Strange growth HELP

[MansonRM]

Hi everyone,

I have a 3 year old Leghorn who has developed a growth underneath her vent. She’s been quite poppy in her vent area lately so we’ve been cleaning her often but today one I cleaned her I noticed this whitish hard growth and I’m not sure what it is or what to do about it?? She’s starting to waddle also. Thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you

 

[Plant Mom]

Those are lice clusters, treat her with pour on ivermectin

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

Whoa what are lice clusters? Are they...clusters of lice? Lol.

 

[MansonRM]

Those are lice clusters, treat her with pour on ivermectin

Thank you! I will see if I can find some, I’m in Canada and it came be difficult to find.

 

[Plant Mom]

Thank you! I will see if I can find some, I’m in Canada and it came be difficult to find.

There is also a treatment called elector psp but I haven't used it but it's supposed to work great.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hi everyone,

I have a 3 year old Leghorn who has developed a growth underneath her vent. She’s been quite poppy in her vent area lately so we’ve been cleaning her often but today one I cleaned her I noticed this whitish hard growth and I’m not sure what it is or what to do about it?? She’s starting to waddle also. Thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you

Those are lice nits, basically lice eggs.

Since you are in Canada, likely you will need to find a Permethrin based poultry spray or dust. Ask your feed or pet store what they have. Repeat treatment in 5-7day intervals.

There are so many nits on her, you may find that you need to either pluck some of those feathers or apply some mineral or coconut oil to help loosen them so you can pick some of them off.

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

Those are lice nits, basically lice eggs.

Since you are in Canada, likely you will need to find a Permethrin based poultry spray or dust. Ask your feed or pet store what they have. Repeat treatment in 5-7day intervals.

There are so many nits on her, you may find that you need to either pluck some of those feathers or apply some mineral or coconut oil to help loosen them so you can pick some of them off.

Thank you. It looks incredibly bizarre!

 

[MansonRM]

Those are lice nits, basically lice eggs.

Since you are in Canada, likely you will need to find a Permethrin based poultry spray or dust. Ask your feed or pet store what they have. Repeat treatment in 5-7day intervals.

There are so many nits on her, you may find that you need to either pluck some of those feathers or apply some mineral or coconut oil to help loosen them so you can pick some of them off.

Thank you for all the great info!! I will give all those a try. There are so many..yikes. We will see how it goes.

 

[MansonRM]

Thank you. It looks incredibly bizarre!

It really does, I had no idea what I was looking at but I knew it wasn’t normal.

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

Yes. I would be very freaked out if I saw that on my chicken.