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The Official Ameraucana Forum => Housing, Health & Hatching => Topic started by: Suki on November 09, 2016, 05:56:40 PM

Title: Wet tail
Post by: Suki on November 09, 2016, 05:56:40 PM

I have a friend in Illinois that is suffering from "wet tail".  She has no lice or worms, so I was wondering what else causes that?


Thanks.

Title: Re: Wet tail
Post by: Suki on November 12, 2016, 09:27:01 PM

Well I read a lot about it, but I've never had it, so I don't know if it's the adult version of Pasty Buff. 


http://countrysidenetwork.com/daily/poultry/feed-health/caring-for-baby-chicks-with-pasty-butt/



So I recommended to my friend LoriLee  that she should get  a hold of Agrimycin -- broad-spectrum antibiotic oxytetracycline  --  and use that in the water for 7 days along with a good shampoo, I really couldn't come with anything else.  She only has 6 hens for eggs and she got these from a "breeder" who recommended vinegar in the water, that didn't btw, work.