Mouth infection ( pics attached)

[prettyLiLliars8]

Thank you all so much! after reading both I do feel like its a canker. Its definitely "cheesy" looking on both sides of the inside of her mouth nothing outside as of yet.

 

[Eggcessive]

Please keep us updated on how she is doing. If you can find a vet locally to look at some of the yellow plaques under a microscope or do a culture, I would really try to get that done.

 

[micstrachan]

Sorry about your girl.
Good to know canker is spread by pigeons. There is a flock of pigeons that used to hang out in the taller trees beyond our yard at the end of the day. Well, lately they’re hanging out in the tees IN our yard. A raven pair normally protects the yard from hawks, but I think they’re nesting in a nearby redwood grove so our yard is fair game for the pigeons. Yuck.
Good luck to you!

 

[dawg53]

With the bad odor and lesions in the mouth...canker.

 

[prettyLiLliars8]

I called my veterinarian but he doesn’t see chickens. After talking to them for a minute I told them could I email him my pictures and article about canker and would he just look it over. He said he would so I’m hoping I’ll get a call back and he will be able to give me the medicine I need so I can go on and start it today .

 

[prettyLiLliars8]

Disinfect all your waterers and feeders with bleach. Clean with soap and water, and refill them with clean water every day. If you see any puddles or other places where they might drink, try to prevent it. Separate the affected chicken from the others. If you cannot see a vet, I would get some FishZole 250 mg online, and begin treatment for canker. Dosage is 250 mg by mouth daily for 5 days.

Look for any fowl pox scabs on the others. @dawg53 and @casportpony are both familiar with either wet pox or canker and may be of help. Here is some reading with pictures of wet pox:
http://www.hyline.com/aspx/redbook/redbook.aspx?s=5&p=35

The Doctor game me 7-500mg Metronidazole pills. So I give 1/2 a day for how many days? Also after said XX of days how long til she can go back with her 2 sisters? Also should I go one and give her sisters 1/2 a pill for a few days as a caution?

Also I have disinfected dishes. Will start leaving food and water in coop to keep birds away.

 

[dawg53]

Save the Metronidazole pills for your infected hen.
If your other hens dont have lesions in their mouth, dont give them no pills.
Birds with canker remain carriers and can spread it to others.
Ensure feeders and waterers are clean. You can purchase acidified copper sulfate which will keep canker in check. Dosage is 1/8 teaspoon per gallon of water for 3 days straight once a month. Do NOT add more cooper sulfate to the water, ONLY 1/8 teaspoon per gallon of water.

 

[Eggcessive]

The metronidazole dosage is 250 mg a day for 5 days. So give 1/2 of a 500 mg tablet daily for 5 days, and you will have plenty leftover in case you need it later. Treat only the sick bird with the yellow plaques.

As I pointed out before, many other types of infections (viruses, bacterial, and fungal) can cause yellowish plaques inside the beak, throat, trachea (airway,) and esophagus. But since canker seems to fit the description, I think it is good to treat for it.

 

[prettyLiLliars8]

Save the Metronidazole pills for your infected hen.
If your other hens dont have lesions in their mouth, dont give them no pills.
Birds with canker remain carriers and can spread it to others.
Ensure feeders and waterers are clean. You can purchase acidified copper sulfate which will keep canker in check. Dosage is 1/8 teaspoon per gallon of water for 3 days straight once a month. Do NOT add more cooper sulfate to the water, ONLY 1/8 teaspoon per gallon of water.

So if this seems to get cleared up will it ever be able to join in with my other birds?

 

[Eggcessive]

Your others may already be exposed since they have all been eating and drinking together. So I would put her back when she clears up. Consider your flock carriers if it is indeed, canker. Many poultry vets advise culling birds with canker, although backyard chickeners are more likely to keep them and treat them since they are pets. A longtime BYC member recently said that he felt chickens who got canker may be weak or immune-compromised.