mouth injury (pic)

[pearsjd]

One of our 6 wk old chicks has a mouth injury.The inside of the mouth has what appears to be cut. She is eating and drinking fine. Any advice as to what to use on her?-Susan

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[pearsjd]

Anyone ?

 

[SpottedCrow]

I've not come across this before...
Did you shoot of an email/pm to Dlhunicorn?

 

[Pine Grove]

Canker...

 

[Sparrow]

It looks like an abcess. I've never treated an abcess in a chicken's mouth, but possibly you can find some information about it online? If the inside of her mouth is cut, she probably developed an infection pocket around it.

 

[dlhunicorn]

Abscess in a bird will not reabsorbed but must be removed manually:
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12150_12220-26357--,00.html
"....Abscesses formed in mammals generally contain white, green or yellow creamy material whereas, because of the high body temperature of birds, their abscesses generally have a caseous (cheesy) exudate, are walled-off and are painless. An abscess may be acute or chronic, focal or multiple, and may range in size from microscopic to unlimited dimensions. An abscess occurring on the footpads of avian species is called bumblefoot.....
...Pus from an abscess found in a canid is usually of a thin and watery consistency while an abscess from a ruminant has viscid pus. Avian pus is usually dry and caseous due to the presence of an antitryptic enzyme.....

....In mammals the effects of an abscess are generally non-existent, as the material is usually localized...In birds the abscess must be opened and the accumulated pus scraped out manually. The abscessed area should then be cleaned with an antiseptic solution and wound medication placed on the site...."