Mrs

[Hen_Pecked]

I've been getting really worried about our two chickies in this super-cold weather. Their water is frozen solid every morning (yes, I am replacing it with warm!) and the ground is almost too hard for them to dig.

 

Today I was checking Jane and noticed a bunch of white spots, like a white area on her wattles. Both sides, but worse on the left. Her comb is fine (if dirty!) and she seems in good health otherwise. Here's a photo:

 

 

The dark bits on her comb are just dirt, but she doesn't like me cleaning them.

 

 

They've both also got very muddy bellies and legs. They preen themselves and each other quite often, but I was wondering how I could clean them better? Would they like a warm bath?

[Guest]

i've seen those on our girls before, always thought it was just normal

 

as for bathing them, the only time we intervene is if they have mud balls on their feet or a particularly dirty bottom. otherwise they quite able to look after themselves.

[sandyhas3chucks]

it is a little hard to tell, but are they spots?

It looks like some sort of mite looks like the scaley mites that plants get of the back of leaves but as I say hard to see? do they come off at all

[Guest]

just been googling, sounds like a touch of frostbite. A bit of petrleum jelly rubbed on should help.