canker treatment

Hi, My silkie hen, 1 year old, has a growth coming out of her nose. We have removed it once with salt water to soften it although actually it was impossible and just had to be knocked off, it was hard and yellow in the middle, foul smelling and left her nostril red raw. She is not laying and is...

Hello fellow chicken people! I have a hen (3 year old Barred Rock) with what I'm 90% sure is canker. Here's what I know so far: 1.) She has some nasty, cheese-like gunk in her mouth I at first thought was wet pox. 2.) Her breath smells bad (almost like old tuna...? Hard to describe, but it is...

My 5 y/o RIR hen, Willow, has developed crusty nares over the last few weeks. I thought it was just compacted feed and dirt, and started trying to remove it, but it seems almost to be tissue-like, and today, I've noticed a foul smell developing from the area. I also noticed that she's not as...

Hi all, My poor flock can't catch a break it seems. 😭 One of my Easter Eggers, Cocoa, has seemed to develop canker. Thankfully I caught it pretty early compared to some of the other pictures I've seen of canker sores in others' birds. She's the only one in the flock with lesions in her mouth. I...

I first noticed about 2 weeks ago my hen had like saliva hanging from her beak. I thought it was strange but after the 3rd day I started to worry so I was just inspecting her and happened to see inside her mouth and saw a yellow lump. At first I just thought it was food but the following day it...

Hello! I haven’t made any posts in here yet so i’m not sure how this works, but i’ll try to keep it succinct: Our chicken, Gerta, has canker. I’ve checked it next to other diseases and the symptoms match closely with this one, though her case isn’t as severe as some. She’s an otherwise...