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Thank you so much for the encouragement and advice! I will give it some time, but do plan to try again once I know more. I feel maybe I rushed in my excitement.

Okay, so, the swollen ear lobe as of yesterday seems to have gotten a bit less swollen as the top part of the sac isn’t as rounded and more wrinkled like BUT I felt the part that was still swollen and it felt more firm than it did the day before. Should I still just monitor over next few days...

Yes!! Of course hahaha These are my four pullets- hatched about 7 days ago now. Here’s Miss Bitty- she’s the broody bantam silkie hen that brought these awesome chicks into the world: Here’s one of my favorite little ladies, Red. I believe she’s an Australorp. I have two more that are the...

Thank you all so much for the advice and guidance! I love all my girls and the General very much so I was worried. Yes, I’m hoping it is just a bee sting as well. Based off the information I’ve been able to learn and gather from this site, plus the proximity of our hive to our coop, that seems...

Thank you kindly for the advice. I will try again, but next year for sure I will let mom hatch as many as possible! My only hen that gets broody so far is bantam sized, so I was unsure how many eggs she could keep under her…but I’ll definitely give her 5-6 next year and see how she does. It’ll...

This had so many great points- literally all of it!!! Loved all your anecdotes and info. Very helpful.

Omg we have a hive pretty close to the coop….. The red area you noticed in the first pic is her feathers. She’s got some little areas above her ears w reddish-orange feathering.

It was not hard at all- definitely squishy and NOT firm. No wheezing, no weird smells, no discharge, or bubbling from either nose, beak, or eyes. Here’s a closer pic of her eye, beak, and nose.

Thank you for the welcome, LTay! So glad to have finally joined :jumpy

I hope so too! Very true about it always being stressful when something happens to our furry and feathered friends. I think she will be alright- as I inspect her more and read more, I’m thinking it may just be an insect bite. She will be closely monitored until I figure it out though. I’m so...

What is Tylan 50? My hen had a swollen ear lobe, no pus or sign of infection really. Possibly bite from a spider? Idk. Wondering if giving her some tylan if it doesn’t start going down by tomorrow would help? I’m learning as I go.

Update and Reply to Alinas: update on my hen. Her ear canals are totally clear, no mites, no pus, or sign of infection, but may be a puncture wound on the ear lobe- I’m guessing a bite of some kind? Here’s a better pic of the lobe and what I think is the puncture area (it’s that little black...

Honestly just noticed it today- we had chicks hatch the past week, so a lot of my attention has been on them to be honest!

I dropped temp on the incubator and added more water in increase humidity- but I did not know to calibrate everything before hand, so don’t know if the readings on either temp or humidity were entirely accurate.

May I ask what the result was?

Hi! Dealing w same issue w my hen. May I ask what you ended up doing? Did you separate her from the rest of your flock? How did you treat her if at all? My hen also doesn’t appear to have any puncture wounds or bites, also is not sensitive to me touching the swollen area, and temp seems only...

Thank you so much for your advice and guidance. Currently making my way thru posts related to swollen ear lobes and ears/ear lobes. Quite a bit of info but I’m getting thru it!

Yes, I did. After 24hrs of the one that pipped but didn’t make it I pulled it out and tried to help. Everything online said not to open the incubator OR help them so I didn’t intervene til the 24hr mark (obv mistake. Going forward I will help after 12hrs so as not to lose them)- chick was fully...

I noticed this afternoon that my hen, Thundercloud, has a swollen ear lobe. She is still eating and drinking fine. Doesn’t appear to be sensitive to touch, and her ear looks okay as far as I know. The swollen area seems slightly warm (almost same temp) compared to reg lobe- we are in AZ and it’s...

Thank you so much for the diagram! I saved it to my phone so I can always reference it.