Hi I’m looking for advice for my 7 week old bantam silkie chick.
I posted before -
He was 2-3 days old and looked like he was having issues swallowing. It did improve until I noticed a few days ago some slimy goo under his chin. I thought he just got into something while having his supervised free roam time so I cleaned it and noticed a baby pea sized hard spot around the chin. I didn’t think anything of it until I thought maybe the crop could have a hole. I did some research and it is possible however all the pics I’ve seen look horrible compared to this. I’ve been spraying some colloidal silver on his neck but when I put him outside today it seemed like it was leaking a small amount of fluid.
I’ve thouroughly checked the area and can’t find anything besides the little hard lump.
This chick is the smallest however the growth has remained consistent compared to the others and there is no signs of lethargy, aggression or really anything abnormal besides the goo and fluid leaking.
About a week ago I heard someone crowing(pretty sure it was this chick) but have not heard it since. I’m not sure if maybe it was healing and the crowing re- opened it.
I’m wondering if I should but him in his own cage without food or water for 24 hours and clean the area good and maybe it will heal on its own?
Can anyone offer any advice?
Note: I live 3 hours away from any vet that will see birds so it’s sadly not an option
I couldn’t get the greatest pic but the top is where the hard bump is (underneath is just feathers clumped from the fluid). Other pic is just a size reference. He is on the bottom right
I posted before -
I’ve thouroughly checked the area and can’t find anything besides the little hard lump.
This chick is the smallest however the growth has remained consistent compared to the others and there is no signs of lethargy, aggression or really anything abnormal besides the goo and fluid leaking.
About a week ago I heard someone crowing(pretty sure it was this chick) but have not heard it since. I’m not sure if maybe it was healing and the crowing re- opened it.
I’m wondering if I should but him in his own cage without food or water for 24 hours and clean the area good and maybe it will heal on its own?
Can anyone offer any advice?
Note: I live 3 hours away from any vet that will see birds so it’s sadly not an option
I couldn’t get the greatest pic but the top is where the hard bump is (underneath is just feathers clumped from the fluid). Other pic is just a size reference. He is on the bottom right
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. I’ll check the beak but I don’t remember anything being abnormal with it. He eats and drinks normally but something is leaking.
