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I went out just then and felt it again. It's still sort of 'sticking out' at the bottom a bit but she's not in any pain when I feel it... I think it must just be where her neck arches or something. It probably was just the way she was sitting then... :-) Sorry I can't get a picture because my...

She's one of three and part of the family so culling is not an option Yeah, I hope its just the way she was positioned and nothing is stuck there or something.

I was giving my hen a casual examination just now and noticed that her esophagus was protruding outwards, above the crop area. I'm not sure if this was the way she was standing or not but when I felt another hen's hers was not like that. Her crest isn't looking as red like a healthy one should...

10 / 20 / 2012 at 12.00pm

I'm not an expert but if it was raised it could have been a tumor (that's just the first thing that came to mind)

Was it a flat or a raised lump?

Anyone?

My 2yr old hen (Isa Brown) hasn't been acting right. At first we thought she had wet pox, but now I'm not sure. She hasn't laid for about a month and back then she was on medication for a respiratory infection. It hasn't got better (except for the gargle noise which has lessened a bit) and now...

Okay, thanks so much for everyone's answers :)

I've been giving our chicken Meloxicam which is actually an anti-inflammatory for dogs. The dosage depends on the size of your chicken. Ours is quite a big Isa Brown and she's been taking 3ml. :)

Oh okay, so it will just eventually disappear by itself?

That's good, thanks :)

Yes that's definately what the problem is, thanks so much. She must have a bit of pox on her eye-lid, that is why it's causing her discomfort. How do you think they would have gotten this virus? This means that all three of my chooks have pox, two which visibly have it and one with no signs of...

What sort of treatment would be appropriate? Is the pox the cause of the swollen eye as well? My other chook doesn't have the this problem.

Chooks love food scraps and mine eat bird-seed and grass as well :)