Today I noticed that Bielefelder pullet had these crusty things over her eyes. I looked at them closely and realized it was something that had crusted around her feathers. I got them off by putting vegetable oil on the feathers and rubbing them off with q-tips and cutting a couple feathers off. Her eyelid crease feathers also had the same thing. What could be causing this?
A couple things to note:
1. She’s a Bielefelder, so has very low, thick brows that get into her eyes. (I’m thinking somehow the salt from her eyes could have crusted around the feathers?)
2. She’s been acting completely normal. And so have her flockmates. I checked them all and they don’t have whatever she has. ( so I don’t think she has fowl pox. It also doesn’t really look like pox. )
3. Her eye was irritated after taking the crust off, but I’m not surprised since her eye got a lot of rubbing. ( I’ll check tomorrow)
4. She’s twelve weeks old, and still had a little bit of baby fluff attached to her brows. (Could that have crusted?)
5. I’m pretty sure the crusts weren’t blood, since they weren’t the right texture, and I would have noticed blood on her face.
A couple things to note:
1. She’s a Bielefelder, so has very low, thick brows that get into her eyes. (I’m thinking somehow the salt from her eyes could have crusted around the feathers?)
2. She’s been acting completely normal. And so have her flockmates. I checked them all and they don’t have whatever she has. ( so I don’t think she has fowl pox. It also doesn’t really look like pox. )
3. Her eye was irritated after taking the crust off, but I’m not surprised since her eye got a lot of rubbing. ( I’ll check tomorrow)
4. She’s twelve weeks old, and still had a little bit of baby fluff attached to her brows. (Could that have crusted?)
5. I’m pretty sure the crusts weren’t blood, since they weren’t the right texture, and I would have noticed blood on her face.
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