Sick Chicken

[yinyangnh]

I have a Barred Rock 18 months old that has white/grey spots on her comb and her ears. She spent the night under the coop last night but came out this morning. Seems to be keeping up with the other chickens. I have not been getting as many eggs so I was wondering if she might be egg bound? Not sure what I am looking at.

 

[Mtn Laurel]

I'm new to chickens so can't really offer any advice but thought you might want to look at the following page to see if there are any similarities.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/avian-pox-how-to-treat-your-chickens-for-avian-pox

Best of luck!

 

[BuffOrpington88]

Sounds like fowl pox. It would be best to isolate her immediately and clean and sanitize the coop, run, and any feeders/waterers.

 

[yinyangnh]

Thank you so much. I just cleaned the coop yesterday with a disinfectant. I will pull all the food and water containers and clean them again. She would not come in the coop last night. I isolated her from the rest of the flock. One last question??? What do I do with the enclosed run? I just put out fresh timothy in the run yesterday. The chickens have a 20x20 enclosed pen---we have had a few predator attacks.

 

[yinyangnh]

Does anyone know how often and at what strength the baking soda rinse should be used?