Now I have a handful of hens with fowl smelling swollen crusty ears. Help please. I've cleaned them gently with warm water and they just finished a round of tetra cuz I thought they had another CRD issue with all this warm wet weather. I just can't get a break with these birds
Where are you located? Can you post some photo of your hens? Can you take them to a vet? You mention that you have had respiratory illness in your flock - did that ever clear up? Were you able to determine which respiratory illness they had? Foul smelling pus in the ears is infection. Veterinarian assistance is best. If you don't have a vet, then you will need to remove the pus in order for them to start to recover. POST#3 gives some good instructions on how to clean out ears https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/919235/ear-infection-in-rooster https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/831156/really-nasty-ear-infection-in-a-silkie-hen-graphic-pics
My birds are all very well behaved towards each other and calm. Central BC I could take a few pictures Closest vets that deals with chickens is about 2 hours away and costs way to much Yes the CRD cleared up completely with a round of PenG and some extra vits It was bacterial. Started showing improvements after 8hours of the first dose of antibiotic I did clean the ears with an antibiotic surgical soap used by vets. I was a vet assistant/surgical assistant for 10 years. But that was mainly for companion animals so a little different
