Hi there, as some of you know I am still new to this chicken adventure... so please be nice, im not here to start argument, im here for advice and thoughts from people who may understand or know what im talking about.
So last Saturday I bought 5 chickens for my birthday. I bought 3 silkies, an Easter Egger, and a little barred rock. The barred rock i was told is about 12 wks old. I placed them all in a large dog kennel in the coop. separated the silkies from the other two for three days in the kennel. I let them all out with the others after 3 days and brought the barred rock in the house because it was getting cold and I didnt think she was old enough to be out with the others.. good thing i brought her in the house. i noticed that after a few days there was a snot like substance on the sides of the tote from her shaking her head, it had a slight yellow tint to it. this happened for a few days. i did some research and came up with nothing, just more confusion. i took her out today and inspected her and tried to clean up the dried stuff around her nostrils and noticed that she was breathing a little heavy, and there was a little bug on her head that i was able to get off and kill. i looked in her feathers and found another little thing moving around.
Now I bought them from a place that has lots of chickens, and other birds; they were getting rid of everything due to medical reasons. I checked all the silkies and they all seem ok, no bugs found and no abnormal actions from them. would anyone have any ideas of what this could be, is there going to be a treatment for her or am i at a lost cause.
I wanted to take her out to the coop today since its been kinda nice out, but after looking at her closely I do not / can not afford to lose the rest of my children or get them sick.
Thank you
Serenity from NWPA
So last Saturday I bought 5 chickens for my birthday. I bought 3 silkies, an Easter Egger, and a little barred rock. The barred rock i was told is about 12 wks old. I placed them all in a large dog kennel in the coop. separated the silkies from the other two for three days in the kennel. I let them all out with the others after 3 days and brought the barred rock in the house because it was getting cold and I didnt think she was old enough to be out with the others.. good thing i brought her in the house. i noticed that after a few days there was a snot like substance on the sides of the tote from her shaking her head, it had a slight yellow tint to it. this happened for a few days. i did some research and came up with nothing, just more confusion. i took her out today and inspected her and tried to clean up the dried stuff around her nostrils and noticed that she was breathing a little heavy, and there was a little bug on her head that i was able to get off and kill. i looked in her feathers and found another little thing moving around.
Now I bought them from a place that has lots of chickens, and other birds; they were getting rid of everything due to medical reasons. I checked all the silkies and they all seem ok, no bugs found and no abnormal actions from them. would anyone have any ideas of what this could be, is there going to be a treatment for her or am i at a lost cause.
I wanted to take her out to the coop today since its been kinda nice out, but after looking at her closely I do not / can not afford to lose the rest of my children or get them sick.
Thank you
Serenity from NWPA