OMG what am i dealing with? FINAL UPDATE # 104**graphic

[redhen]

Dar..
Ya know when you get a scab from something and then it gets wet? How mushy it gets? and it starts to peel...
I think thats what she may have.. some kind of old wounds from picking or over mating..whatever..
.... i would dry her up very good and get some antibiotics in her and see if it "drys up"....
just my opinion... i'm no poultry expert though..

 

[Dar]

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its heaviest on her back... her "hips" are really bad

REDHEN .. I am thinking along the same lines

 

[birdluver]

I would call a vet. I know that my local vet treys chickens and other fowl, I would see if you can find a vet that is willing to look at her. Good luck.

 

[captainmom]

I again by no means am an expert, but the way the "scabbed" area came off feathers and all kinda reminds me of rain rot in horses. It is a fungas that horses get from being wet, especially in spring before they shed where the winter hair holds moisture in the hollows of the body, and if the fungas gets bad enough the skin under it gets a staph infection that has a putrid odor and the scab comes off hair and all. If it gets that bad in a horse we treat with penicillin and use an intifungal such as betadine scrub for humans( the soapyness keeps in from washing off, we put it on and leave it) or an old product called ZiFung that is hard to come by. I guess with a chicken it would take duramycin in its water and maybe apply some gentle iodine or betadine scrub, and alittle poly-visol or some kinda vitamin can't hurt. Hope she recovers soon. She is lucky to have someone who cared enough to find out what the problem was to start off with.

 

[Dar]

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betadine.... why didnt i think of that... and I am a nurse too

great thinking i will grab some tomorrow

 

[Dar]

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we have a poultry vet here... because i live in a town that has a vet school and is home to the governing body for the country vets.. everyone is very careful not to step on anyone's toes and the poultry vet is mega $$$

 

[captainmom]

Glad i could be of some help. Keep us posted how she does. One never knows when one may be faced with something similar, then we will have a "lessons learned" to refer to. Always glad to help out a fellow nurse!!!!

 

[seminolewind]

You can order all those antibiotics and stuff from

http://www.firststatevetsupply.com/

And you can consult Peter Brown who is the chicken expert and send the pics too. His link is on the site, and the online store is too.

 

[Dar]

she is looking better today not as much redness.... a few of the scabs have started to lift off causing more feather loss. I have looked her over and could not see any mites... took a small scraping in a smidgen it container to the vet (my dogs had an appointment today) he put it on a slide and said he could not see anything in it but because he is not a poultry vet and have never even touched a chicken he cant say for sure. He did say there was nothing that tipped him off to a mange like condition. He told me to keep rinsing her under the warm water and coat her with the polysporin .. he was going to talk to a few friends and get back to me in a few days

she fought more then yesterday with her bath and her medication application so i guess thats a good thing

 

[yomama]

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we have a poultry vet here... because i live in a town that has a vet school and is home to the governing body for the country vets.. everyone is very careful not to step on anyone's toes and the poultry vet is mega $$$

Regardless of who's toes you need to be careful of, I agree, she needs a vet. I understand that it can be mega money, been there. But at least to find out what you are dealing with, maybe it is something you can treat yourself by buying the meds elsewhere.
Good luck!