He k out ear canker and compare photos with your hen. I had one with it and had to put him down
Tried to treat it but too cold and he was not the best of health.
Hi everyone,
You may remember me: I had a very sick young rooster off and on last summer and fall who most likely suffered from MG. We keep an old closed flock of hens just for fun, and still have the rooster as well as another young hen who hatched along w/ him last June. Thanks to Tylan and tetraoxy, he survived the brutal winter of VT although he was so sick here and there when the weather got cold that he lived in our basement for awhile. I suspect the whole gang has MG. We'll never be sure where it came from, etc. and I probably should cull all 8 of them but my young daughters and I have known these birds for so long and we don't mind getting just a couple of eggs a day, so they are alive still... we're softies. Perhaps in the fall we'll have the heart to do it so they all don't have to endure such low temps another year.
One of my old auracaunas was listless the other day, showing some signs of the MG: a gurgling sound in her beak when breathing... but I also noticed that her ears (or are they earlobes?) are coated w/ a whitish substance, almost the look of deli turkey when it turns a bit old and has that somewhat shiny/white/green look to it. No where else is she affected and I can't wipe it off. Any ideas what that could be? I have her separated and she's quite perky and eating and I've been giving her the Tylan/tetroxy (62.5 units of the liquid Tylan + 1/4 tsp tetroxy per cup of water). I'm not going to lose sleep over sick chickens anymore, but am just curious if anyone has an idea of what this stuff can be. This gal has had the best life and we'll cull her if need be.
Thank you!!
Kristen
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