Was this from mites?

[ryanroth]

I don't know much about chicken diseases. Is it moist? Is there exudate? It almost looks circular in the picture. Is it? There are common indications of inflammation (red, exudate, edema) If it was parasitic, I would think it would not be so perfectly shaped. Just my thought. I would be worried about trauma and subsequent superficial dermatitis, probably bacterial. Like someone said a minute ago, just because you don't see it doesn't mean the roo isn't visiting the hen house. Try a triple antibiotic ointment like neosporin. Good LUck

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

Here is a link to some wonderful stuff that my friend uses religiously and has been for years now...for her show birds with no ill effects. Never had a mite since. I plan on using it on mine as well for showing them. What you do is spray a tiny spot on the back of the neck on the skin, one spray under each wing and one above the vent...be SURE to not spray in the vent but above it.

http://www.jefferspet.com/ssc/produ...UTGVRQXKK4X8G4D9E3FRVH1CFDFC7E2&pf_id=0028814

 

[duck&chickencrazy]

her wings and neck feathers are actually covering some of it up...its bigger than it looks...not perfectly shaped...here is a better pic

of it

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

That looks painful as well

I would put some either blukote on it so the others will be deterred from pecking at her/ or some neosporin (no pain relief in it tho) if you don't have blukote. Good luck!

 

[ryanroth]

Without a skin scraping you can not tell if it is parasitic, but I will tell you looking at it in 2-D it is not parasitic. It does look like you have superficial dermatitis and probable infection. Go buy a generic triple antibiotic ointment and apply 2 times daily. Good luck...

 

[duck&chickencrazy]

what is superficial dermatitis? and what causes it?

 

[ryanroth]

Sorry, I am a vet and I speak like one. Superficial dermatitis is just superficial inflammation of the skin. It is most commonly caused by trauma and then subsequent bacterial colonization and infection. It is nothing to worry about. Most topical antibiotics will treat it. I like triple antibiotic because it is the most broad spectrum of the topicals.

 

[duck&chickencrazy]

ok im glad all i need is triple antibiotic...my dads an emt so we have lots of it...o what vet clinic do you work at?

 

[ivan3]

Regardless of what caused this, it is red. Chickens will peck at it (hard to tell from picture but I'd guess a few beaks have been on the area). I'd check the other 19 for similar areas (just to be on the safe side).

If you have nothing else boil a pint of water with a half teaspoon of salt, let it cool, and irrigate the area (pour on and daub up around margins (edges) of the `redness'. Then apply the antibiotic ointment.

I'd not put her back in the flock until this started to heal up. If separation isn't possible then either blu-kote or pine tar (for sure) will keep the others from paying too much attention to the area.

Do you handle these chickens on a regular basis (pick them up/carry them around)? If they are badly infested with mites you'll know within an hour afterwards because stragglers will have left the chook(s) and will be making a beeline for your head (you'll feel `em).


Good luck!

 

[Year of the Rooster]

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BTW what kind of chicken is that...it's very pretty

Looks to be a Dark Cornish, judging by the feather pattern and neck/body shape.