WARNING be careful with using vetRx on hens

[trottreacle]

Hello all,

Long story short, I have had a poorly hen the last 2 weeks. I've had a string of bad luck for my poor new hen. She's only a young girl about 24 weeks. A couple of weeks ago I noticed she had a snotty stinky beak, so for I have spent every am/pm cleaning her nostrils every day and trying all kinds of methods to help get the smell down.

I am now at the point where there is only a small amount of build up within her nostrils am/pm but it is definitely getting better.

I have used vetRx in the past and had lots of success and I do believe for the most part it helped my little chick. It states it is safe to put directly on chooks, and to put under their wings etc. Because I felt that this was helping and soothing for my hen I was diligently applying a generous amount on her to ensure she would be able to breath easy throughout the night.

As far as aiding her through her snuffles I think it has been very good however, a few days ago I noticed her skin around her face was becoming very flaky. I was horrified over the last couple of days to see that her face, eyes and anywhere that I rubbed the vetRx, down her next etc, her skin is raw and peeling off in huge scabby and what must be painful clumps.

To say I am heartbroken is an understatement. Poor little girl has already been through so much the last few weeks and I cannot bear to imagine how uncomfortable and sore she is right now. What's worse is I was unknowingly burning her essentially. Her poor neck is scaly and the scabs are stuck within her feathers, it must feel unbearable. On top of that she is still suffering a bit with the snotty nose which I remove the crusts am/pm still.

Everytime I bring her in now I am literally in floods of tears at the sight of her. So please please be careful and not to make the same mistake as I have. Poor angel is struggling to even close her eyes properly due to the crustiness. I was able to apply a layer of vaseline around her face which I gently painted on with a clean paintbrush so I am praying this affords her a little bit of relief

 

[MysteryChicken]

Hello all,

Long story short, I have had a poorly hen the last 2 weeks. I've had a string of bad luck for my poor new hen. She's only a young girl about 24 weeks. A couple of weeks ago I noticed she had a snotty stinky beak, so for I have spent every am/pm cleaning her nostrils every day and trying all kinds of methods to help get the smell down.

I am now at the point where there is only a small amount of build up within her nostrils am/pm but it is definitely getting better.

I have used vetRx in the past and had lots of success and I do believe for the most part it helped my little chick. It states it is safe to put directly on chooks, and to put under their wings etc. Because I felt that this was helping and soothing for my hen I was diligently applying a generous amount on her to ensure she would be able to breath easy throughout the night.

As far as aiding her through her snuffles I think it has been very good however, a few days ago I noticed her skin around her face was becoming very flaky. I was horrified over the last couple of days to see that her face, eyes and anywhere that I rubbed the vetRx, down her next etc, her skin is raw and peeling off in huge scabby and what must be painful clumps.

To say I am heartbroken is an understatement. Poor little girl has already been through so much the last few weeks and I cannot bear to imagine how uncomfortable and sore she is right now. What's worse is I was unknowingly burning her essentially. Her poor neck is scaly and the scabs are stuck within her feathers, it must feel unbearable. On top of that she is still suffering a bit with the snotty nose which I remove the crusts am/pm still.

Everytime I bring her in now I am literally in floods of tears at the sight of her. So please please be careful and not to make the same mistake as I have. Poor angel is struggling to even close her eyes properly due to the crustiness. I was able to apply a layer of vaseline around her face which I gently painted on with a clean paintbrush so I am praying this affords her a little bit of relief

It has alcohol in the ingredients, it will dry the skin.
Moisturize her face with triple antibiotic ointment(plain), or petroleum jelly. Use regularly.

 

[trottreacle]

It has alcohol in the ingredients, it will dry the skin.
Moisturize her face with triple antibiotic ointment(plain), or petroleum jelly. Use regularly.

I wish it was more clear in the instructions. I have put some vaseline on her tonight poor little soul

 

[Farmgirl283420]

I didn’t know you put vetRx on chickens skin. Thanks for the warning hopefully your sweet hen gets better.

 

[Barnette]

Don't beat yourself up about it. You were working hard to help her, and you accidentally hurt her, but she will survive and will be happy and healthy again. And now, you have learned a valuable lesson and passed it on to the rest of us. All you can do now is work hard to heal her burns (the vasaline is great). Good work, and best wishes to you and your hen!

 

[Tookie]

I had this exact same thing happen a few months ago to one of my hens. I had no idea why it happened or what it was. I do recall using VetRx, I know I was putting it around her nostrils and I think I did put some on her comb and wattles, and possibly her face. She started developing that same crusty material, I was thinking it was fungal. It spread down her neck even though I didn’t apply VetRx there.
Now this probably was uncomfortable, I didn’t know what else to do, but I took all the material off with twizzers. I then made a mixture of anti fungal and coconut oil together and applied it to all the areas with the material. It may not have been fungal but at the time I was thinking it could have been. So I would probably use anti fungal and triple antibiotic cream, after taking the material off, and reapply a couple times a day.
Also don’t beat yourself up, you didn’t know this would happen, we all make mistakes and learn from them.