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    Limping chicken

    Sounds like bumble foot. Search posts on bumble foot and see if the symptoms match. Its quite a job to lance and clean but can be done successfully.
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    Puffy eyes and puss around eyes

    We now have Three hens and two Roos with this, the other roo and hen are fine with not a scab on them. The others all have their eyes swollen shut but the scabs and soars do not seem to be getting worse. I have used Eggcessive's advice with the iodine, however the local Vets will not give me...
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    Puffy eyes and puss around eyes

    I checked the chickens this evening and no soars in the throat etc, so it looks to be the fowl pox. I will get iodine tomorrow and try an organize some Neosporin ointment as we can not get from feed stores here, everything must be had from a vet or pharmacy (drug store) on a script. Many...
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    Puffy eyes and puss around eyes

    Hi Eggcessive, We are in a warm area and it is the time of year for mozzies. Fortunately they are Buff Orps so quite easy to handle I will check his throat for the wet pox. To Sambi89, this is Africa so bound to be some nasty creepy crawlies around . Thanks for your concern.
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    Puffy eyes and puss around eyes

    Hi BYC'ers Can anyone help identify what is wrong with our one cockerel. He has eyes that are slightly swollen shut with some puss around the eyes. It may be from fighting as we ended up with three full grown cock birds in the flock, however one of the hens may now have it as well. All help...
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