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    Is there a feather growing under my hens eyelid?? (Pictures Included)

    Great advice, I kept her inside one more night after removing it and the next morning her eye looked 10x better. I let her back outside the next day and its been doing great ever since. Today you cant even tell anything was wrong so I'm super grateful to catch it early before it got really bad...
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    Is there a feather growing under my hens eyelid?? (Pictures Included)

    This was it! Thank you for the help! How do those get in their eye so deep like that?
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    Is there a feather growing under my hens eyelid?? (Pictures Included)

    I got it out! It was definitely a fox tail type thing, I got her secure and it came right out with tweezers. I wrapped her up in a towel and had someone hold her for me. She didn't really move or make any noise when I pulled it out. How the heck did that thing get in there?! THANK YOU EVERYONE! 🙏
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    Is there a feather growing under my hens eyelid?? (Pictures Included)

    It definitely looks like a seed pod, I thought it was a chunk of grass at first, but when I pull it it pulls her eyelid like its attached to her skin. I might try pulling again here in a little while with someone to hold her for me.
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    Is there a feather growing under my hens eyelid?? (Pictures Included)

    Yeah fairly normal, shes eating, drinking and making her usual noises. I kept her separated from the other chickens most of the day since I wasn't sure if It was an infection. It seriously looks and feels like a feather, it's the strangest thing. I pulled on it fairly hard but I don't want to...
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    Is there a feather growing under my hens eyelid?? (Pictures Included)

    It is definitely red and irritated around the eye, I haven't noticed any coughing, sneezing, wheezing but there does seem to be some mucous from the nostrils on that side. I've been flushing her eye with colloidal silver water and putting ointment on. I did take a q-tip to it and pulled the...
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    Is there a feather growing under my hens eyelid?? (Pictures Included)

    Yesterday I noticed something wrong with one of my hens eyes. I thought she got poked or pecked but after looking further I noticed something in the corner of her eye and then tried to pull it out but it seems like there are feathers under her eyelid. I tried to remove it but it definitely seems...
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    Hello! First year with my hens and having fun!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, I got my first 3 last October (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 3 (3) What breeds do you have? 2 Salmon Faverolle's and 1 Light Brahma (4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens? Watching them...
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