Facial Fungal Infection (Buni)
I often receive many text messages inquiring on what is the best way to treat "Buni" which is actually a fungal infection of the skin.
The symptoms you will see when this disease hits your rooster are thickening and whitening of the skin. In long standing infections, the fungus destroys the feather follicles and these areas will stop having feathers resulting in a bald looking bird.
The best way to treat this would be by using anti-fungal creams that are being sold for human use (e.g. ketoconazole or terbinafine) This should be applied twice a day after feeding your roosters.
Before applying the medication, you must clean the skin surface first with a clean damp cloth. Remove any remaining feed debris that may be on the skin. Dry the face of the chicken with a clean towel then apply the medicine. Make sure not to use these towels for chickens with out infection for you can spread the disease to them. Continue this till the symptoms disappear, the length of treatment is dependent on the severity of infection. Although most infections will clear up in about 1 to 2 weeks.
Keeping the chicken's facial skin clean and dry is the best way to prevent this disease. Make sure that no feed is left on their face after feeding for this may be the reason for infection to occur.
The symptoms you will see when this disease hits your rooster are thickening and whitening of the skin. In long standing infections, the fungus destroys the feather follicles and these areas will stop having feathers resulting in a bald looking bird.
The best way to treat this would be by using anti-fungal creams that are being sold for human use (e.g. ketoconazole or terbinafine) This should be applied twice a day after feeding your roosters.
Before applying the medication, you must clean the skin surface first with a clean damp cloth. Remove any remaining feed debris that may be on the skin. Dry the face of the chicken with a clean towel then apply the medicine. Make sure not to use these towels for chickens with out infection for you can spread the disease to them. Continue this till the symptoms disappear, the length of treatment is dependent on the severity of infection. Although most infections will clear up in about 1 to 2 weeks.
Keeping the chicken's facial skin clean and dry is the best way to prevent this disease. Make sure that no feed is left on their face after feeding for this may be the reason for infection to occur.
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