Show Off Your Games!

[BuffOrps123]

HELP!

I noticed one of my young cockerels has a oragnish/yellow swollen comb.. It was normal straight comb, but recently it is startings to look like a discolored fatty floppy mess.  I will try to grab him and get a good picture by tomorrow.


Have anyone seen this before?

No sorry, I have never seen it, if I was given a pic I might be able to help. Does he look fat? Like in the crop, can you feel the breastbone?

 

[jockeyeba]

One of our toppy/hatch hens "Silver" "Wounded Wing" mother of Silver

Thanks

 

[jockeyeba]

One of our toppy/hatch hens "Silver" "Wounded Wing" mother of Silver

Since we are showing of hens... here is a beautiful pure white Spanish Game hen. I found a home for her at a friend's house recently.. Well she went missing after the first night. Her feathers were all of the place, and I fear that she was eaten. I have a few of her offspring, but I regret getting rid of her.

Very pretty, never had any whites

 

[JShubin]

No sorry, I have never seen it, if I was given a pic I might be able to help. Does he look fat? Like in the crop, can you feel the breastbone?

I will have to try to catch him.. he is roaming around free range. But he doesnt look fat and doesnt seem like he is sick. Eating fine and running around like normal. I think the comb might be sticky too, because yesterday I noticed one of his hackle feather stuck to the comb somehow.

 

[BuffOrps123]

Oh ok, it maybe infected somehow, try antibiotic, for about a week, if doesn't work, try to catch him and, this sounds a bit gross, but poke a little hole in the comb or a slit and see if any liquid comes out. If it smells, it's infected. If not, take the liquid in a small tube, to the vets. He will take some tests on it, you will then find out what it is.

 

[JShubin]

I think you may be correct. It does look infected. I wonder if there is a cut or something that could have started the infection. I will do my best to catch him before he gets up in the trees tonight. I have Tylosin injections... and the some powdered stuff, but I think I'd like to isolate him because I dont want to give antibiotics to the other chickens if they dont need it.

 

[Yahya Morse]

Those chicks look exactly like the ones I have outta both hens ...multicolored!

One of our toppy/hatch hens "Silver"

"Wounded Wing" mother of Silver

 

[BuffOrps123]

Yes good idea, if that doesn't work get some of the liquid and take it to the vets, along with the cockerel

 

[Yahya Morse]

My white Toppy hen " Angel"

 

[Yahya Morse]

My Toppy hen "Scarlet "