bantam Question?

[Tha Ulsterscot]

OH has a few bantams and hens. One of the birds has taken some sort of skin disease on its face. The skin is very dry and flaky, and one eye has to be bathed open, she rubs a bit of baby oil on it to try and help. Anyone know what this may be, or what way to treat it? Could it be contagious?

 

[Hesstondriver]

Well it says for Chicken so im assuming it can be used for bantams ??

 

[multi power]

according to the oh it could be favus, its a fungal infection, isolate affected birds n treat with vaselene, may need to cull infected birds

 

[Blod]

Culling - such an effective form of disease control

 

[Old Boar]

Sure it is not mites? Shine a torch into a dark corner of the hen house and if lots of black dots move, its mites. They like to live in the roofing felt during the day and suck the hens blood at night. Usually causes scales on the legs and feet, but can cause it on the head. Two solutions - burn hen house, or oddly, spray liberally with coke (the drink, not the white stuff). The sugar or something in the coke kills them.

 

[Paddington]

Sure it is not mites? Shine a torch into a dark corner of the hen house and if lots of black dots move, its mites. They like to live in the roofing felt during the day and suck the hens blood at night. Usually causes scales on the legs and feet, but can cause it on the head. Two solutions - burn hen house, or oddly, spray liberally with coke (the drink, not the white stuff). The sugar or something in the coke kills them.

B****r! just used the last couple of tins to clean rust off a trough.

 

[Guiggs]

Sounds like microplasmosis! With the eye thing!
Is she laying still?
Does she sound like she has a cold?

 

[Tha Ulsterscot]

Sounds like microplasmosis! With the eye thing!
Is she laying still?
Does she sound like she has a cold?

No & No

 

[Guiggs]

But she has a gooey eye?
Looking a bit under the weather, hunched up, funny colour sh1t?
A lot of poultry ailments have very similar symptoms!
I would suggest 1ml of aramycin into the breast but tbh chances are She will be a gonna!
If its microplasmosis then it's highly contagious, and culling would be the best bet also change the water and clean the drinkers/feeders etc
You can also get a soluble powder to put in the water for x days I think it is auramycin? Speak to your vet about that, you may need to ave a certain number of birds to get that!