Hello!
One of my chickens - a young white legbar - has had white, yellowish, warts on her comb for a few months (since last spring at least)...
...Her name is Lila.
Actually, she has no worrying symptoms : she is energetic, is laying fine blue eggs, and has never been sick since I have had her...
But she has these weird warts on her comb - and ONLY on her comb... and I am not sure what they are, but since she has had more and more these last months, and really just in case it was some kind of fungus... I first decided to apply an antifungal cream on her comb... with NO success...
Of course, being afraid she would finally have so much warts on her comb her face would be next... I naturally worried about her eyes...!
So, DECEMBER 13, I tried a new method to treat her...
Here are pictures from DECEMBER 13 - just before the first treatment :
Sorry : quality is really bad...
(Hen is dirty because she was coming from her sand bath - not because hygiene is bad...!!)
...We can clearly see there is no favus, right...?
Actually looks like fowlpox (I think), but... I have no sick birds, and no other chickens have had warts on their comb or elsewhere on their body...
The warts are solid and hard to the touch, and thanksfully don't seem to be contagious...
But they are ugly, and my hen can't look healthy with these on her head; and I don't even know if they could expand on her face... so I obviously decided I had to find a way to remove them from her comb, and fast...
I actually had several ideas... all of them, of course coming from me, being 100% NATURAL...
...At first, I was thinking to use Cade Oil (the one made specifically for chickens) from La Distillerie des Cévennes : https://www.distilleriedescevennes....es/products/soin-naturel-huile-de-cade-poules
I am pretty sure this amazing product would "heal" Lila's comb in one - maybe two - go, but... I was not sure it was such a good idea to use it so near the eyes : Cade Oil is thick, so I was afraid Lila would put some in her eyes by scratching herself if ever the oil did not have the time to dry by then...
So, I just chose my other "bright" idea : the longest one, but also one I was pretty sure would work.
Indeed, I chose to use not Cade Oil, but a serum from - again - La Distillerie des Cévennes : https://www.distilleriedescevennes....ariant=41057647886383#shopify-product-reviews
This is a (Fine) Cade Oil Serum recommended for eczema, psoriasis, or insect bites - and advised for humans -; but... I was confident it would cure Lila's comb, and give her a new, healthy skin thanks to that...!
Thus, I started Lila's treatment on DECEMBER 13.
First, on this day, I cleaned her comb with Apple Cider Vinegar : since vinegar is renowed to be effective against warts if applied locally and regurlaly, I just decided using ACV would NOT be too much to "destroy" the warts...
Second, I wiped her comb with warm water : in order to avoid burning my hen's skin, I - of course - would quickly remove all traces of vinegar from her skin!
Third, I put a few drops of (Fine) Cade Oil Serum on her comb, being careful to apply on all the warts, but also to avoid the eyes and the nostrils...
Fourth... I just let my hen go free for the rest of the day...!
And for the next days, I took care to keep putting a few drops of (Fine) Cade Oil Serum of Lila's comb... ONCE A DAY!
There would be no need to use vinegar everyday - or any day, to be honest -, since the serum alone can probably do the job perfectly... so, I have actually just used Apple Cider Vinegar to clean her comb, what... four or five times since December 13...?
...Today - DECEMBER 28 -, I was able to remove more than half of the warts on Lila's comb by rubbing a paper covered in Apple Cider Vinegar on it...
MORE than HALF, huh...!!
I was actually surprised that would work so well and so fast; but I am not complaining...
...I still wonder what these warts are. Fowlpox... not fowlpox...?
I am not particularly worried for now : Lila will clearly have no more of these weird things on her comb within the next few days; and... she is not sick, and my other chickens are not sick... and no other bird has warts on them...!
But what if I am being stupid, and I should, in fact, be worried?
...Could the warts come again? Would my hen's eyes be at risk...?
One of my chickens - a young white legbar - has had white, yellowish, warts on her comb for a few months (since last spring at least)...
...Her name is Lila.
Actually, she has no worrying symptoms : she is energetic, is laying fine blue eggs, and has never been sick since I have had her...
But she has these weird warts on her comb - and ONLY on her comb... and I am not sure what they are, but since she has had more and more these last months, and really just in case it was some kind of fungus... I first decided to apply an antifungal cream on her comb... with NO success...
Of course, being afraid she would finally have so much warts on her comb her face would be next... I naturally worried about her eyes...!
So, DECEMBER 13, I tried a new method to treat her...
Here are pictures from DECEMBER 13 - just before the first treatment :
Sorry : quality is really bad...
(Hen is dirty because she was coming from her sand bath - not because hygiene is bad...!!)
...We can clearly see there is no favus, right...?
Actually looks like fowlpox (I think), but... I have no sick birds, and no other chickens have had warts on their comb or elsewhere on their body...
The warts are solid and hard to the touch, and thanksfully don't seem to be contagious...
But they are ugly, and my hen can't look healthy with these on her head; and I don't even know if they could expand on her face... so I obviously decided I had to find a way to remove them from her comb, and fast...
I actually had several ideas... all of them, of course coming from me, being 100% NATURAL...
...At first, I was thinking to use Cade Oil (the one made specifically for chickens) from La Distillerie des Cévennes : https://www.distilleriedescevennes....es/products/soin-naturel-huile-de-cade-poules
I am pretty sure this amazing product would "heal" Lila's comb in one - maybe two - go, but... I was not sure it was such a good idea to use it so near the eyes : Cade Oil is thick, so I was afraid Lila would put some in her eyes by scratching herself if ever the oil did not have the time to dry by then...
So, I just chose my other "bright" idea : the longest one, but also one I was pretty sure would work.
Indeed, I chose to use not Cade Oil, but a serum from - again - La Distillerie des Cévennes : https://www.distilleriedescevennes....ariant=41057647886383#shopify-product-reviews
This is a (Fine) Cade Oil Serum recommended for eczema, psoriasis, or insect bites - and advised for humans -; but... I was confident it would cure Lila's comb, and give her a new, healthy skin thanks to that...!
Thus, I started Lila's treatment on DECEMBER 13.
First, on this day, I cleaned her comb with Apple Cider Vinegar : since vinegar is renowed to be effective against warts if applied locally and regurlaly, I just decided using ACV would NOT be too much to "destroy" the warts...
Second, I wiped her comb with warm water : in order to avoid burning my hen's skin, I - of course - would quickly remove all traces of vinegar from her skin!
Third, I put a few drops of (Fine) Cade Oil Serum on her comb, being careful to apply on all the warts, but also to avoid the eyes and the nostrils...
Fourth... I just let my hen go free for the rest of the day...!
And for the next days, I took care to keep putting a few drops of (Fine) Cade Oil Serum of Lila's comb... ONCE A DAY!
There would be no need to use vinegar everyday - or any day, to be honest -, since the serum alone can probably do the job perfectly... so, I have actually just used Apple Cider Vinegar to clean her comb, what... four or five times since December 13...?
...Today - DECEMBER 28 -, I was able to remove more than half of the warts on Lila's comb by rubbing a paper covered in Apple Cider Vinegar on it...
MORE than HALF, huh...!!
I was actually surprised that would work so well and so fast; but I am not complaining...
...I still wonder what these warts are. Fowlpox... not fowlpox...?
I am not particularly worried for now : Lila will clearly have no more of these weird things on her comb within the next few days; and... she is not sick, and my other chickens are not sick... and no other bird has warts on them...!
But what if I am being stupid, and I should, in fact, be worried?
...Could the warts come again? Would my hen's eyes be at risk...?
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