03/14/2021
I was planning on keeping my posts regarding our chickens on my personal feed, but our girls need herbs too, so here we are! We just discovered that Bunny has fowl pox which will most likely spread to the other two eventually. We noticed that her comb is dry, pale and has sores on it and she has been sneezing the last couple of days which is super cute (google chicken sneezes!), but also a sign that it is in her respiratory system. Also, this illness doesn’t pass to humans in case you were wondering.
I put some apple cider vinegar, garlic and oregano oil into their water to help them kick/prevent the virus from spreading. I just started some tincture for the future and I’ll be making a drawing salve to help with the sores on Bunny’s comb (see third pic.)
When you own chickens, you basically have to become your own vet. I’m super thankful to have all these powerful herbs at the ready! It might take awhile to help them get better, but I think they’ll be fine. I’ll keep you posted! And if you have chickens, I’ll hook you up with some of this tincture. I’ll have plenty to go around!