White face?

[sseeger]

Hi All,

We have two chickens who have white faces. It looks like tiny salt crystals on their skin. Just their faces. Barely on their comb. The best we have found online is that it could be favus fungus. But what we read is that is usually just on their comb and waddle.

We have separated the two from the rest of the flock. Does anyone have any ideas? Pictures are below of the bird with more white.

Thanks!
Seth

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Welcome to BYC.

It does look like it could be Favus or some other type of fungal infection.
If you have a vet that can do a scraping to find out what it is that would be best.

Otherwise you can try an anti-fungal cream to see if that helps.

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/59/favus/
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/e...ases_in_backyard_poultry.html?qt=favus&alt=sh
http://www.aun.edu.eg/developmentvet/poultry diseases fourth year/ch2_4.htm