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    Water Belly and Swollen Eye

    Is there /anything/ that can be done about water belly? I believe my last hen has it and she has suddenly become very lethargic. I also noticed she is very skinny. She had a case of red mites that I am treating with Pesterene also. On top of this, one of her eyes is swollen. It can open fully...
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    Surgery - Is It Worth It?

    My Isa Brown hen Ava is 3 years old. She has a mass of what might be hard eggs in her reproductive tract. She is doing okay so far and is acting normal despite the mass and has been for a while but the vet said it will eventually become life-threatening and if I want to prolong her life she...
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    Hen with Swollen Eye

    Oh i just looked it up and i think youre right! An eyeworm seems like its exactly whats wrong with her. Thank you so so much
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    Has anyone ever dealt with Eye Worm? What is the treatment

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    Hen with Swollen Eye

    Wow thank you i will give it a go!
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    Sneezing chicks

    oh im so glad its only that, thank you so much
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    Hen with Swollen Eye

    Not much. The swelling seemed to have gone down a bit but it hasnt gone away. Shes happy otherwise but her eye and nostril is still weepy and her eye sometimes gets a bit bubbly. :/ I hoped shed heal up on her own but now she doesnt seem to be doing any better
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    Sneezing chicks

    I'm looking after some chicks about 3 weeks old and ive noticed them sneezing a bit. Everything else seems normal. Any reason they could be sneezing? Anything anyone suggests. Its early summer and I still have them inside fully but im soon to move them into a small outdoor coop in the...
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    bantam not acting right

    She may have an injury or are you noticing any other signs of her acting strange? Keep us updated ^^
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    Hen with Swollen Eye

    Will do
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    Hen with Swollen Eye

    Thank you everyone, i managed to take her to the vet and she thought it was an absyss under the skin where the pus has hardened and she gave us some antibiotics that will hopefully help.
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    Hen with Swollen Eye

    Oh dear Im not sure what it is really? But how would i drain it? If its hard would there be no chance of draining it?
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    Hen with Swollen Eye

    Yes and yes, which is why im worried its a respiratory infection of some sort and her eye is still there. I bathed it in warm salt water with cotton balls today and it opened a little while i was doing so- enough for me to glimpse at her eye. Its just so swollen around it and its hard. It doesnt...
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    Hen with Swollen Eye

    I havent seen any black crusty sored on her though
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    Hen with Swollen Eye

    Thank you and yes thats what I thought. She did get fowl pox at one stage and a while after her cheek blew up but she recovered and Ive never seen anything like this will her eye...?
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