So I can’t remember anymore what I’ve said where…so sorry if I already said this…but I am losing another one of my Polish chickens and thinking I may have discovered the issue. I was looking over Axel and under his wing felt all crusty. So I lifted up the wing and looked closer at the crusty stuff—I was sure it was dried poo or something but after shining a light on it, discovered it was some kind of skin scabbing/crusting. I can’t be certain without a culture I’m sure…but after some time on Google looking at gross chicken illness pictures I am thinking it might be gangrenous dermatitis? 
After reading about it and looking at numerous pictures it sure seems to fit their symptoms well. I just can’t figure out why they’re the only ones dying from it or showing any symptoms?? Axel is now unable to walk but his legs move fine, but still eating and drinking and I’ve been giving him antibiotics and washing the scabs and dousing them in iodine…I’m not sure if I’m too late and too much internal damage has been done or not, but I’m sure trying. He lays on a towel that I bunch up so he can sit upright and he has food and water within reach. I just keep hoping that with a good week or two of antibiotics and continuing to eat and drink he might turn a corner and start being able to stand again. He lost a bit of weight but seems to be maintaining enough food to go potty still, although it’s got a green color to it which I know is a bad sign.
I’m also currently nursing Honey, my partially blind EE in an ICU brooder as well. I thought at first she had been beat up, as both eyes were red and crusty and closed and she wasn’t really moving much, but now I’m thinking it might be a chicken cold instead. So she’s also getting meds 2-3X a day, some terramycin and VetRx. I swear I get a good solid two months of healthy and fine and then one month I get hit with all the things alllll at once! By the end of July, I’ll be down 14 chickens either from rehoming or death :-(
On the bright side, I’m going to make some good money tomorrow selling my OD grow outs and my buff Brahma boy Ruby and weirdo Ferdinand…and there will be more room for all the babies to be happy. My small coop that’s for d’Anvers got a roost bar addition today too—so they will enjoy that I think! I think the eggs that were developing thanks to the chickens hiding them from the chicken sitter are due to hatch this Friday/Saturday but looked like maybe only one of the two eggs made it to hatch. It’s always tough to tell in those dark brown eggs! But I didn’t toss either egg in the trash this time, JUST IN CASE!
I just hope it’s not another frizzle. I think frizzles are beautiful but their feathers are so fragile and break so easily! Ms Frizzle looks like a horrific victim of domestic violence right now. I am only happy that she is probably much cooler without all the feathers.
So we will be doing a huge reorganization this week and everyone is getting moved around to make things better for everyone! Nohope is getting to be huge so he and Roxy are getting kicked out of the Banty coop and moved in to the big white grown up coop! Along with Amy and Emily the Ameraucanas. They’re all much bigger and need more space! I hope it goes okay
All my chickens are pretty easy going with each other, but it’s still something new and stressful and I hate creating stress! Fingers crossed 
After reading about it and looking at numerous pictures it sure seems to fit their symptoms well. I just can’t figure out why they’re the only ones dying from it or showing any symptoms?? Axel is now unable to walk but his legs move fine, but still eating and drinking and I’ve been giving him antibiotics and washing the scabs and dousing them in iodine…I’m not sure if I’m too late and too much internal damage has been done or not, but I’m sure trying. He lays on a towel that I bunch up so he can sit upright and he has food and water within reach. I just keep hoping that with a good week or two of antibiotics and continuing to eat and drink he might turn a corner and start being able to stand again. He lost a bit of weight but seems to be maintaining enough food to go potty still, although it’s got a green color to it which I know is a bad sign.I’m also currently nursing Honey, my partially blind EE in an ICU brooder as well. I thought at first she had been beat up, as both eyes were red and crusty and closed and she wasn’t really moving much, but now I’m thinking it might be a chicken cold instead. So she’s also getting meds 2-3X a day, some terramycin and VetRx. I swear I get a good solid two months of healthy and fine and then one month I get hit with all the things alllll at once! By the end of July, I’ll be down 14 chickens either from rehoming or death :-(
On the bright side, I’m going to make some good money tomorrow selling my OD grow outs and my buff Brahma boy Ruby and weirdo Ferdinand…and there will be more room for all the babies to be happy. My small coop that’s for d’Anvers got a roost bar addition today too—so they will enjoy that I think! I think the eggs that were developing thanks to the chickens hiding them from the chicken sitter are due to hatch this Friday/Saturday but looked like maybe only one of the two eggs made it to hatch. It’s always tough to tell in those dark brown eggs! But I didn’t toss either egg in the trash this time, JUST IN CASE!
I just hope it’s not another frizzle. I think frizzles are beautiful but their feathers are so fragile and break so easily! Ms Frizzle looks like a horrific victim of domestic violence right now. I am only happy that she is probably much cooler without all the feathers.So we will be doing a huge reorganization this week and everyone is getting moved around to make things better for everyone! Nohope is getting to be huge so he and Roxy are getting kicked out of the Banty coop and moved in to the big white grown up coop! Along with Amy and Emily the Ameraucanas. They’re all much bigger and need more space! I hope it goes okay
All my chickens are pretty easy going with each other, but it’s still something new and stressful and I hate creating stress! Fingers crossed 
I agree...it's a lot and it's exhausting to keep up with! Between the heat, the water, the illnesses, the chicken drama, and the deaths...plus my kids are home until noon every day and I am trying to work...I am SO done with July! And now I am unsure I will be able to sell Ruby today...I just heard him sneeze 
