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- May 24, 2015
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I acquired two new belgian d'uccles (hen and rooster), who both seemed badly cared for and sick when they got here -- traveled from Oregon. Both have been quarantined from my existing flock since they got here.
Symptoms: Both seem pale, particularly the hen. I'm not clear whether they're lethargic or just don't know how to be a chicken. They eat and drink regularly but the rooster sits in the upper, darker coop area all day while the hen huddles under the ramp to the coop. I suspect a respiratory issue because her beak/nostrils seem wet and if I turn her over, for example to work on her feet, she seems almost to "drool" a little wet patch onto whatever her head is against. Both chickens have very long, damaged looking toenails and had patches of something (old food mash? skin?) clumped in a few spots on their toes. Today I went out and both iris on the left side seemed cloudy. I couldn't capture it in pictures but toward the top 1rd of the iris it looks broken, kind of like a crack in glass that doesn't go all the way through.
Both birds feel slightly but not terribly underweight and I have been told that they are 1.5 years old. No significant changes in behavior in the 1 week I've had them, except for the cloudy pupil today.
Treatment so far: Trimming back the toenails slowly, have removed the lumps/clumps I can from their toes. Treated with ivermectin pour-on (.5 ml) yesterday on their skin and put vaseline on their legs and toes in case of mites.
Is there any other care I should be offering? Does anybody know what this is?
Symptoms: Both seem pale, particularly the hen. I'm not clear whether they're lethargic or just don't know how to be a chicken. They eat and drink regularly but the rooster sits in the upper, darker coop area all day while the hen huddles under the ramp to the coop. I suspect a respiratory issue because her beak/nostrils seem wet and if I turn her over, for example to work on her feet, she seems almost to "drool" a little wet patch onto whatever her head is against. Both chickens have very long, damaged looking toenails and had patches of something (old food mash? skin?) clumped in a few spots on their toes. Today I went out and both iris on the left side seemed cloudy. I couldn't capture it in pictures but toward the top 1rd of the iris it looks broken, kind of like a crack in glass that doesn't go all the way through.
Both birds feel slightly but not terribly underweight and I have been told that they are 1.5 years old. No significant changes in behavior in the 1 week I've had them, except for the cloudy pupil today.
Treatment so far: Trimming back the toenails slowly, have removed the lumps/clumps I can from their toes. Treated with ivermectin pour-on (.5 ml) yesterday on their skin and put vaseline on their legs and toes in case of mites.
Is there any other care I should be offering? Does anybody know what this is?
