UPDATED: Foul smell coming from 9 week old, no discharge from nose. Still need help please!

[Three4me]

Three4me, are you in the US or Canada? If you're in Canada, I think you can buy the oral anti-fungal, diflucan, over the counter.

I am in US but only 5 miles from the US/Canadian border. Thanks for the tip, I will look into that.

 

[fishnet1971]

keep us posted on her will you?????

 

[Three4me]

keep us posted on her will you?????  

I sure will! If it wasn't for the kind people on this forum I don't know what I would do. My chickens thank you all and so do I.

 

[Three4me]

This chicken is really freaking me out. Anyone know why her earlobes would suddenly turn from white to turquoise?

 

[casportpony]

Is her comb still the same color?

 

[Three4me]

Is her comb still the same color?

Her comb has not changed at all. It looks perfectly normal. The ears are really perplexing me. I have searched and searched all over online to find something that tells me it is normal for a Rosecomb's ears to change the way they did. The weird thing is just last week they were finally starting to turn white the way they are supposed to. And now this: They are a really pretty color but given the sour breath she has developed I can't help but feel something is wrong with her. She is acting perfectly normal except for the sour breath...and of course the pretty turquoise earlobes. I feel like I am being pranked!

 

[fishnet1971]

are you able to look inside her ears? lift the feathers and look for infection. discharge coming from them? I am thinking it really is time for a vet visit if you can afford it.

What breed is she?

 

[fishnet1971]

Avian dermatophytosis. Or, more commonly, only one: Favus.

Microsporum gallinae is the causative agent.
Definition: a fungal species that causes dermatophytosis in fowl and, occasionally, in humans; due to its broadly clavate macroconidia, it was erroneously classified as a species of Trichophyton.

I'm not a vet, and have no clinical basis for askin' y'all to test my theory, but I'm nearly certain that the antifungal Tolnaftate would prove effective against this fungal species, and I'd sure appreciate it if you'd each give it a try?

Kroger's Medicated Athlete's Foot Antifungal Liquid Spray contains 1% Tolnaftate, and is labeled to treat althlete's foot (tinea pedis) and ringworm (tinea corporis). The inactive ingredients are SD Alcohol 40-B (36% w/w), BHT, isobutane (propellant), and PPG-12-buteth-16. You could spray it into a cotton ball placed w/in the lid, as an easy way to apply it w/o gettin' it into their eyes (for fear of causing irritation ~'-)

Other products that contain Tolnaftate, by Brand Name:


US Market:

• Absorbine Jr. Antifungal
• Aftate
• Blis-To-Sol
• Dermasept Antifungal
• Fungi-Guard

• Podactin
• Q-Naftate
• Tinactin
• Tinaderm
• Ting

Canadian Market:

• Athlete's Foot Gel
• Dr. Scholl's Athlete's Foot
• Pitrex
• Scholl's Athlete's Foot Spray
• Scholl Tritin Antifungal Powder
• Scholl Tritin Antifungal Spray Powder

• Tinactin Aerosol Liquid
• Tinactin Aerosol Powder
• Tinactin Jock Itch
• Tinactin Plus
• Tinactin Plus Aerosol Powder

Found this here on another thread. Dont know if it's what you got, but look into it. here is where I found it.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/720622/white-earlobe

 

[fishnet1971]

BUT i have found a few chickens do have blue earlobes! Silkies do, and i found this one that does too.

 

[fishnet1971]