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Thanks. I took advice for cleaning - I washed with a sterile saline solution and then covered with Neosporin a couple of times today. It is definitely getting uglier looking - red and swelling a lot. I'm thinking I may have to try and lance it if there is a lot of puss under there. I'm...

Thanks for the advice - it is good to know what experienced raisers think. I've been researching avian POX, but she just has the scab in her eye, no other scabs anywhere. I think I might go ahead and vaccinate them for pox though, since it sounds pretty nasty and hard to get rid of. MAB

Hi. I am a new chicken owner (I got 6 RIR 1 month old chickens two days ago from a local farmer). After taking them home I noticed one of the chicks has what appears to be a tumor in one of her eyes. I cannot see the eye at all - so she is blind. This tumor appears dry and scabby and is hard...