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alleybetty

alleybetty

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Dear BYC members,
I've just joined BYC
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I bought a 10 month Marans pullet yesterday. She Is behaving quite normal except she shuts her eyes a lot throughout the day. Her eyes looks tired. She scratched, ate and drank normally. She was roosting in the Chook house last night so I wasn't concerned. I haven't seen this kind of behaviour in the last 3 years of keeping hens. I am concerned she might have a contagious disease and infect my other hens. Any advice would be deeply appreciated. Thanks.
 
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New chickens should be isolated from your existing flock for 30 days before mixing them together. That gives you a chance to see if they have any illnesses or pests. I would remove her from the other birds right away.

Checking in with the emergency/illness forum would be helpful in figuring out what is going on with her.

Good luck, hope she'll be ok!
 
Something's not right with that eye, no. It could be a number of things and I'm no eye expert, so I'm going to move this thread to the Emergencies section, so we can get a more experienced member or two's view on this.
 
sorry to double up on the photos. These 4 hens are together because they are from the same owner. I wonder if I should isolate her from even her own group. I do have a rabbit hutch to contain her within the Chook run. Thanks for all the feedback.
 

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