day 5 but it was a holiday so maybe tomorrow.Has the vet gotten back to you?
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No, not yet, Today would have been day 5 but it was a holiday so maybe tomorrow.Has the vet gotten back to you?
It's kind of hard to see but there is a brown scally lump on her ear and a bump behind her eyeThe picture above is what her feet looked like before treatment, this is what it looks like now. I didn't post the after because it just a lot more swollen and purple from the blu kote. There were some mites, not an infestation and some of the chickens she came with have scaly mites on their legs. I haven't seen any lice. I don't know what you mean by tempuratures, I have never taken a chicken's tempurature if that is what you mean. I'll go get some photos of her head. Thanks for posting.
She gets a probiotic in her water, and yogurt, spinnach( iron), strawberries, tomatoes, softened catfood for protein and beans. she has a companion chicken and both are living in the house.
Does she have any lesions inside her beak?I didn't post the after because it just a lot more swollen and purple from the blu kote. There were some mites, not an infestation and some of the chickens she came with have scaly mites on their legs. I haven't seen any lice. I don't know what you mean by tempuratures, I have never taken a chicken's tempurature if that is what you mean.
Thank you for all of your input, you are giving me things to think about. I initially treated all the chickens with coconut oil for the scaly leg mites and they have a dust bath in their coop in a small pool. I treat their shelves each week with diatomaceous earth, it's winter here in upstate NY and not much else to do. She did get a shot of Ivermectin. when this whole thing started. They are getting a mix of crumbles, laying mash, cracked corn and bird seed with oyster shells. I don't know what they were eating before I got them, I suspect laying mash. right now she is getting the works, crumbles, leafy spinach, yogurt and softened cat food with all kind of everything I can entice her with. One idea I saw was maybe gout which swells, can get infected and with my vet instructing me to "debride it", may have increased the infection. That is making me re-thing the softened cat food as that is loaded with protein. I don't know, waiting on the vet. I have had chickens all my life and don't think I have ever gotten rid of mites entirely, it seems the wild birds have them so they are a constant pest.Does she have any lesions inside her beak? I have not looked into her beak, neither did the vet. What would you suspect in her mouth?
The initial photo (what it originally looked like when you got her) looks like a bad case of Scaly Leg Mites with infection, but SLM can cause infection.
So, what you're saying is it's getting progressively worse. Under the blu kote, it looks like there's a lot of pus.
Ears have infection looks like to me as well.
Hopefully your vet's culture will come back and you'll have more info about how to treat this.
You mention that there were some mites, but not an infestation? For me, any mites would be cause for concern and immediate treatment. Did you treat for mites?
Do you feed nutritionally balanced poultry feed at all?
Did she get a repeat shot of Ivermectin?She did get a shot of Ivermectin. when this whole thing started.
The results are in, the only antibiotics that will work on both of the infections are illegal to give to chickens.Has the vet gotten back to you?
What is it?The results are in, the only antibiotics that will work on both of the infections are illegal to give to chickens.
The results are in, the only antibiotics that will work on both of the infections are illegal to give to chickens.