Chickadee1982
Songster
I inherited a quad of Light Brahmas a few months back, and the Rooster (1 1/2 years old) has had red/inflamed pores on his entire skin since i got him. They came to me in poor condition. The hens had feathers missing everywhere and his leg feathers where also almost non existent, since the hens, or other birds were picking them out. His feet, look awful, although not scaly leg mites, his feet, are irritated, and red (not hormones) and feathers broken off at the shafts. What worries me, even with having them on high quality, 20% flock booster feed and healthy veggies etc. his skin has not improved. Could this be dermatitis? What could i do? I will add a pic in a bit. The pores on his entire skin have red circles around the feather shafts, and his feathers at the shaft are thin and look unhealthy. He gets concentrated vitamins (NutriDrench for poultry and also the more potent version for goats. I would like to know if this is normal?
I just took those pics. His condition has not improved. When he first arrived a few months ago, he got ivermectin pour on treatment, and i treated for scaly leg mites for 7 days. Every day he got a warm epsom salt foot soak, after that, scrubbing between the scales etc. with dawn dish soap and a soft tooth brush, dried the feet, applied ivermectin pour on, let air dry, then applied a thick coat of vaseline. It has not improved at all. His leg feathers have somewhat come back, but now i see he still has that big swollen buldge and highly irritated pores where the feathers are growing back. No abscesses. Just highly irritated. I am planning on giving him low dose aspirin (81mg) since i am out of carprofen. He is currently receiving Baytril orally, and vitamins, since he seems to have a stumbling issue, which corrected itself after a course of high level b vitamin complex injections a month back. But yesterday i saw him standing around with his eyes closed, and i heard a sneeze. Since i have no way of confining him, he is on his second day of baytril. Whatever is ailing him, i want him better. I don't know if his skin issue is dermatitis related, since the skin around the irritated pores seem to also be flaky,/dry. What else, other than an oatmeal shampoo bath can help his skin? Anti-inflammatory meds? TIA The condtition of his pores is the same everywhere. Most irritated at the vent, legs/feet, wings also a bit.
Every pore of his skin has a light red circle around it. Even though it isn't that visible in the pic.
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