skin

I have two month old pullets, all have been fully feathered for several weeks. All except for this one. We just got through treating a nasty scab on her back from her picking at herself (hence the purple stain, thanks Blu-Kote). Now her feathers are finally coming in there, but they look…...

Hey everyone, Hoping for some assessment and/or advice on a skin/feather issue with one of my 1.5 year-old hens. At the base of her tail, she has some very irritated looking skin at the center of a medium-large "bald spot" with what looks like broken feathers. At first, I though tthere...

Hi! This is my first time posting to BYC. Thanks in advance for your help :) A couple weeks ago I noticed my 1 year old mystic maran hen has what looks like pink, scaleless lines down the outside of each leg. I’ll post a picture for clarity. On both legs, only this small outside strip is...

Hi! This chick appears to be growing up differently than the other chicks that I assumed were the same breed when I purchased 10 from Tractor Supply. I’m not sure what’s going on. It could just be molting, but it’s around 3 weeks old and the others have barely gotten all their feathers and still...

Hi! This chick appears to be growing up differently than the other chicks that I assumed were the same breed when I purchased 10 from Tractor Supply. I’m not sure what’s going on. It could just be molting, but it’s around 3 weeks old and the others have barely gotten all their feathers and...

Noticed my Foxy chicken limping 😢 At a quick glance I didn’t notice much wrong, she has some newer feathers on her belly. And I noticed some red angry skin right around the base is the feathers. Should I be concerned? She’sa golden sex link about 3 years old, free range, head of the flock of 5...

I just noticed this on my 2 week old gander gosling. The hatchery said that it's just a growth. It's crusty at the base, they said to use antibiotic cream if needed. It's on his belly. We are taking him to the vet if and when he needs it removed.

Hi there. I am new to quail. Today, I found a quail in its cage not able to move. I must have sexed him wrong and I think he got beat up by another male. When I culled him, I was looking at his feathers. The skin underneath is yellow. Is that normal or did he have a disease. I can't find...

what is this & what should I do? -She is about 5-6 days old -the area is red and swollen/has a lump but not hot -she’s eating, drinking, and active I’m a 1st time chicken mama and I bought 3 Rhode Island Reds and 2 “Rainbows” (this one being a “rainbow”) from tractor supply 3 days ago...

whole story: i brought my chicken up to the house last night since she was laying on the ground in the coop in her own poo, she couldn’t get up. i cut some of the feathers off near her bum since they were covered in faeces and noticed a dark spot. i didn’t have time to do anything, so i put her...

hello, I have a 1 year old WH that has scabs above her eye. she is otherwise 100% normal, eating, laying, and social..normal. her eye is not draining, foamy or foggy. at first we thought maybe she scratched it but now over the past couple days it keeps growing but healing where the scab once...

It's been nearly a month since the bear attack that got our rooster & 2 of our older hens, along with taking a good chunk out of this girl's back. I'm really happy with how it's been healing. I see no inflamed or infected area, and no strange odor. Here's a pic of what her wound currently looks...

I have a pekin duck that was flapping his wings in a very odd way one day. Her left wing seemed perfectly fine when i checked her, but she wasn't fully extending her right wing. So i just started digging around her feathers to find something, and i did. I found a pretty big blue skin coloration...

Hello, I have a happy, seemingly healthy young chick born mid April. She showed a few black spots on her comb. One quickly became inflamed and scabbed over. Now she has one on her eye and one on her chest. They get bigger daily. Is this fowl pox? If so, do I just use the sprays or vaccinate? If...

Hey everyone, looking for some advice for my gosling. I recently got a shipment of 4 chicks of various breeds and a gosling to help protect my backyard flock. They're all being raised together, but since about day 2-3 of having them, we started to notice a wet spot above her right wing, which...

Hello. I found this large, raised scab thing on my chicken's neck, to the left of the crop that goes near the wing and breast. It is about 2"x1" big. Her feathers pulled out super easy from it and you can see where they once were (little holes in the scab). She is not sensitive to me touching...

Hi everyone, I'm new to having chickens and everything has gone well so far except for this girl. She is a mystic onyx which I understand has some Silkie in it. She has always been a bit of a lone ranger but ever since about the 4 week mark she has slowly developed scabby, bumpy, and flakey skin...

This is our first spring with a drake and females. I noticed today that all four of our females have significant bald, irritated patches of skin on their backs, beneath their wings. My first thought is that they're a result of aggressive mating, especially because the Swedish Blue, who is the...

My Australorp rooster has really red skin all around his tail. There is no feather loss but his feathers look dirty and maybe a bit oily. I first noticed after a cold snap down to -12. While he is in a coop with 7 other birds, he is in a room by himself because I have another rooster. I thought...

I have inserted a couple pictures of my 2 silkie chickens who are maybe about 6 months old. Can anyone tell me what’s causing their skin to be like this and how to treat it? My other chickens seem fine.